IN BRIEF / EARNINGS

* Pacific Western National Bank in Brea reported a profit of $344,000, or 37 cents a share, for the third quarter, down 27% from $473,000, or 51 cents a share, a year ago. Total assets rose 41% to $259.3 million.

* Troy Group Inc., a Santa Ana provider of financial-payment systems, said net income for the third quarter totaled $220,000, or 2 cents a share, up 2% from $216,000, or 2 cents a share, posted a year earlier. Sales declined 4% to $13.7 million.

* Pacific Liberty Bank in Huntington Beach reported that third-quarter net income declined 50% to $65,000, or 12 cents a share, from $129,000, or 23 cents a share, for the same period last year. Total assets increased 71% to 59.9 million.