Sun coverage: First Mariner Bancorp
8:28 PM EST, December 23, 2011
First Mariner's Hale retires
Edwin F. Hale Sr., the Baltimore trucking magnate and developer, said Friday that he has retired as chief executive and chairman of First Mariner Bancorp — the banking company he built, only to scramble in the housing market collapse and recession to save it from failure.
8:00 PM EST, December 23, 2011
Jay Hancock: Mercantile discipline could make 1st Mariner shipshape
The winds of economic destruction blow as hard in Baltimore as anywhere else. But business brainpower tends to stay anchored to the land of pleasant living.
6:53 PM EST, November 30, 2011
First Mariner faces deadline to raise capital
Seven months after First Mariner Bancorp struck a cash-infusion deal that Chairman Edwin F. Hale Sr. characterized as a "significant milestone" in the struggling Baltimore company's efforts to raise its capital levels, a second deadline has come and gone, leaving no clear picture of the bank's progress.
6:38 PM EDT, September 27, 2011
First Mariner could seek another deal or partner
First Mariner Bancorp can seek an alternative deal or partner to raise capital it needs to survive under an amended agreement with Priam Capital, according to regulatory documents filed Tuesday.
7:39 PM EDT, September 22, 2011
First Mariner has new deadline to raise money
First Mariner Bancorp said Thursday that it has extended an agreement with New York investment firm, giving the Baltimore bank more time to raise much-needed capital to survive.
6:31 PM EDT, August 31, 2011
First Mariner delisted from Nasdaq stock market
First Mariner Bancorp, locked in a fight for survival, suffered another setback Wednesday when its stock was delisted from the Nasdaq stock market.
8:34 PM EDT, August 26, 2011
Nasdaq issues another warning to First Mariner
First Mariner Bancorp says it has been notified by Nasdaq Stock Market that it still fails to meet the standards to remain listed on the exchange, according to documents filed with securities regulators on Friday.
8:23 PM EDT, July 29, 2011
First Mariner reports $11 million loss in second quarter
First Mariner Bancorp's bleeding increased during the second quarter as continued write-downs of real estate and bad loans left the Baltimore company with $11 million in losses.
5:43 PM EDT, July 18, 2011
Key deadline comes and goes for First Mariner
A key deadline for Baltimore's First Mariner Bancorp to raise at least $70.3 million passed Monday without any word on whether the company has met that fundraising goal to keep alive a capital deal that would ensure the company's survival.
April 24, 2011
First Mariner, Hale face future without each other
Edwin F. Hale Sr. has always run headfirst into challenges. Walking away is not his style.
6:09 PM EDT, April 25, 2011
First Mariner faces capital raising deadlines
First Mariner Bancorp's deal with a New York investment firm that would give the Baltimore institution a much-needed cash infusion sets two key deadlines for the company to raise additional capital, according to regulatory filings released Monday.
5:38 PM EDT, April 8, 2011
First Mariner chief Hale's pay down slightly in 2010
First Mariner Bancorp Chairman and Chief Executive Edwin F. Hale Sr.'s compensation dipped slightly to $542,825 in 2010, the namesake bank holding company said Friday.
9:33 PM EDT, March 31, 2011
Auditors raise doubts about First Mariner's future
Auditors have raised doubts about First Mariner Bancorp's ability to remain in business, according to financial statements that the largest Baltimore-based bank, founded by prominent businessman Edwin F. Hale Sr., filed with regulators late Thursday.
8:30 PM EDT, April 1, 2011
Hale: First Mariner working with regulators despite doubts over future
First Mariner Bancorp Chairman and CEO Edwin F. Hale Sr. said Friday that the company is continuing to try to raise capital and to work with regulators who have put the largest Baltimore-based bank under heightened scrutiny for two years.
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