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organ Chase & Co, the second-largest U.S. bank, sees additional losses on credit cards and home loans next year in spite of some signs the rate of losses is settling, according to a presentation published on its website on Tuesday. The New York-based...
Tags: New York, Chase, Primary dealers, House of Morgan, Texas Pacific Group, Business Finance, Bear Stearns, Credit card, Washington Mutual, JPMorgan Chase
So a line has been drawn – if not in the sand then somewhere between Wall Street and Main Street, between our Washington and their Washington, between it’s too big to fail and it’s too hard to survive. While some bankers complain that government regulators...
Tags: community banks, Washington First International Bank, Washington Mutual, Washington Bankers Association, FDIC, Tribune Laurie Stewart, Rainier Pacific Bank, Seattle Bank, Bank of Tacoma, banks failures, Tacoma, Banking in the United States, Sheila C. Bair, Business Finance, Too Big to Fail, Bank, United States federal banking legislation, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Troubled Asset Relief Program
Wells Fargo announced Tuesday that its signage and systems will be incorporated into the Wachovia sites, pushing the number of Wells Fargo branches statewide to more than 1,000, the most in California. Officials said some neighboring Wachovia and Wells...
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Washington Mutual sank more than a year ago in the biggest bank failure in U.S. history. A fight still is raging over the carcass of its parent company. A federal bankruptcy judge is expected to rule soon on who owns about $4 billion claimed by both J.P.
Tags: Singapore, Bank failure, Primary dealers, Texas Pacific Group, Business Finance, Federal Reserve System, Washington Mutual, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, JPMorgan Chase
President Barack Obama has called a jobs summit for December 3 – the day before the Bureau of Labor Statistics is likely to report the unemployment rate for November increased yet again, beyond the 26 year high 10.2% registered in the October. Instead...
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People's United Financial Inc. wanted to buy failed banks on the cheap. Instead, it struck a deal to buy a healthy equipment-leasing company. Last Monday's change of plans by the Bridgeport, Conn., bank-holding company underscores a problem with the growing...
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On the day in June when her mortgage company finally agreed to lower her monthly payments, Yolanda Thomas felt a twinge of hope that she would hold on to her Queens apartment, the first home she had ever owned. The loan modification extended by Chase...
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The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it will no longer allow directors at regional Fed banks to own shares in financial firms, following controversy over a former Goldman Sachs CEO who bought that firm's stock while leading the New York Fed's Board....
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The sole branch of Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida is set to reopen Monday as a branch of Central Bank. Central Bank, a small Minnesota-based institution, has recently been buying up failed institutions...The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed...
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A Louisiana banking company sees the worst rash of bank failures in two decades as fertile ground to expand well beyond the state line. Two Florida banks recently acquired by Iberiabank Corp. may be only the start for the Lafayette-based company...So...
Tags: Iberiabank Corp., Florida, Louisiana, Michael Rose, banks companies, Arkansas, New Orleans, Federal Reserve System, Enterprise Bank, Washington Mutual, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Bank, Banq, Business Finance