First Federal Bank of the Midwest

...in Accounting from Arizona State University. Martin Gottlieb joined First Federal Bank of California in 1980 as Vice President and rose to the position of Corporate Executive Vice President. Additionally, Gottlieb served as Executive Vice...

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...and loan operator. The proposed stock offering by the parent of First Federal Bank of California comes as bottom-fishing investors, betting the economy is improving, are showing interest in troubled lenders. But few banks have endured...

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...or $5.11 a share. FirstFed, the Los Angeles-based parent of First Federal Bank of California, provided refinance loans for borrowers with good credit who were eager to extract equity as home prices soared. It now faces a double...

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...39 retail banking offices in Southern California. Shares of FirstFed Financial, parent of First Federal Bank of California, were trading nearly flat at $0.86 before the bell. The stock has lost 98 percent of their value in the past 12...

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...any kind on any existing debt. FirstFed also said it was cutting workforce at its banking unit, First Federal Bank of California, by 10 percent, or 62 persons, and expects to save $4.2 million annually. The company said the cuts will...

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...stocks are down by about half or more since the beginning of the year. The companies -- which operate IndyMac Bank, First Federal Bank of California and Downey Savings & Loan -- have managed to survive long after nonbank sub-prime lenders...

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...borrowers, in effect wiping out down-payment requirements. By the end of 2005, FirstFed began tightening lending standards at its savings and loan, First Federal Bank of California. "We thought housing prices had gotten a little out of...

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...on organic growth and profitability. First Federal Bank of California was founded in 1929, and later became an institution called First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Santa Monica . In 1983, they diversified to offer...

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...the fourth quarter," the company said. The loss provision was 10 times the amount the company set aside in the fourth quarter of 2007, and double the $110-million provision of the third quarter. Charge-offs -- loans categorized as...

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