Article: The Daily Record News Briefs: May 4, 2009

1st Mariner narrows loss

1st Mariner Bancorp, of Baltimore, parent company of 1st Mariner Bank and Mariner Finance LLC, reported a first-quarter loss of $3.1 million, or 48 cents per diluted share, versus $3.3 million, or 52 cents per diluted share, in the year-ago period. The bank's net loss in fourth-quarter 2008 was $9.1 million. The company said it had to boost loan loss reserves in the 2009 first quarter to $4.4 million from $3.8 million in the prior-year period, due to deterioration in appraised value of its non-performing real estate loans and foreclosed residential real estate. Total assets rose 7 percent to $1.4 billion this year versus $1.3 billion in the 2008 period.

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