My sister is having issues with her student loans through Wells Fargo. She has two student loans which appear on the same statement each month -- but Wells Fargo only applies her payment to one loan, and the other loan becomes delinquent. She's been on the phone with them every month for the past 4-...

Filed under: International markets, Good news, Management, Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of New York (BK), Wells Fargo (WFC), Chasing Value, U.S. Bancorp (USB) It is being reported today in the Business Journal that the safest bank in the United States is Wells Fargo & Company (...

Filed under: Competitive strategy, Citigroup Inc. (C), Wells Fargo (WFC) While most banks are slashing dividends and looking to raise capital, Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) actually raised its dividend in the third quarter of 2008. That's been a boon to the company's stock price. Sure, it's trading at les...

This post was originally titled "FTE vs. Contract in this Economy", but it didn't seem to capture the essence of this entry. I wanted to write about why I think contracting is better in this down economy, but I also wanted to write about how you you might go about setting up your own company. Starti...

Interest groups spent $17.4 million for every day Congress was in session. Lobbying growth for finance sector and auto industry is smaller in tough times. WASHINGTON--While companies across the board were losing record amounts of money and laying off employees last year, at least one industry s...

Filed under: Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Morgan Stanley (MS), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Wells Fargo (WFC) Wonder what happened to the hard earned money you paid in taxes? I can't account for all of it but $540 billion that went to six financial institutions is being...

Filed under: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Tiffany and Co (TIF), Wells Fargo (WFC), Bargain stocks, Chasing Value, Stocks to Buy The stock market was down today and the financial sector was hit as hard as anything else. These are the days you want to have your watch-list ready or perhaps your stock al...

Filed under: Rumors, Management, Rants and raves, Washington Mutual (WM), Wells Fargo (WFC), Bargain stocks Many readers have been intrigued by my recent posts (Will Chase (JPM) or Wells Fargo (WFC) buy WaMu (WM)? and Wells chasing Chase for WaMu -- Act II) regarding various strategic scenarios that...

Filed under: Deals, Rumors, Management, Rants and raves, Competitive strategy, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Washington Mutual (WM), Wells Fargo (WFC) Yesterday, wearing my investor hat, developer hat, architect's hat, business owner's hat and strategic thinking cap, I wrote about the various scenarios that...