NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ Stock Market(R) (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today that the trading halt status in Corus Bankshares, Inc. (Nasdaq:CORS) was changed to "additional information requested" from the company. Trading in the company's stock had been halted today at 7:00:11 a.m. Eastern Time for "news dissemination" at a last sale price of $0.26. Trading will remain halted until Corus Bankshares has fully satisfied NASDAQ's request for additional information.

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