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 (...

How do I get on the Tavis Smiley mailing list? Sorry Tavis, I missed the "State Of The Black Union" conference again. Damn it! I hear it was out in L.A. this year. Nice. And I hear you had some pretty heavy hitters in the house. Black dignitaries and talking heads getting together to discuss the fut...

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...

Bad day on Wall Street today, folks. The S&P 500 closed at the lowest level since April 1997. The NYT explains: Analysts said that after fevered speculation last week about bank nationalization, many investors now expect the government to move in that direction, despite statements from the White Hou...

Playing roulette after receiving bailout money would have been a bad PR move....

Download Happy New Year, everyone! I’m back after a very hearty holiday. Holy shit it’s snowing. My stomach hurts from laughing and I’m wondering if this is what baby-having women call a good pain. I haven’t talked for a long time (or I hadn’t before the holiday). Some ...

 I asked you who was listening in 2008 and here is what you said: —- His Pick: Dell I’m going to find it really hard for anybody to beat Dell. I think Dell has been doing an amazing job of listening, personally, but I know that there are many companies out there. My guess is Chris, that the cha...

An increasingly upset Mr. Cheney stated categorically that Mr. Wallace, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary and Bill Clinton, Caroline Kennedy, and even Paris Hilton could all go “bleep” themselves. Although such enthusiastic support for onanistic love comes during the twilight of his publi...

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...

Police made an arrest Sunday in connection with a bomb blast that killed two officers at a Woodburn bank. Hours after a news conference in which photos of a person of interest in the case were released, Marion County Sheriff Russ Isham announced an arrest. The Marion County District Attorney’s...