government and general economic conditions

"At the same time, we areconcentrating on increasing core deposits to further build upon our base ofaffordable local deposits. Temecula Valley Bank was built by experienced businessbankers to be the type of bank that we would want to do business with if we werethe customers," Basirico noted. About Temecula Valley BankTemecula Valley Bank was established in 1996 and operates eleven full servicebanking offices in California, in the communities of Temecula, Murrieta, Corona,Carlsbad, El Cajon, Escondido, Fallbrook, Rancho Bernardo, San Marcos, SolanaBeach and Ontario. Regional loan production offices are located throughout thestate of California.

As an SBA Preferred Lender, the Bank also has a network ofSBA offices Temecula Valley Bancorp Inc. was established in June 2002 andoperates as a bank holding company for the Bank. For more information about theCompany, visit Temeculas website at Statements concerning future performance, developments, or events concerningexpectations for growth and market forecasts, and any other guidance on futureperiods, constitute forward-looking statements that are subject to a number ofrisks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from statedexpectations. Specific factors include, but are not limited to, the effect ofinterest rate changes, the ability to control costs and expenses, the impact ofconsolidation in the banking industry, financial policies of the U.S.government, and general economic conditions. Temecula Valley Bancorp Inc.Frank Basirico, CEO, 951-694-9940 Copyright Business Wire 2009.

FRANKFURT, Jan 6 (Reuters) - German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp(TKAG.DE) expects incoming orders to rebound somewhat at thebeginning of 2009, the finance chief of the group's main steelunit Peter Urban was quoted as saying by daily Handelsblatt. Customers who had run down their inventories in October andNovember to avoid writedowns were set to start restocking atleast partially in January and February, Urban said in anexcerpt of an article provided before publication on Wednesday. "Incoming orders will arguably rise again in early 2009,even though the figures generally remain at a low level," theexecutive was quoted as saying. 19 it might slashcrude steel output from February, should demand remainweak, and it would reduce working hours for around 20,000 stafffrom February. Global output of crude steel fell 19 percent in November asa cooling world economy hit demand. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who were born much too early continue to have poor respiratory health when they reach school age, UK researchers have found HealthDr. Neil Marlow of Queen's Medical Center, Nottingham and colleagues reached this conclusion after studying 283 infants born at 25 weeks gestation or less, according to a report in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.Because their lungs are not properly developed, preterm babies often have breathing difficulties.