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| Feb.4 |
San Francisco |
BofA Worker Charged In Alleged Swindle
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| Jan.20 |
Wells Fargo |
Unexpected 4Q profit for Wells Wells Fargo & Co. took a more optimistic view than other banks as it reported a surprise $394 million profit for the fourth quarter
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| Jan.7 |
Wells Fargo |
Judge dismisses suit against Wells Fargo
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| Dec.31 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells Fargo sued over loans
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| Dec.24 |
San Mateo |
Freedom Debt Relief Settles Suit
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| Dec.23 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells Fargo repay TARP Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. said that they repaid $45 billion they received from the Troubled Asset Relief Program
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| Dec.15 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells Fargo to repay TARP money At least two analysts upgraded Wells Fargo & Co., a day after the national bank said it would repay $25 billion in bailout money
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| Dec.1 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells to close or rename Wachovia outlets Wells Fargo & Co. will close some branches and convert the rest to the Wells name in April, adding 65 locations statewide
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| Nov.30 |
San Francisco |
Canopy Financial called a sham |
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| Nov.18 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells to repay $1.4B to investors Bank agreed to settle allegations that the bank promised strong returns on auction-rate securities before the markets froze
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| Nov.17 |
San Francisco |
Venture firm Maveron opens SF office Seattle venture capital firm co-founded by Starbucks Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz is bucking the contraction trend sweeping the se...
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| Nov.13 |
San Francisco |
Troubled Bay Area banks begin to topple| The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has seized two SF banks in recent weeks and federal regulators have 4 other Bay Area banks under scrutiny | |
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| Nov.10 |
San Francisco |
SEC: firm pays for not supervising broker
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| Nov.9 |
Cisco |
Cisco sells $5B of debt |
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| Oct.30 |
San Francisco |
Fed Regulators Close Pacific National Bank
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| Oct.27 |
SF Downtown |
Schwab office opens in style
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| Oct.21 |
Wells Fargo |
3Q profit rises, but so do loan losses |
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| Oct.16 |
Schwab |
SEC pressures Schwab to settle |
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| Oct.15 |
Schwab |
Profit Tumbles 34% In 3rd Quarter |
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| Oct.7 |
Stanford |
Stanford looks to private equity firms |
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| Oct.4 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells Fargo cutting credit |
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| Sep.25 |
San Francisco |
Twitter awaits $100 million capital infusion Twitter is close to nailing down a new round of financing, which would value the popular microblogging service at $1 billion
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| Sep.22 |
Wells Fargo |
Chairman Kovacevich to step down Dick Kovacevich will step down as chairman at the end of 2009, after staying in the post an extra year to help navigate the financial crisis
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| Sep.14 |
Concord |
Mortgage Lender Gets Prison For Fraud |
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| Sep.4 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells will repay feds $25 billion soon |
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| Aug.27 |
San Mateo |
Woman Banned From Securities Work |
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| Aug.25 |
Bay Area |
Mortgage delinquencies soar |
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| Aug.17 |
Schwab |
Schwab sued over securities |
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| Jul.27 |
San Francisco |
Visa Shakes Up Management Team |
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| Jul.22 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells Posts 2Q Profit, Surpasses Forecast
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| Jul.7 |
Bay Area |
More Bay Area Ponzi schemes |
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| Jul.5 |
San Francisco |
Andreessen becomes venture capitalist
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| Jul.1 |
San Francisco |
Bank of the West heads east Bank has inked the largest local office deal of the year, signing a lease for 240,000 square feet at Bishop Ranch for 1,600 employees
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| Jun.12 |
San Francisco |
Deal reached to buy Barclays |
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| Jun.11 |
Yahoo |
New CFO Likely To Shake Things Up
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| May.28 |
Yahoo |
Levi Strauss hires Yahoo's CFO Jorgensen |
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| May.22 |
Wells Fargo |
Ohio judge blocks Wells foreclosure sales |
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| May.10 |
