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3 Stocks To Research Before The Coming Correction
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Veteran New York Banker Kanas Works on Another Sweet Bank Deal

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BankUnited, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2013 Results, NY Market Launch

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BankUnited Nominates Michael J. Dowling for Election to Its Board of Directors

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SNL Financial Ranks BankUnited #1 Best Performing Regional Bank 2012

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BankUnited Announces Leadership Team in New York

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BankUnited, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend

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BankUnited Announces New Commercial Lending Team in New York

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Tue, Jan 29
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Tue, Jan 29
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Wed, Apr 25, 2012
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Thu, Oct 27, 2011
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Wed, Jul 27, 2011

Veteran New York Banker Kanas Works on Another Sweet Bank Deal

Business Wire (May 9, 2013)
BankUnited Announces New Senior Vice President/Community Development Officer

Business Wire (Apr 25, 2013)
BankUnited, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2013 Results, NY Market Launch

Business Wire (Apr 24, 2013)
BankUnited Nominates Michael J. Dowling for Election to Its Board of Directors

Business Wire (Apr 23, 2013)
SNL Financial Ranks BankUnited #1 Best Performing Regional Bank 2012

Business Wire (Apr 22, 2013)
BankUnited Announces Leadership Team in New York

Business Wire (Mar 18, 2013)
BankUnited, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend

Business Wire (Mar 14, 2013)
BankUnited, Inc. Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering of Common Stock

Business Wire (Mar 7, 2013)
BankUnited, Inc. Announces Secondary Offering of Common Stock

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BankUnited Announces New Commercial Lending Team in New York

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BankUnited, Inc. Reports 2012 Results, Earnings Exceed $211 Million

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BankUnited Closes Several New Loans To Orlando-Based Unicorp National Developments

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BankUnited Opens Additional Branches in Year of Continued Growth

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BankUnited Provides $4.3 Million Loan To Admiral Farragut Academy of St. Petersburg

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BankUnited Refinances Loans Totaling $145 Million For Maitland-Based Developer CED Companies

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BankUnited Announces New Chief Information Officer

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Company Description

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Sector: Financial

Industry: Regional - Mid-Atlantic Banks

Country: United States

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Wednesday, April 24, 7:44 AM BankUnited (BKU): Q1 EPS of $0.47 in-line. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Thursday, March 14, 5:41 PM BankUnited (BKU) declares $0.21/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 3.32%. For shareholders of record Apr. 01. Payable Apr. 15. Ex-div date Mar. 27. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Friday, March 8, 7:12 AM BankUnited (BKU) prices a 19.6M share secondary at $25.25/share, a hefty discount to the pre-announcement price as one of its investors (maybe BX, CG, or Wilbur Ross) cashes out. Shares -2.2% premarket to $25.50 after yesterday's 3.4% decline. (PR) Comment! [Financials, On the Move]
Wednesday, March 6, 7:12 AM BankUnited (BKU) announces a 19.6M share secondary offering. The bank - owned by Blackstone (BX), Carlylye (CG), and Wilbur Ross, among others - was on the block for $27-$29 a few months back, and now is doing a secondary at $28.57. (PR) Comment! [Financials]
Tuesday, January 29, 7:38 AM BankUnited (BKU): Q4 EPS of $0.61 beats by $0.12. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 2:53 PM PNC Financial, TD Bank, BB&T (BBT) and BankUnited (BKU) are among the potential bidders as Spain's troubled Bankia looks to raise cash by putting its Florida unit - City National Bank of Florida - up for sale. With 26 branches, $4.3B in assets, and a loan book doing quite well for Florida, the business could fetch in the area of $500M. Comment! [Financials, M&A]
Monday, November 26, 2012, 5:36 PM BankUnited (BKU) declares $0.21/share quarterly dividend, 24% increase from prior dividend of $0.17. Forward yield 3.55%. For shareholders of record Dec 13. Payable Dec 27. Ex-div date Dec 11. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Thursday, October 25, 2012, 9:02 AM BankUnited (BKU): Q3 EPS of $0.48 beats by $0.04. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Friday, September 14, 2012, 5:12 PM BankUnited (BKU) declares $0.17/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 2.73%. For shareholders of record Oct 01. Payable Oct 15. Ex-div date Sep 27. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Friday, August 17, 2012, 6:35 AM BankUnited (BKU) is considering offers of around $25 a share from Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) and BB&T (BBT), The NY Post reports, although the Florida-based firm is not in formal negotiations. The bids are below BankUnited's close of $25.70 yesterday and its asking price of $27-$29. Comment! [M&A, Financials]
Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 7:49 AM BankUnited (BKU): Q2 EPS of $0.48 beats by $0.04. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 4:30 PM Capital One (COF) reaches a settlement with BankUnited (BKU), its Chairman and CEO, and Chief Lending Officer, over a lawsuit commenced by Capital One alleging that Kanas and Bohlsen breached the terms of certain non-compete arrangements. Under the settlement, COF will receive $20M, and neither BankUnited nor any other bank for which Kanas and Bohlsen are employed will open a bank branch or subsidiary in New York, New Jersey or Connecticut until January 31, 2013. Comment! [Financials]
Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 8:11 AM BankUnited (BKU): Q1 EPS of $0.49 beats by $0.04. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Friday, January 20, 2012, 11:47 AM Steve Schwarzman to the Fed: none of your business. Blackstone (BX) is changing the structure of its 14.1% stake in BankUnited (BKU) after CEO Schwarzman balked at providing personal financial information to the Fed. It isn't clear why Schwarzman is so sensitive about it, except that he doesn't exactly hold the government in high regard. 4 Comments [Financials]
Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 6:04 PM BankUnited (BKU) decides not to proceed with a possible sale of the company, and will “continue to pursue its original plan to build the premier bank throughout Florida as an independent institution." BKU -10.7% AH. 1 Comment [Financials, M&A, On the Move, Breaking News]
Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 6:20 AM Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) and BB&T (BBT) reportedly submitted preliminary bids late yesterday to buy BankUnited (BKU), which was put up for sale last week and is expected to fetch over $2B. The suitors want to expand in Florida despite its real-estate turmoil and other problems. Comment! [Financials, M&A]

John Vincent
Wilbur Ross of Invesco eliminated Air Lease ($AL) & reduced BankUnited ($BKU) by 40% this quarter. Details @ http://bit.ly/187jc1Y
May 18, 1:08 AM
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John Vincent
Wilbur Ross of Invesco has ~80% of 13F holdings in Bankunited ($BKU), Assured Guaranty ($AGO) & Exco ($XCO). Details @ http://bit.ly/Tl7N9E
11/30/12
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7 Buy-Rated Financials With Very Low Levels Of Debt http://bit.ly/Oac9vy $ANH $BKU $FRC $FUBC $HFWA $SBX $TROW @ZetaKap
8/24/12
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Asif Suria
BankUnited to buy Herald National to move into New York $BKU
6/2/11
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#Dividend Yields: 9 Best Yielding Mid Caps Close To 52 Weeks Lows ++ http://t.co/TeIuAIw ++ $HCBK $MCY $AB $PBCT $OFC $ANAT $UMC $THG $BKU
4/18/11
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Stocks That Insiders Are Buying and Selling February 2011 ++ http://t.co/vwCffa7 ++ $PCXCQ.OB $DGX $MCP $CVI $BKU $MSFT $WFM $NDAQ $SSNC $SPB
2/28/11
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