West Coast Bancorp

FORM 8-K: WESTERN ALLIANCE BAN ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/10/2009; 728 words; ...Identification No.) 2700 West Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas...Controller of Pacific Capital Bancorp from June 2007 to October 2009 and Community West Bancshares from February...Management of Community West Bancshares. From 1983...a graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School with a...

Private Equity Interest in Weak Banks Gains Steam.(Private Equity)
Investment Dealers' Digest; 11/6/2009; 1748 words; ...banks. Last week two Oregon strugglers, Cascade Bancorp in Bend and West Coast Bancorp in Lake Oswego, announced recapitalization deals...private-equity firms will try to use Cascade and West Coast as vehicles to scoop up the wreckage...

PE Looks Ready to Make Investments in Industry.(private-equity investors)
American Banker; 11/3/2009; 1684 words; ...banks. Last week two Oregon strugglers, Cascade Bancorp in Bend and West Coast Bancorp in Lake Oswego, announced recapitalization deals...private-equity firms will try to use Cascade and West Coast as vehicles to scoop up the wreckage...

StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. Appoints George J. Puentes and Duane C. McDougall to Board of Directors.
Business Wire; 10/30/2009; 919 words; ...president and CEO of Willamette Industries, Inc. from 1998 to 2002. He currently serves on the boards of directors of West Coast Bancorp, Cascade Corporation, and Greenbrier Companies. Mr. McDougall's appointment is effective December 1, 2009...

WEST COAST BANCORP REPORTS ACQUISITION BY DIRECTOR BRAGG (Oregon)
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/29/2009; 302 words; WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- West Coast Bancorp (WCBO), Lake Oswego, Ore., has filed a Form 4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission noting the change in the beneficial...