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Marketwire - Retail Banking
Marketwire - Retail Banking

• Merix Corporation Announces Second Quarter Results
  

  BEAVERTON, OR--(Marketwire - January 7, 2009) - Merix Corporation (NASDAQ: MERX) today announced consolidated financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2009 ended November 29, 2008.

  The Company reported a net loss of $6.1 million or $0.29 per diluted share on revenue of $76.9 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2009, which compares to a net loss of $5.0 million or $0.24 per diluted share on revenue of $97.4 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2008. Included in the second quarter loss is $1.1 million of severance and a write down of assets held for sale associated with our cost reduction activities. In addition, the company generated $4.0 million of cash from operations during the second quarter.

• The Zweig Total Return Fund, Inc. Discloses Sources of Distribution -- Section 19A Notice
  

  NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - January 7, 2009) - The Board of Directors of The Zweig Total Return Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) declared a distribution of $0.033 per share to shareholders of record on December 31, 2008, payable January 12, 2009. The Fund has a Managed Distribution Plan to pay 10 percent of the Fund's net asset value ("NAV") on an annualized basis. The Board believes that regular, fixed cash payouts will enhance shareholder value and serve the long-term interests of shareholders.

• Small Business Asks the New Administration to Focus on the Economic Crisis, VerticalResponse Survey Reports
  

  80% of Respondents See Economy as Primary Concern, With 66% Already Having Seen Negative Impact of Recession, According to Award-Winning Email Marketing Service Provider and Small Business Resource

• The Zweig Fund, Inc. Discloses Sources of Distribution -- Section 19A Notice
  

  NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - January 7, 2009) - The Board of Directors of The Zweig Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ZF) declared a distribution of $0.084 per share to shareholders of record on December 31, 2008, payable January 12, 2009. The Fund has a Managed Distribution Plan to pay 10 percent of the Fund's net asset value ("NAV") on an annualized basis. The Board believes that regular, fixed cash payouts will enhance shareholder value and serve the long-term interests of shareholders.

• ChinaPay Chooses Rahaxi to Bring Global Retailers, Online Commerce Sites to Chinese Internet Consumers
  

  The Expansion Potential to Service Chinese Internet Consumers Is Unlimited

• NBT Bancorp Elects to Not Participate in U.S. Treasury TARP Capital Purchase Program
  

  NORWICH, NY--(Marketwire - January 7, 2009) - NBT Bancorp Inc. (NBT) (NASDAQ: NBTB) confirmed today that the company recently received a proposed allocation of funds under the U.S. Treasury Department's Capital Purchase Program. However, NBT Bancorp has elected to not take part in the program.

  "We are honored that the Treasury and our regulators have chosen NBT Bancorp as an institution worthy of participation in the Treasury's Capital Purchase Program under the Troubled Asset Relief Program," said Martin Dietrich, president and chief executive officer of NBT Bancorp. "Our company is currently well capitalized and meeting the lending needs of our customers. Given this and the requirements the program would impose on our business, we believe that our participation in the program would not be in the best interests of our shareholders."

• World Financial Group Names Edward Mylett to Help Direct Field Leadership Development
  

  DULUTH, GA--(Marketwire - January 7, 2009) - World Financial Group, Inc. has announced that Chino Hills, Calif.-resident and WFG Executive Vice Chairman Edward Mylett has accepted the newly created position of Director of Field Leadership. A member of WFG's prestigious Chairman's Council, Mylett is charged with using his field experience, and communications and teaching skills to develop and mentor leaders, as well as to help grow recruiting and production numbers.

• Coast Capital Introduces Canada's First Full Access, No Fee High Interest Savings Account
  Credit union says move will help it carve a slice of competitive market for Tax Free Savings Account customers
• Controllers Look to Accounts Payable to Help Weather 2009's Storm
  

  NEWARK, NJ--(Marketwire - January 7, 2009) - CFOs, Controllers and Business Managers now realize there are significant bottom-line savings to be found in accounts payable, savings they need to tap in 2009.

  You'll find a precise roadmap to those savings at the 9th Annual Accounts Payable Operations conference (March 11-13, San Antonio), presented by the Institute of Management & Administration (a BNA Company) and Casher Associates.

  "This is the year Controllers are more serious than ever about savings," says Andy Dzamba, Editor-in-Chief of Accounts Payable publications at IOMA. "The dire economic forecast is the impetus, the Accounts Payable Managers are the drivers, and the AP Ops conference will be the catalyst."

• Aria Systems Achieves Highest Level Security Standard for Online Billing Transactions
  

  Leading Provider of On-Demand Subscription Billing Joins Select List of Level One PCI Compliant Companies; Customers Provided Highest Level of Protection From Fraudulent Activity and Financial Penalties

• Spectrem Millionaire Investor Index (SMII)(R) Up 16 Points in December to -23, Largest Advance Ever
  

  Millionaires Mildly Bearish; Spectrem Affluent Investor Index (SAII)(R) Rises 8 Points to -31

• Bonaire Software Solutions Announces EMPOWER/BI Business Intelligence Toolkit
  

  EMPOWER/BI Offers Powerful Management Information Tool for CFOs

• Dime Community Bancshares Opens New Branch Office in Brooklyn Heights, New York
  

  23rd Branch in New York City Marketplace

• ETM Launches Learning MuniTables
  

  Online Municipal Tax Guides Save Time, Improve Accuracy, Eliminate Penalties

• Corda Technologies and Vigilant Ink Partnership Agreement
  

  Agreement Will Bring Performance Dashboard Capabilities to the IT Service Management Lifecycle

• Fulton Financial Corporation Announces Dates for Fourth Quarter/Year-End Earnings Release and Conference Call/Webcast
  

  LANCASTER, PA--(Marketwire - January 6, 2009) - Fulton Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: FULT) today announced that it will distribute its fourth quarter/year-end earnings news release and accompanying charts on Tuesday, January 20 at approximately 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

  The Corporation will host its quarterly conference call with analysts who cover the company on Wednesday, January 21 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. R. Scott Smith, Jr., chairman and CEO, will host the call. He will be joined by Charles J. Nugent, senior executive vice president and CFO.

• First Asset PowerGen Fund: Press Release
  TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 6, 2009) - First Asset PowerGen Fund (TSX:PGT.UN) (the "Fund") confirms the previously announced distribution of $0.07 per Unit for the month ending December 31, 2008. The distribution will be paid on or before January 15, 2009 to unitholders of record on December 31, 2008.
• AurionPro in Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India and Fast 500 Asia Pacific Rankings
  

  SAN RAMON, CA--(Marketwire - January 6, 2009) - AurionPro, a leader in offshore product development and outsourcing services, today announced it has been named in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India and Fast 500 Asia Pacific rankings of fast-growing technology companies for a second consecutive year.

  Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu's Global Technology, Media & Telecommunications Industry Group ranked AurionPro sixth on the