BankUnited Financial Corporation (fka BKUNQ)

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NASDAQ Changes Trading Halt Status of BankUnited Financial Corp.
9:30a ET May 22, 2009 (GlobeNewswire)
The NASDAQ Stock Market(r) (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today that the trading halt status in BankUnited Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:BKUNA) was changed to "additional information requested" from the company. Trading in the company's stock had been halted on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 5:28:04 p.m. Eastern Time for "news dissemination" at a last sale price of $0.4922. Trading will remain halted until BankUnited Financial Corp. has fully satisfied NASDAQ's request for additional information.

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