Financial Services News

ST. PETERSBURG, FL (MARKET WIRE) Danka Business Systems PLC (NASDAQ: DANKY), one of the largest independent providers of enterprise imaging systems and services, today announced that the Company received a letter on August 29, 2007, from The NASDAQ Stock Market indicating that the Company is not in compliance with the continued listing requirement for minimum bid price on The NASDAQ Capital Market because, for the previous 30 consecutive

BOSTON, MA (MARKET WIRE) The First Marblehead Corporation (NYSE: FMD) announced today that, as part of the New York Attorney General's ongoing investigation of several lending, educational, and nonprofit institutions, the company received a subpoena on August 22, 2007 for information regarding our role in the student loan industry. We plan to cooperate fully with the Attorney General's information requests.

LOS ANGELES, CA (MARKET WIRE) In the highly competitive field of business banking, 1st Enterprise Bank (OTCBB: FENB) (www.1stenterprisebank.com) is emerging as a frontrunner. Its first annual report, released in early April, reported total assets of more than $114 million after its first six months of operations -- a number that exceeded the Bank's own expectations. "1st Enterprise Bank is one of the fastest growing de novo banks in the

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FT LAUDERDALE, FL (MARKET WIRE) Robert Cohen, Senior Vice President of Hull & Company, Inc. (Hull), and Jack Windolf, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bollinger, Inc., today announced the asset acquisition of two Bollinger subsidiaries, Market Solution Managers, Inc., of New York, New York, and Princeton Risk Managers, Inc., of Princeton, New Jersey, by Hull & Company.

CASSELBERRY, FL and CHAMPLIN, MN (MARKET WIRE) Signature Leisure, Inc. (OTCBB: SGLS) announced today that one of the company's clients has recently had a Market Maker submit a 15c-211 application to FINRA (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).

HOQUIAM, WA (MARKET WIRE) Timberland Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSBK), the holding company for Timberland Bank, today announced that Michael R. Sand, President and CEO, and Dean J. Brydon, CFO, are scheduled to present at the Super Community Banking Conference in San Francisco. Timberland's presentation is on Thursday, September 6, 2007, at 5:25 p.m. PDT.

PHOENIX, AZ (MARKET WIRE) NextStudent, a leading Phoenix-based education funding company, currently rewards borrowers with up to a 2.25% interest rate discount on all federal student loans, including Staffor d, PLUS, Grad PLUS, and Federal Consolidation Loans. Borrowers who consolidate their federal student loans with NextStudent and take advantage of these discounts could lower their monthly payments by up to 60%.

MURRIETA, CA (MARKET WIRE) CLX Investment Company, Inc. (OTCBB: CLXN) today alerted shareholders that ActionView International, in which CLX owns over 6 million shares of common stock, has announced an agreement to become the public vehicle for the entrance of Dalian Chuming Group Co., LTD, a major pork producer in China, into the U.S. markets.