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The Motley Fool June 1, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Fool on the Street: What's in Capital One's Wallet? Clearly, CapOne must be commended for the dominance it has developed in the credit cards and auto loan businesses. But from a banking perspective, it's a work in progress. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Gene G. Marcial	MBNA Looks Like A Catch Analysts say the top independent credit-card lender is a buy at today's $21.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2007 Emil Lee	Wachovia: Buy, Sell, or Hold? Are shares of this bank really bargain-priced?
The Motley Fool April 11, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Foolish Forecast: Well-Protected Wachovia The banking giant is set to report its first-quarter 2007 financial results shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2007 Emil Lee	Bank of America Doesn't Impress The banking giant notches an average quarter. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Wachovia Weighs In The popular bank reports respectable results in a challenging environment. Wachovia's management looks cocky now, but investors have taken a "show me" attitude in response.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Wachovia Gets the Edge -- Again Solid growth, improving efficiency, and a reasonable valuation may spell opportunity.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Wachovia Goes South Wachovia shares lost a little ground in trading, even though the company announced a deal to buy SouthTrust that would increase its presence in the Southeast U.S. and allow it to trump rival Bank of America in that region.
The Motley Fool May 8, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Wachovia Pays Up for West Coast Real Estate For a high price, it adds a good bank franchise. Investors, there are still some worthwhile bank ideas out there if you take the time to look.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Wachovia: California Dreaming This North Carolina-based bank makes trips to the left coast for acquisitions. Should investors be worried?
The Motley Fool April 18, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Banking on Wachovia Good loan growth and strong credit quality fuel a respectable first quarter.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2005 Nathan Slaughter	Capitalizing on Capital One The credit card issuer continues its impressive growth ahead of the Hibernia merger.
Registered Rep. June 8, 2007 Christina Mucciolo	Wachovia Accelerates Hiring in Private Bank Under plans to expand its private banking presence, Wachovia Securities said it would hire about 300 private bankers over the next three years, more than doubling its number of private banking relationship managers.
The Motley Fool July 1, 2005 Tom Taulli	Bank of America Gets Some Credit The MBNA purchase will aggressively push the bank's global agenda. However, the big component in this deal appears to be China.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	A Solid Base for Bank of America While trying to grow in every direction at once, the financial firm still has a good business. With so many large banks trading at seemingly low valuations, it's pretty tempting to say that not much is expected out of this industry over the next six to 12 months.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2008 Morgan Housel	Terrible, Wachovia, Absolutely Terrible Wachovia swung to a second-quarter net loss of nearly $9 billion, or $4.20 per share, pummeling analyst estimates of a $0.78-per-share loss.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Wachovia Banks Another Quarter Wachovia just reported third-quarter results, and the bank continues to grow steadily. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Wachovia Is One Big Deal Wachovia snapped up one rival and is still digesting another. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Watching Wachovia Acquisitions increase this stock's risk but promise future growth.
The Motley Fool October 10, 2008 Morgan Housel	Citi Surrenders, Wells Fargo Prevails Welcome to your new home, Wachovia.
Bank Technology News November 2003 Jeremy Quittner	Finding Equals in a Merger Jean Davis's responsibility is to integrate all of Wachovia's systems, technologies and operations since its 2001 merger with First Union. It wasn't a cake walk, but the new entity is beginning to hum.
Bank Systems & Technology October 10, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz	Wells Fargo Victorious in Wachovia Battle Wells Fargo given the go ahead to continue with Wachovia buyout. The purchase means the creation of a stronger coast-to-coast banking franchise.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2007 Michael Mancini	Has Wachovia Made the Turn? Two acquisitions boost its year-end results. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 7, 2008 Morgan Housel	Wachovia Suitors Try to Make Nice While the tug-of-war between Citigroup and Wells Fargo over Wachovia isn't over just yet, the two have agreed to stop suing the pants off of each other - at least until noon Wednesday - so something can get hammered out before Wachovia croaks.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2005 Nathan Slaughter	Capital One Leads the Charge The lender posts solid second quarter results ahead of its merger with Hibernia. Investors looking for stock in a card company could do worse than Capital One, but don't forget to examine the fine print first.
