BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE: BXS) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.

American National Bankshares Inc. (Nasdaq: AMNB), parent company of American National Bank and Trust Company, today announced first quarter net income of $2.31 million. Earnings per share were $0.38 on both a basic and diluted basis.

Consolidated net income for DST Systems, Inc. (NYSE: DST) was $72.2 million ($1.12 per diluted share) for first quarter 2008 compared to $65.4 million ($0.90 per diluted share) for first quarter 2007. Taking into account certain non-GAAP adjustments explained herein, consolidated net income was $55.2 million ($0.86 per diluted share) for first quarter 2008 compared to $62.6 million ($0.87 per diluted share) for first quarter 2007.

First Defiance Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: FDEF) today announced that net income for its first quarter ended March 31, 2008 totaled $3.42 million, or $0.47 per diluted share, compared to $3.61 million or $0.50 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2007.

Liberty Property Trust (NYSE: LRY) reported that net income per common share (diluted) was $0.33 per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, compared to $0.43 per share (diluted) for the quarter ended March 31, 2007.

Besieged bank National City Corporation said Monday that it will receive a $7 billion infusion of equity capital from a consortium of investors led by private equity firm Corsair Capital.

Bank of America reported net income of $1.21 billion on revenues of $17 billion. This represents a 6.3% decline in revenues and a sharp 77% drop in net income, due to about $2 billion in asset write-downs and an increase in provisions for credit losses of about $4.5 billion.

Venture capital investment in U.S. companies slipped 7% in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same period last year to $6.84 billion, according to the Quarterly Venture Capital Report released today by Dow Jones VentureSource, the venture industry's premier data provider. The report showed that deal count reached 603 deals for the quarter, down by 25 deals from the first quarter last year and the lowest quarterly total since the first quarter of 2005.

CVF Technologies Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CNVT) a holding company that is involved in the business of developing and managing early stage companies primarily engaged in the clean-tech sector today reported financial results for the fiscal year 2007.

United Financial Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: UBNK), the holding company for United Bank, reported net income of $2.0 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2008 compared to net income of $834,000, or $0.05 per diluted share, for the corresponding period in 2007.

Bank of the Carolinas Corporation (Nasdaq: BCAR), reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2008.

Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: NADVF) today announced record quarterly revenue for the first quarter of 2008 from its apparel division, HTnaturals, a leading provider of environmentally sustainable hemp, bamboo, organic cotton and soy blended apparel.