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.

But he said he’s “not standing on an aircraft carrier like  George W. Bush did.” Get the full story »