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#   Actions under delegated authority

## Actions taken during the week ending November 24, 2007

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Bank Branches, DomesticSt. LouisArvest Bank, Fayetteville, Arkansas  -- to purchase the assets and assume the liabilities of the Grove, Oklahoma, branch of Grand Bank, Tulsa, and to consolidate the facility with an Arvest Bank branch. 					-Approved, November 19, 2007 					San FranciscoBank of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii  -- to establish an in-store branch at Star Markets Mililani, 95-1249 Meheula Parkway, Mililani.					-Approved, November 20, 2007 					ChicagoCole Taylor Bank, Chicago, Illinois  -- to establish a branch at 20 S. Clark Street.					-Approved, November 21, 2007 					SecretaryComerica Bank, Detroit, Michigan  -- to establish branches at 2416 Central Avenue, Alameda, California, and 1200 Broadway, Oakland.					-Approved, November 21, 2007 					ClevelandFifth Third Bank, Grand Rapids, Michigan  -- to establish a branch at 766 North Sun Drive, Lake Mary, Florida.					-Approved, November 21, 2007 					San FranciscoLiberty Bank, South San Francisco, California  -- to establish a branch at 6222 Highway 9, Felton.					-Approved, November 21, 2007 					SecretaryManufacturers and Traders Trust Company, Buffalo, New York  -- to purchase certain assets and assume certain liabilities of twenty branches of First Tennessee Bank National Association Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, and to establish branches of M&T Bank at four locations in Maryland and nine locations in Virginia.					-Approved, November 21, 2007 					RichmondSecond Bank & Trust, Fredericksburg, Virginia  -- to establish a branch at 3900 Westerre Parkway, Suite 102, Richmond.					-Approved, November 23, 2007 					

Bank Holding CompaniesDirector, BS&RThe Bank of New York, New York, New York; and Mellon Bank, N.A., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  -- waiver of remainder of notification period for The Bank of New York and Mellon Bank, N.A. to make additional investments in BNY Mellon GSS Acquisition Company, Amsterdam, Netherlands; and for Mellon to invest in GSS Holdings S.a.r.l., Luxembourg, Luxembourg.					-Granted, November 19, 2007 					SecretaryBelvedere Capital Fund II L.P. and Belvedere Capital Partners II LLC, San Francisco, California  -- to acquire through their subsidiary, Belvedere SoCal, all the shares of Spectrum Bank, Irvine.					-Approved, November 23, 2007 					BostonCamden National Corporation, Camden, Maine  -- waiver of application to acquire Union Bankshares Company, Ellworth, and its subsidiary bank, Union Trust Company.					-Granted, November 20, 2007 					ChicagoCapitol Bancorp, Ltd. and Capital Development Bancorp Limited VI, Lansing, Michigan  -- to acquire additional interests in Bank of Fort Bend (in organization), Sugar Land, Texas, and thereby operate a savings association.					-Approved, November 20, 2007 					SecretaryFirst Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Billings, Montana  -- to acquire First Western Bank, Wall, South Dakota, and The First Western Bank Sturgis, Sturgis.					-Approved, November 20, 2007 					Director, BS&RMeridian Financial Services, Incorporated and Meridian Interstate Bancorp, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts  -- relief from commitments related to a proposed issuance of stock by a bank holding company owned by a mutual holding company.					-Granted, November 21, 2007 					

Bank MergersSt. LouisHome Bancshares, Inc., Conway, Arkansas  -- to merge with Centennial Bancshares, Inc., Little Rock, and thereby indirectly acquire Centennial Bank, Kingsland.					-Approved, November 19, 2007 					

Change In Bank ControlKansas CityFirst Financial Services, Inc., Falls City, Nebraska  -- change in bank control of the parent company of First National Bank and Trust Company.					-Permitted, November 21, 2007 					

Extensions Of TimeChicagoC-B-G, Inc., West Liberty, Louisiana  -- extension to February 24, 2008, to increase its investment in Washington Bancorp, Washington, Iowa, and thereby increase its indirect interest in Federation Bank.					-Granted, November 20, 2007 					DallasKilgore National Financial Corporation, Kilgore, Texas  -- extension to February 1, 2008, to become a bank holding company and to acquire Kilgore National Bank.					-Granted, November 19, 2007 					

Financial Holding CompaniesAtlantaHighlands Independent Bancshares, Inc., Sebring, Florida  -- election to become a financial holding company.					-Approved, November 19, 2007 					New YorkHSBC Holdings plc, New York, New York  -- to indirectly acquire control of KEB USA International Corp. and KEB NY Financial Corp. and KEB LA Financial Corp., Los Angeles, California, and thereby engage in commercial finance and money transmittal and servicing activities.					-Approved, November 23, 2007 					

MembershipMinneapolisThe First National Bank of Blue Earth, Blue Earth, Minnesota  -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System d/b/a First Bank Blue Earth.					-Approved, November 21, 2007 					

Regulations And PoliciesFOMCFederal Open Market Committee  -- minutes of the meeting held on October 30-31, 2007.					-Published, November 20, 2007 					

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