Mark Hoppe said it has taken more than 990 days, but the chief executive of Taylor Capital Group Inc. said the parent of Cole Taylor Bank has finally turned a quarterly profit.
“Wow, that feels good,” Hoppe, who joined the Chicago-based company from LaSalle Bank in 2008, told analysts during a conference call Thursday morning to discuss third quarter earnings.
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