Ryland Group, Inc. (NYSE:RYL), announced results for its quarter ended December 31, 2011. Items of note included: Net income from continuing operations totaled $1.3 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2011, which included pretax charges of $1.1 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, related to inventory and other valuation adjustments and write-offs; New orders increased 23.8 percent to 910 units for the fourth quarter of 2011 from 735 units for the fourth quarter of 2010. For the quarter ended December 31, 2011, the Company reported net income of $1.3 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $16.8 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, for the same period in 2010. Pretax charges that related to inventory and other valuation adjustments and write-offs totaled $1.1 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, and $12.6 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, for the quarters ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Additionally, the Company had pretax charges related to debt repurchases that totaled $274,000 for the quarter ended December 31, 2011.

The Ryland Group, Inc. operates as a homebuilders and a mortgage-finance company in the United States.

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Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) announced fourth-quarter net earnings of $205 million, or $2.62 per diluted share, compared to net earnings of $171 million, or $2.19 per diluted share reported during the same period last year. Fourth-quarter sales in 2011 were $4.9 billion, compared to $5.0 billion reported in the fourth quarter of 2010. Improving price/mix was offset by unfavorable currency and lower industry demand. Full-year 2011 sales reached $18.7 billion, up 2 percent from the prior year. Net earnings for the year were $4.99 per diluted share compared to $7.97 per diluted share reported for 2010.

Whirlpool Corporation engages in the manufacture and marketing of home appliances worldwide. Its principal products include laundry appliances, refrigerators, cooking appliances, dishwashers, mixers, and other small household appliances.

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Global Hunter (GBLHF.PK)

Global Hunter’s focus is on strategic and base metals, with an advanced stage copper oxide project in Chile and a highly prospective molybdenum property in British Columbia, Canada. GBLHF teams are working on developing the Corona de Cobre property in Chile and the Rabbit south property in British Columbia.

La Corona de Cobre, Chile:

+18,000 hectare land package in coastal belt of Andean Cordillera of Chile on the Atacama Fault Zone.(”Chilean Iron-Copper Belt”)

Project Highlights
- Copper oxide deposit, leachable
- Existing NI 43-101 Resource Estimate (225 million pounds of copper)
- Management with proven track record
- Highly qualified technical team
- Low operating costs of appr. $ 1.00/lb (preliminary calculation)
- Substantial upside potential (resource covers less than 0.1% of total area)

Rabbit South, British Columbia:
1,900 hectare land package between two of British Columbia’s most successful copper mines (Afton and Highland Valley)

Project Highlights
- 1,900 hectares 26km from Kamloops, British Columbia, between the Afton and Highland Valley copper mines
- 86 holes drilled on property from 1979 to 2005
- Two large target areas identified
- Recent drilling confirms presence of wide-spread near-surface molybdenum mineralization
Interesting facts about Copper

The electrical industry is the largest user of copper, but it is also used in coinage, tubing, water purification, and other applications. Copper, having a high conductivity, is used extensively in wiring. Coils, chokes and VDU beam magnets are all made from enameled high conductivity copper that is ductile enough to be wound in to slots, limp enough to stay in the slots and strong enough to stand the forces generated by electro-magnetism. Motors and other power supplies are also a major application of metallic copper. For reliable operation of computers, power supplies must be protected from the harmonics generated by electronic equipment. Microchips have lead frames made of copper alloys that are strong enough for the small pins to be forced in to the socket, hold their strength and springiness at operating temperatures, are good electrical conductors and can easily be gold plated for total corrosion resistance.

For more information please visit official website of GBLHF.PK: www.globalhunter.ca/homeabout.html

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Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (NASDAQ:SBCF), reported 2011 fourth quarter net income of $2.5 million, up $12.8 million compared to the fourth quarter of 2010. Net income was $6.7 million for the full year compared to the net loss for the year 2010 totaling $33.2 million. Net income available to Common shareholders for the fourth quarter and the year 2011 totaled, respectively, $1.6 million or $0.02 diluted earnings per share (DEPS), and $2.9 million or $0.03 DEPS. These figures compare to a loss of $0.12 DEPS and $0.48 DEPS a year ago for the same periods, respectively.

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida operates as the holding company for Seacoast National Bank that provides various financial products and services in the United States.

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