John Allison

This merger accelerates our long-term earnings growth potential by expanding our Tennessee market. It will allow us to extend our read more

This merger accelerates our long-term earnings growth potential by expanding our Tennessee market. It will allow us to extend our growing Knoxville-based presence toward Chattanooga and on to our existing north Georgia franchise.

Boy, I feel bad, ... There's so much I want to show you.

Boy, I feel bad, ... There's so much I want to show you.

I think you blacked out for a little bit there,

I think you blacked out for a little bit there,

We're pretty much on schedule, ... We are talking to some people right now, but mergers are unpredictable. ... We'd read more

We're pretty much on schedule, ... We are talking to some people right now, but mergers are unpredictable. ... We'd like to see a transaction in the early part of 2006, but whether we will or not, frankly, depends on the sellers.

Given that our first quarter is usually negatively affected by a number of seasonal factors, I am encouraged that these read more

Given that our first quarter is usually negatively affected by a number of seasonal factors, I am encouraged that these positive results reflect a very good start to 2006.