Article: California-Based Vineyard National Bancorp Seeks to Acquire Struggling Bank.

By Don McAuliffe, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 31--The parent of Vineyard Bank has made a bid to acquire ailing Life Financial in a stock swap that would extend its reach in the Inland Empire and allow it to expand further in Orange County.

The latest deal come less than a month after a West Los Angeles real estate executive backed out of a deal to acquire Life in $15 million note sale and rights exchange.

Terms of the newest deal were not disclosed but the two institutions expect to sign a definitive letter of intent within the next 10 days, said Norm Morales, president and chief ...

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