HOUSTON, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sterling Bancshares, Inc. will make a presentation at the Merrill Lynch Banking & Financial Services Investor Conference in New York on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 9:40 a.m. Eastern Time. J. Downey Bridgwater, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Stephen C. Raffaele, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will make Sterling's presentation.
Interested individuals may listen to a live audio webcast of the presentation by visiting http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/ml/banking06/53203304.cfm . This link will be live just prior to the presentation and will be available for on-demand replay within twenty-four hours. After the conference, the presentation will be archived for fourteen days. To access the presentation, you will need Windows Media Player or Real Player installed on your computer. There is no charge to listen to the webcast.
About Sterling Bancshares
Sterling Bancshares, Inc., is a Houston-based bank holding company with total assets of $4.3 billion, which operates 45 banking offices in the greater metro areas of Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas, Texas. These cities are the 4th, 7th and 9th largest in the United States, respectively, based on population. The Company's common stock is traded through the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "SBIB".
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