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Huntington Bank Named Winner of the 2013 TNS Choice Award for Consumer Banking in Central Region

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Huntington Bank Named Winner of the 2013 TNS Choice Award for Consumer Banking in Central Region

Bank recognized for outperforming competitors in acquiring, retaining and developing customers

COLUMBUS, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Huntington (NASDAQ: HBAN; www.huntington.com) has been named the winner of the 2013 TNS Choice Award for Consumer Banking in the Central Region. TNS, the largest custom research firm in the world, presented the award to Huntington for outperforming its competitors in acquiring, retaining and developing customers.

Huntington was selected based on an analysis of more than 7,900 consumer interviews conducted in the Central Region in 2012, as part of TNS‘s Retail Banking Monitor research program, which evaluates the competitive momentum of individual financial services firms.

“At Huntington, our customers are our top priority. They have told us they want banking solutions that matter and easier ways to do business with us, and we have responded with continued investments in service and convenience,” said Mary Navarro, Huntington’s retail and business banking director. “It is this foundation of service and dedication to caring about our customers, in addition to making banking easy, that has allowed Huntington to differentiate itself from its competitors.”

Over the past two years, Huntington has developed 24-Hour Grace®, a unique service that provides Huntington consumer checking customers until the next business day to cover overdrafts without any fees. Additionally, the bank has introduced an innovative checking account called Asterisk-Free Checking®, developed mobile applications for the iPhone and Android operating systems, strengthened its commitment to small business by lending $4 billion in the last three years, extended Saturday hours, and opened 107 new branches in Giant Eagle and Meijer grocery stores.

The 20-state Central Region includes: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.

The TNS Retail Banking Monitor research program is developed to identify strong achievement on both the national and regional level. TNS measured customer acquisition, retention, satisfaction, and share of wallet, across a comprehensive set of competing firms, to identify top performers.

“Customers of Huntington are among the most satisfied bank customers in the country. Among consumers in the 20-state Central Region, Huntington is achieving faster organic growth than any significant competitor,” said James Meyer, executive vice president for TNS. “Huntington is winning new ‘primary bank’ relationships at an exceptional rate, and client loyalty scores are among

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Carmike Cinemas Announces the Grand Opening of the Carmike Boulevard 10 in Destin, Florida, Includin

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Carmike Cinemas Announces the Grand Opening of the Carmike Boulevard 10 in Destin, Florida, Including the Critically Acclaimed Signature “BIGD” Ultimate Entertainment Experience and the Ovation Dining Club

– Boulevard 10 brings the Theatre-Going Entertainment Experience to a Dramatic New Level on March 28 –

COLUMBUS, Ga. & DESTIN, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (NAS: CKEC) , a leading DIGITAL cinema and 3-D motion picture exhibitor, announced today that it will unveil its newest entertainment complex at Grand Boulevard located at the entrance of the 2,400-acre Sandestin® Golf and Beach Resort, just east of Destin, between Panama City and Pensacola, Florida. Opening night will be Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Midnight. The new Carmike theatre, named the Boulevard 10, will feature ten screens with total seating for 1,800 and will be highlighted by a state-of-the-art “BIGD” auditorium and Ovation Dining Club, Carmike’s premium theatre environments. The grand opening of the Boulevard 10 will feature a selection of Hollywood’s latest movies, including the special debut Midnight presentation of “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.”

Carmike Cinemas President and Chief Executive Officer David Passman stated, “Carmike continues actively expanding our growing circuit, on our way to 300 theatres and 3,000 screens through selective acquisitions and the addition of multiple new-build theatres in promising locations like Sandestin, across ‘Hometown America. The “BIGD” and Ovation Dining Club will both be Carmike’s first flagship venues of this type in Florida. Recent Carmike Florida expansion took place along the Space Coast in Melbourne and Port St. Lucie and along the Emerald Coast in Pensacola with the acquisition of four theatres from Rave Motion Pictures. Carmike has had a significant presence in Panama City and Pensacola for many years.

“We’re providing the ultimate entertainment experience that features large format DIGITAL with bigger screens, bigger and better sound, and the finest in-theatre seating for cutting-edge presentation and the definitive enjoyment of our audiences. Furthermore, with the opening of our newest location, the Sandestin area joins a select and growing list of communities across the nation offering Carmike theatregoers the exciting “BIGD” format. The Sandestin Ovation Dining Club is only our second in the country and has been raved about in Chattanooga, TN, site of our first location. Many of our guests tell us that with limited time for leisure in their busy lives, they enjoy the option of combining a tasty dinner and refreshments, with a leading Hollywood movie.”

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Huntington Exceeds $4 Billion Lending Commitment to Small Businesses in the Midwest

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Huntington Exceeds $4 Billion Lending Commitment to Small Businesses in the Midwest

More than 24,000 small businesses helped

COLUMBUS, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Huntington Bank (NASDAQ: HBAN; www.huntington.com) announced today that it has exceeded its 2010 $4 billion lending commitment to small businesses in six states. More than 24,000 small businesses obtained loans over the three-year period, helping to jump start hiring in Huntington’s markets, which stretch from West Virginia to Michigan. Small businesses create more than 66 percent of all new jobs.

“Huntington was one of the first banks during the economic downturn to commit to increased small business lending,” said Huntington’s President, Chairman and CEO Steve Steinour. “We made the commitment after listening to business owners who needed loans to navigate the weak economy, while investing in their businesses’ future growth. We also hired more than 150 additional business bankers to work with businesses and take a second-look at loan applications to make certain nothing was missed in determining their qualifications for a loan.”

In addition, the innovative program offered turnaround lending for small businesses. With this portion of the program, a business that had a long history of success, but suffered losses during the recession, could obtain a turnaround loan if they had several quarters of profitability and reasonable projections for future growth.

Huntington’s small-business loan commitment targeted Midwest states throughout the bank’s service area. The approximate number of businesses in each state obtaining loans included:

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Ohio – 15,400
Michigan – 5,200
Indiana – 1,800
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Oil paintings mark moments in political history

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Artists often put oil to canvas at this time of year to render the official portrait of a governor or legislative leader who’s coming or going from office.

Oil paintings of American politicians go back to George Washington. It’s a tradition that’s been made largely immune to budget pressures thanks to private funding.

But the practice isn’t without its challenges. The commissioning and placement of the portraits — most consistently governors, but also legislators, justices and other statewide officials — can raise quirky questions.

What of the Ohio governor whose portrait probably took longer to paint than her 11-day tenure in office? Or the image of an Oregon governor whose past misdeeds were later revealed?…

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Date:
1-7-13

Source: FULL ARTICLE at History News Network – George Mason University