San Francisco |
BofA shedding First Republic Bank BofA says it will sell First Republic to raise capital. First Republic Bank caters to well-off clients in the Bay Area and beyond
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| May.7 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells plans $6 billion stock offering |
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| May.6 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells said to need $15 billion Wells Fargo, the 4th-largest U.S. bank by assets, requires about $15 billion in new capital as a result of regulators' stress test on the lender
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Wells freezes traditional pension plan |
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| May.4 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells asked to raise money
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| Apr.30 |
Bay Area |
3 Area men charged with insider trading
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| Apr.29 |
San Francisco |
Visa profit up 71 pct, beating forecast |
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| Apr.27 |
Wells Fargo |
Industry analysts downgrade bank rating
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Prosper.com Back In Biz |
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| Apr.23 |
Wells Fargo |
State sues Wells for $1.5 billion Attorney General Jerry Brown is accusing the bank of deceptively marketing a type of financial instrument
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| Apr.9 |
Wells Fargo |
Record 1Q Profit For Wells Wells Fargo expects record first-quarter earnings of $3 billion, easily surpassing analysts' estimates
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| Apr.7 |
Bay Area |
Average wage in the Bay Area: $67,548
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| Mar.24 |
San Francisco |
Hellman eyeing Barclays' iShares |
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| Mar.17 |
San Rafael |
Bank of Marin to give back stimulus money |
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| Mar.14 |
Stanford |
Rubin, Rice talk of financial crisis
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| Mar.13 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells Fargo sued over discrimination |
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| Mar.10 |
SF Downtown |
Schwab to move headquarters
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| Mar.6 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells Fargo slashes dividend by 85% |
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| Mar.5 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells shares fall on possible downgrade
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| Mar.3 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells has investment fallout |
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| Feb.20 |
Wells Fargo |
CEO bullish about business |
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| Feb.9 |
SF Downtown |
Goldman Sachs Moves Vegas Junket To SF |
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| Feb.8 |
San Jose City Hall |
City Faces $60M Budget Shortfall Hundreds more of city employees could be laid when the next fiscal year begins July 1st. Mayor says the city is planning to trim services
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| Feb.3 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells Fargo cancels Vegas junket
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| Feb.2 |
Wells Fargo |
$371.5 million Dividend To U.S. Treasury
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| Jan.28 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells lost $2.83 billion in 4th quarter
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| Jan.16 |
Schwab |
Charles Schwab Sees Steady 4Q Profit |
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Protesters call banks to help consumers |
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| Jan.11 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells has more branches than any bank| Wells Fargo & Co., which began in 1852 as a 'Express and Banking House' serving gold miners, now controls more branches than any U.S. bank | |
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| Dec.29 |
San Jose City Hall |
SJ pension fund losses worse than peers |
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| Nov.26 |
Wells Fargo |
Bank ordered to pay whistle-blower |
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| Nov.22 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells briefly holds top spot among banks |
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| Nov.20 |
SF Downtown |
WAMU to eliminate 1,600 jobs in Bay Area |
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| Nov.14 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells cleans out Wachovia's top execs |
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| Nov.12 |
Bay Area |
Homeowners owe more than home's worth |
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| Nov.10 |
San Francisco |
ABA Chief Defends Banks |
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Good Times At Bankers Meet |
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| Oct.13 |
Wells Fargo |
Feds approve merger with Wachovia
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| Oct.9 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells gets green light for Wachovia
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| Oct.3 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells Fargo To Buy Wachovia Wachovia agreed to be acquired in a $15.1 billion all-stock deal. Citigroup demands that Wachovia abide by the terms of its earlier deal
| The Citigroup deal would have been done with the help of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Wells deal without it
