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George Charles Krysl, a former executive with American Airlines at LaGuardia Airport, died Oct. 26 after losing a battle with prostate cancer. He was 87. Krysl, a 36-year resident of New Hyde Park, was born in Prague, Czechoslavakia (now the Czech...

Amid the widening housing crisis, Gov. Martin O'Malley plans to announce today an agreement with some of the nation's largest loan servicers to help homeowners who have fallen behind in their mortgage payments to avoid foreclosure. Under the accord,...

In his continued absence from Central Florida, Lou Pearlman is being dragged toward personal bankruptcy by three banks and a venture-capital company that claim he owes them a combined $48 million. The banks, led by American Bank of St. Paul, Minn., filed...

A bankruptcy court will consider today whether to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee over the financial affairs of Lou Pearlman and Trans Continental Airlines, a move that could improve the position of creditors who don't have collateral to back up their loans....

Lawyers painted a picture of fraud, dishonesty and mismanagement surrounding Lou Pearlman's Trans Continental Airlines in order to persuade a bankruptcy judge Wednesday to let an interim trustee take over the financial affairs of Pearlman and his flagship...

American Bank of St. Paul is suing Orlando businessman Lou Pearlman for failing to pay back a $28.5 million loan relating to an attempt to buy a British television show. Pearlman took out the loan in March 2006 to refinance debt and to purchase Top of...

Orlando music entrepreneur Lou Pearlman is battling with yet another bank over allegations of loan defaults. The latest dispute involves a North Dakota bank that sued Pearlman and several of his companies this week in Orange County Circuit Court. The...

A series of multimillion-dollar lawsuits against boy-band entrepreneur Louis J. Pearlman has reached the front doorstep of his Trans Continental empire, once seen as the spark that could revitalize downtown Orlando's Church Street Station. But now...

Boy-band mogul Lou Pearlman was hit with yet another multimillion-dollar lawsuit Thursday as questions and litigation mount over his Orlando-based business empire. Creditors and investors have now filed a dozen lawsuits in recent weeks claiming he owes a...

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION STATE OF FLORIDA, OFFICE OF FINANCIAL REGULATION, Plaintiff, vs. CASE NO.: 48-2006-CA-011136-O TRANS CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., TRANS CONTINENTAL...

American Bank Inc. of Allentown announced Thursday its net income for the third quarter increased 4 percent from the same period in the prior year. The increase is attributed in part to a $17.5 million increase of average earning assets in the current...

BY THE 1900s, Farmingdale was a thriving metropolis with industry as well as agriculture -- enough commerce to warrant the Bank of Farmingdale opening in 1907 at the intersection of Main and Conklin Streets. "There were at least six pickle works, a...