4/24/2008 FBR Group Reports First Quarter Earnings Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc. today reported net after-tax earnings of $45.1 million, or $0.30 per share (diluted), for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 compared to a net after-tax loss of $185.9 million, or $1.08 per share (diluted) in the first quarter of 2007.

4/24/2008 FBR Capital Markets Senior Energy Analyst Testifies Before U.S. House of Representatives FBR Capital Markets Corporation announced that today Kevin Book, a Senior Vice President and Senior Research Analyst, Energy Policy, Oil & Alternative Energy, testified before the United States House of Representatives Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming in a hearing to examine global oil prices and Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) policy.