anyone thats read this blog over the past week knows the tragedy that befell kelly tracy and her family last saturday. kelly a 16 year old sophomore in the highland high school marching band was killed by a drunk driver on the way to join her band mates for an appearance in the gilbert days parade.
if you dont have a kid in a band you may not realize just howmuch ofa family...... [Show More]
welcome visitors from the dallas morning news this is the next installment in a series at consumerism commentary about taking control of your finances . please consider subscribing to the consumerism commentary rss feed for updates.
if youre on your way to spending less than you earn then youre going to need a good place to put your excess income. even before setting s...... [Show More]
following the tragic death of 16 year old kelly tracy at the hands of a drunk driver a memorial fund has been established to help her family offset funeral expenses.
kelly was a sophomore at highland high school in gilbert and was a talented musician participating in both the marching band and the jazz band. she was active in her church and was a remarkable young woman. she is loved ...... [Show More]
wamu.com home of wamu free checking extra extra free checks for life. open wamu free checking online now you have online cd 8211wamu platinum mastercard a 8211mort gage home loan...... [Show More]
now that the dust has begun to settle on the acquisitions of washington mutual by chase and wachovia by wells fargo the question now is whether wamu and wachovia customers will remain customers of their current bank or transfer their assets to another bank. some wamu and wachovia customers may perceive transferring their assets to another bank as a perceived flight to safety to banks not .... [Show More]
link to promo page on banks website
open a washington mutual ira through wamu investments with as little as 250 then set up automatic monthly ira contributions for at least 100 per month from your washington mutual consumer checking accountand youll get a 100 contribution reward toward your new retirement made easy ira account.
bonus terms as copied from banks w...... [Show More]
financial services marketers certainly spend a lot of time and effort in understanding why people choose to bank with them or decide to bank with a competitor. compete recently fielded a survey to more than 1600 online bankers to understand the factors that led them to choose their primary bank. factors included a mix of both online and offline activities.
the offline channel is by far the most.... [Show More]
every time you turn on the tv or the radio all you hear about is the economic crisisor the election which has become about the economic crisis.a but what if you dont know what makes a mortgage sub prime822 1a what if you dont know the difference between a money market a mutual fund and a money market mutual funda and what the hell is commercial paper...... [Show More]
on september 29 2008 i had one of my best days ever on this website.a in fact i had the second highest hit count ever.a the next two days following also had similarly high hit counts.a whya because of an article i wrote back in april of 2007 titled wachovia looking forward to screwing customers shareholders .a you can utilize the link to read the whole article but the gist is t...... [Show More]
top exec probably will walk away with 19 million .
since it was announced that wamu was taken over by jp morgan much has been written about the possibility and probability that the top execs of wamu would walk away with enormous severance packages. alan fishman had only been on the job for a few weeks and hes probably going to walk away with 19 million.
the congress is debati...... [Show More]
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as the debate over a 700 billion bank bailout rages on in washington one of the nations largest banks washington mutual inc. has collapsed under the weight of its enormous bad bets on the mortgage market.
the federal deposit insurance corp. seized wamu on thursday and then sold the thrifts banking assets to jpmorgan chase co. for 1.9 billion.
what no...... [Show More]
this has nothing to do with books but i found this article infuriatingly eye catching.
seems alan fishman signed up to be the ceo of washington mutual three weeks ago just prior to the banks collapse. his pay for that temp job 19 million.
to be fair fishman wasnt the one that took wamu down a path lined with toxic mortgages and other bad assets writes kim ...... [Show More]
......all street crisis its been funny to see how their websites have changed to deal with this. washington mutual which was sold to jpmorgan chase in a deal brokered by the fdic now has a image on www.wamu.com saying welcome to jpmorgan chase which links to a press release aboasting the strengths of jpmorgan. i thought the same might be the case with wachovia where i recently closed a checking ac... [Show More]
regulators shut down an average of one bank about every 10 calendar days in the third quarter of this year adding up to nine failed institutions in a 92 day span from july through september.
the nine failed institutions had assets of 347 billion and deposits of 214 billion at the time of closing. the federal deposit insurance corp which protects individual deposits up to 100000 per accou...... [Show More]
jpmorgan chase recently picked up the remains of troubled washington mutual for a mere 1.9 billiona deal described by some as buying the company for nothing.
although the takeover carries a fair amount of risk for jpmorgan the bank looks increasingly likely to emerge as a credit crisis survivor. they still have a reasonably strong balance sheet and hav...... [Show More]
tough times ahead message from wamus web site
washington mutuals failure and subsequent fire sale to new yorkbased jpmorgan chase will undoubtedly hurt the seattle legal community not to mention seattle as a whole. wamu wasdowntown seattles biggest tenant. it was a leading supporter of local philanthropic and cultural causes. it employed 3500 in itsheadquarters alo...... [Show More]
decorating Post Source: charlottestips.net Posted: Sep 28 2008 15:09:55
there are ways to decorate your home without destroying your savings account . for example its a lot cheaper to paint your walls yourself instead of hiring a painter to come in and do it for you. its not all that hard to do.. ive done it many times.
you can also find some nice things to decorate with in a dollar store. yes i said in a dollar store. you can find some pr...... [Show More]
as the continuing turmoil in the financial sector and a mind boggling trillion bailout are together contributing to the general feeling of economic gloom and doom across the nation the distressing news of a big bank failure last thursday made it worse. the office of thrift supervision ots announced that it had closed washington mutual wamu a big bank with over 4500...... [Show More]
president bush obama och mccain i vita huset igar. bredvid presidenten demokraterna nancy pelosi och harry reid.
washington mutual i seattle
den supermoderna glasskrapan i seattle pa bilden ovan tillhar den amerikanska sparbanken wamu och representerar usa som varldens dominerande finansmakt.
men idag har regeringen tagit aver wamu och salt banken till jpmorgan chase i ann...... [Show More]
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