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| Sep.26 |
Tiburon |
Couple Pleads Guilty To Investment Scams |
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| Sep.3 |
San Francisco |
Bank Under Siege By Facing Foreclosure SF Wachovia branch was under siege by people on the verge of losing homes, accusing of giving mortgages that the bank knew they couldn't afford
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| Aug.7 |
SF City Hall |
Moody's raises city's debt rating |
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| Jul.30 |
San Francisco |
Visa Profits Jump 41% |
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| Jul.22 |
SF City Hall |
$6.4 Billion City Budget Adopted |
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San Jose |
County defaults rose 194.2% to 3,751
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| Jul.19 |
East Bay |
East Bay lost greatest number of jobs |
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| Jul.16 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells Fargo Boosts Payout |
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| May.29 |
Oakland |
Bank Facing Questions Over Lending
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| May.20 |
Oakland |
Wachovia Faces Questions Over Lending |
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| Apr.29 |
San Francisco |
Visa profit jumps 28% on rising volumes |
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| Apr.15 |
Schwab |
Schwab's Best 1Q Ever
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| Mar.19 |
San Francisco |
Visa Soars In Largest-Ever IPO| Visa Inc. shares soared more than 30% to $58 from their IPO price of $44 in their stock market debut. The company makes its money from processing fees. Visa touted itself as a safe have... | |
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| Feb.25 |
San Francisco |
Visa readies record $18.8 billion IPO The world's largest electronic payment processing company, filed paperwork for what may be the richest-ever IPO, hoping to raise $18
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| Feb.21 |
Vallejo |
Residents Pack Meeting On City's Finances |
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| Feb.19 |
Vallejo |
City Budget Woes May Force Bankruptcy City Council met in closed session with the city's employees' organizations to try to find a solution to the city's budget crisis
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| Jan.16 |
Oakland City Hall |
Bill Clinton calls for foreclosure aid in city |
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| Jan.15 |
San Jose |
Governor Talks Budget To Silicon Valley |
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| Dec.16 |
San Francisco |
1/5 of foreclosures investor-owned |
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| Sep.19 |
Contra Costa County |
County has most foreclosure |
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| Jun.27 |
Wells Fargo |
Longtime CEO Kovacevich Steps Down Chairman Richard Kovacevich has turned over the reins to his top lieutenant, John Stumpf
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| Apr.25 |
Oakland |
Oakland ranks 22nd in foreclosures |
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| Jan.30 |
SF Downtown |
Merrill Lynch buying First Republic |
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| Jul.18 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells Fargo Reports Record Profits |
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| Jan.2 |
Napa |
Damage from storms at $100 million |
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| Oct.19 |
Wells Fargo |
Earnings rise 12%, but miss estimates |
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| Oct.11 |
eBay |
Software glitch disrupts PayPal service |
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| Aug.16 |
Bay Bridge |
Bay Area Might Be Stuck with Bridge Bill| The state blames the upscale signature design for more than half of the cost overrun | |
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| Aug.4 |
SF Downtown |
BofA Building 'Scoped Out' by Al Qaeda |
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| Jul.20 |
Schwab |
Charles Schwab recalled as CEO
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| Feb.22 |
San Francisco |
Minimum wage increases to $8.50 |
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| Jan.27 |
SF City Hall |
Newsom to seek higher taxes |
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| Jan.22 |
Schwab |
Highest profit since market's peak |
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| Jan.20 |
Wells Fargo |
4th-quarter earnings rise by 10% |
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| Jan.15 |
San Jose City Hall |
Painful Budget Cuts Expected |
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| Nov.21 |
Concord |
Customer Data Stolen at Wells Fargo |
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| Sep.29 |
Sun |
$1.05 billion charge for fiscal 4th quarter |
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| Jul.23 |
Schwab |
Highest quarterly profit since 2000 |
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| Jun.9 |
Menlo Park |
E-Trade offers 'moving' mortgages |
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| Jan.21 |
Wells Fargo |
Profits continued in the fourth quarter |
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| Apr.18 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells Fargo posts record profits |
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| Mar.20 |
San Francisco |
DeBartolo gave interest in 49ers to sister
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| Jan.14 |
Schwab |
Schwab Buying U.S. Trust Corp. |
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