Credit by Joshua Dorkin | October 3, 2008Talk about a banking coup! Just last week we thought that Citi would wind up as the winner of the Wachovia banking sweepstakes . . . fast forward to this morning, and it looks like Wells Fargo’s bid, which is over 7 times that of Citi – a whopping $15.1 billion, is going to help [...]
Read the full article → Housing by Joshua Dorkin | July 22, 2008The Associated Press is reporting today that Wachovia Bank, the nation’s fourth largest bank in terms of assets, will be shutting down it’s mortgage lending division. “Wachovia Corp. lost $8.86 billion in the second quarter, and said Tuesday it was slashing its dividend and cutting 6,350 jobs after losses tied to mortgages soared.” In addition, [...]
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