Registered Rep. October 10, 2008	Citi Walks, Wells Fargo Gets Wachovia, Wachovia Reps Relieved The union of Wells Fargo and Wachovia will create the country's third-largest coast-to-coast banking behemoth. But the deal still faces obstacles before it can be finalized.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2008 Tim Beyers	Who's Buying Now? Insider purchases: Flagstar Bancorp... Marriott International... U.S. Bancorp... ValueClick... Wachovia...
The Motley Fool October 6, 2008 Morgan Housel	The Battle for Wachovia: Round 2 Come on, you didn't really think the banking world had its act together, did you?
The Motley Fool September 21, 2007 Lawrence A. Rothman	Good Deal, Wachovia! Strong quarterly results from A.G. Edwards reaffirm the wisdom of Wachovia's pending purchase. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek November 7, 2005 Gene G. Marcial	Hungry Banks Are Eyeing Advanta After Bank of America acquired credit-card lender MBNA in mid-July, other banks started looking for acquisitions.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2008 Morgan Housel	Wachovia's Bleeding Continues More capital infusions, more writedowns, more bad news. What's next for Wachovia?
The Motley Fool October 21, 2008 Morgan Housel	Why Wells Fargo Really Wanted Wachovia Why was Wells Fargo so eager to ante up a deal for Wachovia? Taxes. It was all about taxes.
Registered Rep. September 29, 2008	Wachovia, The Bank, Saved by Citi; What Will Happen To Wachovia Securities? Firm Says The AGE Integration To Continue Unaffected Citigroup apparently thinks its got enough financial advisors: Citi declined to buy the retail brokerage business -- Wachovia Securities (and A.G. Edwards) -- and the asset management unit (Evergreen).
The Motley Fool March 30, 2005 Selena Maranjian	You May Owe More Money Soon Watch out -- credit card minimum payments are on the rise.
InsideFlyer May 2009	United Credit Card in the U.K. The United Mileage Plus American Express Credit Card from MBNA is now available offering one mile for every #1 spent on purchases using the card.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2007 Tim Beyers	Who's Buying Now? Insider purchases this week: American Railcar Industries... eLoyalty... NuStar Energy... Six Flags... Wachovia...
The Motley Fool April 17, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Not Quite Wacky for Wachovia Wachovia is a well-run and growing financial institution. It's just not the cheapest option out there for investors.
Bank Systems & Technology August 19, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	Wells Fargo and Wachovia: The Creation of a Coast-to-Coast Banking Franchise It wasn't the easiest of acquisitions, but now that Wachovia is officially part of Wells Fargo, the heavy lifting has only begun for IT.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Can Bank of America Become a Cash Machine? Strong returns on equity should free up even more cash down the road. For investors, this could be an interesting total return play from here -- even though it's not far removed from its 52-week high.
Registered Rep. October 22, 2008	Wachovia Reports Record $24 Billion Loss, Brokerage Results Weak, But With Bright Spots The massive loss was due primarily to declining values in its retail and small business banking divisions. But the retail brokerage and wealth management units didn't fare so well either.
Bank Systems & Technology September 29, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz	Wachovia to be Acquired by Citi Wachovia will be acquired by New York-based Citigroup in a deal facilitated by the FDIC.
Registered Rep. October 6, 2008	Citigroup, Wells Fargo Still Battling Over Wachovia It now appears the two banks may each get a piece -- but without any help from the government.
Bank Systems & Technology October 3, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	In Sudden Turn, Wells to Buy Wachovia In a surprise announcement, Wells Fargo announced it will be acquiring Charlotte-based Wachovia in a $15 billion stock swap, throwing a monkey wrench in Citi's aspirations to buy the financial institution, as was announced last week.
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U.S. Banker June 2006 Holly Sraeel	Wachovia's Bet on Golden West is Talk of the Town It was just a matter of time. That Ken Thompson's desire to build a national bank would solve the Sandlers's succession problem is only half the story. What's being talked about from Charlotte to New York and back again is the real deal.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2008 Morgan Housel	Fool Poll: The Fight for Wachovia Citi's out, Wells Fargo's in. For now.
Registered Rep. May 31, 2007 Kevin Burke	Wachovia Buys A.G. Edwards for $6.8 Billion, Creating New Rival to Merrill, Smith Barney The deal puts Wachovia among the top three competitors in retail brokerage -- in terms of both assets and advisors -- and retail banking.
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