Saturday, October 17, marks the anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake in the Bay Area. We’ve posted some stories this past week of people who remember the day.
Also this past week, millions of Californians participated in the “The Great California Shake Out,”   a series of events that became the biggest earthquake drill ever. [...]

Naomi Ishida is with Wells Fargo’s Customer Connection. In October 1989, Naomi assisted then-CEO Carl Reichardt.
About October 17, Naomi remembers, “I wasn’t even here at the Bank — I was at the World Series game! You can tell where my loyalty was on that day.”
Naomi was at Candlestick Park  to see the San [...]

I am talking to my co-owner about buying him out. He lives mostly overseas now. Property just apprasied for 325.000. We still about 160,000 on the loan…

Hello all, I have access to sellers of good products looking to extend my network of buyers.banks are getting strict these days in terms of proofing up…

New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) is one of those mytho-poetic phenomena in the U.S. manufacturing sector: a car plant, developed as a cooperative venture between General Motors (MTLQQ) and Toyota, located in Northern California (read: not the decaying industrial heartland). It’s been around since the 1980s, but now GM and Toyota are unwinding their [...]

The other day I characterized Cadbury’s ever-changing, contradictory positions on Kraft’s (KFT) bid for the company as “comical.” Today, the whole thing has become a full-on farce involving not only Cadbury (CBY) (Kraft has remained wisely silent), but also the Wall Street Journal and the rest of the business media.
The headline today is that Cadbury [...]

Of all the insults that the consumer banking industry has hurled at the public’s intelligence in the fight over noxious fees—29 percent credit card interest, arbitrary rate hikes, and the rest of its shoddy practices—the most galling is the argument that for the government to intervene in any of this would be to hamper competition [...]

If you are having difficulty making the payments on your home loan with our bank, you may be eligible for a loan “workout” or “modification.” We have outlined several options available to you that can provide the financial assistance you need. For additional information or to discuss how we can help you, please call us [...]

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Checking Plus® is a revolving line of credit you can use whenever you need cash. And it’s linked to checking, so it also provides overdraft protection.
What you get
Protection

Checking Plus® automatically transfers funds from your credit line to your checking account to cover your banking transactions—no more bounced checks1.

Flexibility

You can [...]