Posts Tagged ‘acquisition’
by MBJ Staff Published: February 21,2013
Tags: acquisition, bank, banker, banking, buy, expansion, finance, financial institution, merger, purchase, sale, sell
BILOXI — The boards of directors of Community Bank, National Association, based in Alabama and the recently acquired Community Bank, Destin, Fla., have voted to merge with Community Bank, Coast, headquartered in Biloxi. Terms were not disclosed. According to Community Bank, the merger creates a $588-million bank consisting of 15 offices of Community Bank from [...] [...]
JACKSON — Trustmark Corporation has completed its merger with Mobile, Ala.-based BancTrust Financial Group Inc., as well as the merger of BankTrust with and into Trustmark National Bank. Gerard R. Host, President and CEO of Trustmark, stated, “We are delighted to expand the Trustmark franchise across Alabama, including the attractive Mobile, Montgomery and Selma markets, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 7,2013
Tags: acquisition, bank, banker, banking, buy, finance, financial institution, merger, purchase, sale, sell, shares, stock
TUPELO and KOSCIUSKO — Renasant Corporation and First M&F Corporation have signed a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Renasant Corporation would acquire First M&F Corporation (M&F), a bank holding company headquartered in Kosciusko and the parent of Merchants & Farmers Bank. Upon completion of the transaction, the combined company will have approximately $5.8 billion [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 5,2013
Tags: acquire, acquisition, bankrupt, bankruptcy, buy, casino, Commercial Real Estate, convention, entertainment, gamble, gambling, gaming, hospitality, hotel, lodging, meeting, nightlife, purchase, restaurant, sale, sell, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
VICKSBURG — An Oklahoma Indian tribe is no longer planning to spend $125 million to buy the bankrupt DiamondJacks casinos in Bossier City, La., and Vicksburg from Legends Gaming. Global Gaming Solutions, a unit of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, wrote in court papers filed Jan. 25 that the DiamondJacks operations had run further downhill [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 1,2013
Tags: acquisition, bank, banker, banking, buy, expansion, finance, financial institutions, merger, purchase, sell
HATTIESBURG — The First Bancshares Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire First National Bank of Baldwin County, Ala. Terms were not disclosed. The First president and CEO M. Ray “Hoppy” Cole Jr., said, “From day one our focus has been on growing our bank in the Gulf Coast region, and providing customers [...] [...]
GREENVILLE and JACKSON — Members of the former law firms of Wilkins Tipton, P.A., and Adelman Law Firm, PLLC, have formed a new law firm, Hagwood Adelman Tipton, PC. The new firm has six regional offices, including Greenville and Jackson. Other offices are located in Alabama, North Carolina and Tennessee. The firm has made public plans to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 25,2013
Tags: acquisition, anti-trist, bank, banker, banking, buy, expansion, finance, financial institution, merger, purchase, regulator, regulatory, sale, sell
JACKSON — Trustmark Corporation and Mobile, Ala.-based BancTrust Financial Group Inc. has received full regulatory approval in connection with the proposed merger of BancTrust into Trustmark. Subject to customary closing conditions contained in the merger agreement, the transaction is expected to be effective as of the close of business Feb. 15. “We look forward to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 24,2013
Tags: acquire, acquisition, building, buy, economic development, employee, employer, employment, facility, industrial real estate, job, land, plant, property, purchase, sale, sell, work, worker
NATCHEZ — Towel and tissue supplier von Drehle Corp. of Hickory, N.C., has announced it will locate a manufacturing plant in Natchez. Officials say in a news release that the company, which provides paper products to commercial and industrial consumers nationwide, will create at least 100 new jobs. Von Drehle acquired the former Mississippi River [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 21,2013
Tags: acquire, acquisition, bankrupt, bankruptcy, broke, court, media, medium, purchase, sale, sell, station, television, TV
JACKSON — St. Louis, Mo.-based Roberts Cos. is selling a TV station in Mississippi, one of many assets the financially troubled company has on the market. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports a bankruptcy judge approved the sale of WRBJ in Jackson to Trinity Broadcasting Network, a nonprofit religious corporation. Roberts Cos. is led by St. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 15,2013
Tags: acquisition, brand, branding, buy, expansion, hotel, lodging, merger, purchase, sale, sell
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Choice Hotels International has added 46 hotels to its family of brands. Under an agreement reached with affiliates of Colony Capital, LLC, including Colony Financial Inc., and hospitality management company Aimbridge Hospitality, the properties will be franchised under the Quality Inn, Comfort Inn and Econo Lodge brands. The addition of these hotels, [...] [...]
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