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Let's bring in Judy Shelton, senior fellow at the Independent Institute. She was once President Trump's nominee to the Federal uh Reserve Board. For a while, uh Judy, and welcome.For a while, you've been u talking about the the uh the notion that prosperity or or a strong economy doesn't necessarily mean higher inflation if it's accompanied by productivity gains. And I don't know if you saw uh Kevin Worse last week, but he he talked for a while and and made made that same point. Did you see that interview a ...

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OAKLAND, Md., July 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- First United Corporation (the "Corporation", "we", "us", and "our") (NASDAQ: FUNC), a bank holding company and the parent company of First United Bank & Trust (the "Bank"), today announced financial results for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2025.  Consolidated net income was $6.0 million for the second quarter of 2025, or $0.92 per diluted common share, compared to $4.9 million, or $0.75 per diluted common share, for the second quarter of 2024 an ...

DALLAS, July 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Argent Trust Company, as Trustee of the Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE: PBT) ("Permian" or the "Trust") today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.015311 per unit, payable on August 14, 2025, to unit holders of record on July 31, 2025. The distribution does not include proceeds from the Waddell Ranch properties, as total production costs ("Production Costs") exceeded gross proceeds ("Gross Proceeds") for the month of M ...

LOS ANGELES, July 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Preferred Bank (NASDAQ: PFBC), one of the larger independent California banks, today reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. Preferred Bank (“the Bank”) reported net income of $32.8 million or $2.52 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2025. This represents an increase in net income of $2.8 million from the prior quarter and a small decrease of $745,000 from the same quarter last year. The increase compared to the prior quarter was mainly d ...

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