The 6 Publicly-Held West Virgina Non-Financial Companies Generated Total Losses of $46.6 Mil in Annual 2015 As Compared With Total Earnings of $19.3 Mil in Annual 2014 ..... US Capitalism as Implemented By the Democratic and Republican Establishments is Clearly Not Working in West Virginia ..... When the Banks Have All the Total Company Earnings in a State, the Economy of That State Has To Be Down the Tubes With State Citizens Severely Suffering Financially and the US Government is Doing Nothing To Deal With This Wholescale Poverty ..... On the Other Hand, the 6 Publicly-Held West Virginia Banks Are On Fire Generating Total Audited Earnings of $308 Mil in 2015, Up 10% Over 2014, Up 38% Over 2013, Up 61% Over 2012, Up 77% Over 2011, Up 98% Over 2010 and Up 115% Over 2009

From a review of US Company SEC filings, below here are the reported US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations, Predominately Audited By One of the Prestigious Big 4 CPA Firms, for the most recent Annual Fiscal Year End (FYE) 2015 and for 2014 for each of the 6 Publicly-Held Financial and the 6 Publicly-Held Non-Financial West Virginia HQed Companies:

				Annual	Annual
				2015	2014
				Net	Net	Increase	Increase
			Most	Income	Income	(Decrease)	(Decrease)
	City	State	Recent	(Loss)	(Loss)	Amount	%
All West Virginia Publicly-Held Companies	HQs	HQs	FYE	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
Banking Companies
United Bankshares Inc	Charleston	WV	Dec 15	138.0	130.0	8.0
WesBanco Inc	Wheeling	WV	Dec 15	80.8	70.0	10.8
City Holding Company	Charleston	WV	Dec 15	54.1	53.0	1.1
Summit Financial Group	Moorefield	WV	Dec 15	16.1	11.4	4.7
Premier Financial Bancorp	Huntington	WV	Dec 15	12.4	13.2	(0.8)
MVB Financial Corp	Fairmont	WV	Dec 15	6.8	2.1	4.7
Total all 6 Banks				308.2	279.7	28.5	10%
Non-Banking Companies
American Public Education Inc	Charles Town	WV	Dec 15	32.4	40.9	(8.5)
Energy Services of America Corp	Huntington	WV	Sep 15	2.1	3.7	(1.6)
Champion Industries Inc	Huntington	WV	Oct 15	(1.2)	(1.1)	(0.1)
ProtoKinetix	ST. Marys	WV	Dec 15	(1.3)	(0.2)	(1.1)
Protea Biosciences Group	Morgantown	WV	Dec 15	(9.6)	(11.5)	1.9
Trans Energy Inc	ST. Marys	WV	Dec 15	(69.0)	(12.5)	(56.5)
Total all 6 Non-Banks				(46.6)	19.3	(65.9)	-341%
Total all 12 Companies				261.6	299.0	(37.4)	-13%

Trans Energy hasn't filed its December 2015 financial statements with the SEC yet.  The Company did file with the SEC on March 31, 2016 that it expected its 2015 Operating Loss to be $18 mil to $20 mil and also that it would record a $50 mil Impairment Charge related to its Oil and Gas Properties.

Also from a review of US Company SEC filings, below here are the reported US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations, Audited By One of the Prestigious Big 4 CPA Firms, for the most recent Annual Fiscal Year End (FYE) 2015 and for each of earlier Years of 2009-2014 for each of the 6 Publicly-Held Banks HQed in West Virginia:

				Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual
				2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
				Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net
			Most	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income
	City	State	Recent	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)
All West Virginia Publicly-Held Financial Companies	HQs	HQs	FYE	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
Banking Companies
City Holding Company	Charleston	WV	Dec 15	54.1	53.0	48.2	38.9	40.7	39.0	42.6
MVB Financial Corp	Fairmont	WV	Dec 15	6.8	2.1	4.0	4.2	2.7	2.2	1.4
Premier Financial Bancorp	Huntington	WV	Dec 15	12.4	13.2	13.2	10.3	7.2	9.2	9.1
Summit Financial Group	Moorefield	WV	Dec 15	16.1	11.4	8.1	5.7	4.1	(2.0)	(0.7)
United Bankshares Inc	Charleston	WV	Dec 15	138.0	130.0	85.6	82.6	75.6	71.9	67.3
WesBanco Inc	Wheeling	WV	Dec 15	80.8	70.0	63.9	49.5	43.8	35.6	23.9
Total all 6 Banks				308.2	279.7	223.0	191.2	174.1	155.9	143.6
2015 Total Earning % Increase Over:
………. 2014				10%
………. 2013				38%
………. 2012				61%
………. 2011				77%
………. 2010				98%
………. 2009				115%