FirstMerit News

The quarterly payout is unchanged from the dividend for the previous quarter declared by the company on 16 February 2012 and distributed on 19 March 2012.

Earlier this week, a 23-year-old Cuyahoga Falls woman was robbed at gunpoint and Akron Police are asking for your help to identify one or more of the individuals involved in the crime.

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An Amherst branch is one of eight FirstMerit Corp. bank branches that will close in August as part of a major cost-cutting plan announced Monday.The Leavitt Road branch is slated to close Aug.

As part of a cost-cutting initiative, FirstMerit Bank will close eight branches in August, including six in the Akron area, reports the Akron Beacon Journal.

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It was only a matter of time. As we get deeper into proxy season , it was inevitable that the number of contentious annual "say-on-pay" votes would rise.

The firm currently has a "buy" rating on the stock. The analysts wrote, "After expanding its core franchise by over 30% in 2010, FMER took a break from deal activity in 2011.