POINT ROBERTS, WA - February 21, 2013 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Investorideas.com, an investor research portal specializing in sector research for independent investors issues an exclusive Q&A interview with industry leader, Sunwin Stevia International, Inc. ( OTCQB : SUWN ). Ms. Dongdong Lin, CEO of Sunwin Stevia, discusses its distribution and equity agreement with WILD Flavors, the recent approval for stevia in Canada and their new manufacturing upgrades and product development in preparation of a growing global demand for stevia.

Two of the Southeast’s Oldest and Strongest Banks Merge to Create a Regional Banking Company

SCBT Financial Corporation and First Financial Holdings, Inc. to Merge

SCBT Financial Corporation (SCBT) and First Financial Holdings, Inc. (“First Financial”) (FFCH) jointly announced today the signing of a definitive merger agreement under which SCBT and First Financial will merge to position the combined company to become a premier regional bank.

“We are pleased to announce that two of the Southeast’s oldest, strongest and largest banks are merging to form a dynamic banking company. Our two banks complement each other significantly and, because of our size, earnings power and strength, we will be uniquely positioned to build a premier regional bank in the Southeast,” said Robert R. Hill, Jr., president and CEO, SCBT Financial Corporation.

F.N.B. Corporation Enhances Greater Cleveland Presence with Acquisition of PVF Capital Corp.

F.N.B. Corporation (FNB) and PVF Capital Corp. (PVFC) jointly announce the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which F.N.B. Corporation will acquire PVF Capital Corp., the Solon-based holding company and parent of Park View Federal Savings Bank, in an all stock transaction valued at approximately $3.98 per share, or $106.4 million in the aggregate using the 20-day trailing stock price of F.N.B. Corporation as of Friday, February 15, 2013.

The acquisition of PVF Capital Corp. will provide F.N.B. Corporation with an additional $782 million in total assets, $634 million in total deposits, $600 million in gross loans and 16 banking offices in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio area. As a result of the transaction, F.N.B. Corporation will expand its Cleveland presence and have a top fifteen deposit market share in the Cleveland, Ohio metropolitan statistical area.

SAN DIEGO - February 5, 2013 (Investorideas.com newswire) - Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: AEMD), today released the following note authored by its Chairman and CEO, Jim Joyce.

In our quest to innovate life-saving therapeutics, we have persevered through untold challenges to create a single medical device that offers to optimize the benefit of cancer and infectious disease therapies. As our endeavors transitioned beyond R&D, we thought we were cognizant of the entire alphabet soup of healthcare and financial regulatory agencies we would need to navigate to bring our technology to market.