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The Motley Fool September 15, 2009 Morgan Housel	What If Citigroup Had Bought Wachovia? Around this time last year, Citigroup struck a deal to buy Wachovia, a bank that surely would have failed without being bought. What would have happened if they did?
Registered Rep. October 2, 2008	Just Say No To Citi? Apparently, not everyone is pleased by the deal in which Citigroup would buy Wachovia Corp.'s bank branches, deposits and private bank -- including a number of high-end Wachovia advisors.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2011 Selena Maranjian	How to Profit From Losses Offset your taxable gains and wipe out lots of taxes.
Registered Rep. July 28, 2008 Kristen French	Wachovia Could Sell Retail Brokerage: Analysts Analysts point to a record $8.9 billion quarterly loss in the second quarter, but Wachovia says the brokerage isn't for sale.
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.
Registered Rep. February 6, 2008 Halah Touryalai	Forget Sub-Prime Mortgage Woes--Wachovia Is Embarrassed By Its Telemarketers Wachovia Corp. is facing a lawsuit alleging it allowed a telemarketing scheme that eventually scammed consumers out of about $400 million.
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 January 23, 2008 Matt Koppenheffer	Wachovia and National City Disappoint Both banks reported fourth-quarter results that were not just down versus last year, they were downright ugly.
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 Technology News March 2007 John Adams	Offline Fraud Continues to Flourish in an Online World Web fraud gets the headlines, but offline fraud accounts for a high percentage -- almost 70% -- of operating losses. It's a problem that IT pros ignore at their peril.
U.S. Banker July 2005 Holly Sraeel	Want to Make a CEO Wince? Talk About Fraud. When bankers refer to fraud in public, it often comes off as if the theft does not involve a human being. Behind the financial losses and data breaches are people-on both sides of the problem.
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?
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).
Bank Systems & Technology October 6, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz	Judge Puts Temporary Halt to Wells Fargo/Wachovia Talks Citi was granted emergency injunction relief extending the exclusivity agreement between it and Wachovia (Charlotte, N.C.) until further notice.
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.
U.S. Banker December 2009 Glen Fest	It's a Jungle in There Financially distressed workers are becoming a prime fraud worry for banks. But is it enough to prompt more investment in prevention?
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 August 30, 2007 Emil Lee	Wachovia: Buy, Sell, or Hold? Are shares of this bank really bargain-priced?
Bank Technology News July 2005	Securing Customer Data Gets Tougher Each Day When bankers refer to fraud publicly, it often comes off as if the theft does not involve human beings. But behind the recent spate of data breaches are people-on both sides of the problem. Want to make a CEO wince? Talk about fraud in real terms.
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.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Watching Wachovia Acquisitions increase this stock's risk but promise future growth.
Registered Rep. July 10, 2008	Wachovia: Oops, We Did It Again Yesterday Wachovia announced a new CEO to replace Ken Thompson: Robert Steele, previously a vice chairman at Goldman Sachs, and currently undersecretary of the Treasury until Wednesday.
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 September 29, 2008 Morgan Housel	Now It's Wachovia's Turn Citigroup makes a deal to take over Wachovia's banking operations.
Registered Rep. October 3, 2008 Kristen French	Wachovia Hooks Up with Wells Fargo; Citi Says Wachovia In Breach Citigroup's deal with Wachovia gets ousted over the new deal with Wells Fargo. Wachovia shareholders and advisors are relieved.
Bank Systems & Technology June 9, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	Wells Fargo Grows First Data Card Relationship An expanded agreement has been signed to include Wachovia's card customers with Wells Fargo's First Data portfolio.
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 August 24, 2006 Nancy Feig	BITS Releases Insider Fraud Database BITS, a nonprofit consortium of 100 of the largest U.S. financial institutions, released its own insider fraud prevention service, which consists of a list of former financial institution employees who have compromised consumer information and/or knowingly caused financial losses.
The Motley Fool October 10, 2008 Morgan Housel	Citi Surrenders, Wells Fargo Prevails Welcome to your new home, Wachovia.
Bank Systems & Technology May 5, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz	Fraud Techniques Evolve in Parallel with Bank Products and Defenses As fraudsters' techniques evolve alongside the products and services offered by financial institutions, new steps must be introduced to stop them.
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.
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 July 19, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Wachovia Gets the Edge -- Again Solid growth, improving efficiency, and a reasonable valuation may spell opportunity.
InternetNews January 18, 2006 Clint Boulton	ETrade to Cover Fraud Victims ETrade Financial Corp. is reaching out to customers who may be leery of online banking and investing, promising them full coverage in the event their personal information is used for fraud.
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. November 30, 2005 Kristen French	Wachovia Shaves Payout, Levels Charges on In-House and Outside SMAs After simplifying it's payout structure earlier this year, Wachovia Securities announced that it would make some more tweaks in 2006 and raise ticket charges on some in-house money-management products to match those of third-party products.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2005 Rich Smith	Wachovia's Turbocharged Purchase Wachovia gets deeper into auto loans by buying Westcorp's loan portfolio -- and its shares, too. Investors, take note.
Bank Systems & Technology March 27, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz	Wachovia Elevates David Pope to Mortgage and Retail Credit Head Charlotte-based Wachovia ($782.9 billion in assets) has turned to longtime executive David Pope to take the reins of its mortgage and retail credit business.
Registered Rep. March 18, 2005 Will Leitch	Wachovia: On the Recruiting Warpath Wachovia Securities, the third-largest brokerage in the country, has announced an "aggressive" new strategy: the creation of the Individual Investor Group, entirely devoted to the recruitment and retention of individual brokers.
The Motley Fool June 12, 2007 Brian Lawler	Hurray for a Downgrade Investors sometimes get annoyed about the share price declines that can accompany these changes in analyst opinions, but downgrades often present a tempting opportunity for longer-term investors to pick up shares of their favorite stocks on the cheap.
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.
U.S. Banker November 2009	Wachovia's End The stakes were high. The maneuvering was unprecedented. An inside look at the rescue of a banking giant and its place in the debate over systemic risk.
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.
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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.
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InternetNews November 7, 2005 Jim Wagner	Sony Facing Not-so-Secretive Legal Action The Electronic Frontier Foundation is investigating whether to file a class-action lawsuit against Sony BMG for its anti-piracy activities on consumer computers.
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.