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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 from scratch and has struggled in the last several years to save from failure.

Jay Hancock: Jack Steil and Robert Kunisch, former executives from Mercantile Bankshares, have been consulting on a turnaround plan for 1st Mariner Bank.

APG Federal Credit Union, Harford and Cecil County's largest credit union, has announced Thomas J. Arena recently joined the credit union's marketing department in the new position of product manager.

Robert G. Wilmers, M&T Bank Corp.'s chairman and chief executive officer, has been leading the Buffalo, N.Y. bank's shopping spree in Maryland.