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This Is What Happens When You Get An Eviction Letter And A Cancer Diagnosis

Home Defenders League | Posted 04.14.2013 | Politics
Read More: Foreclosures, Jacqueline Barber Foreclosure, Wells Fargo Bank, Wells Fargo Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, Police Officer, Openreporting, Wells Fargo, Bone Cancer, Occupy-Our-Homes-Atlanta, Occupy Our Homes, Atlanta, US Bank, Gmac, Offthebus, Home Foreclosures, Multiple Myeloma, Jacqueline Barber, Occupy Wall Street, Foreclosure, Firsthand, GMAC Mortgage, GMAC Foreclosures, Home Defenders League, US Bancorp, Video, Politics News
Home Defenders League

For the next several weeks, HuffPost will be cross-posting "Foreclosure Horror Stories" from the Home Defenders League's "100 Stories Of What Wall Str...

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Bank Sued By German Gov't Agency

Reuters | Karen Freifeld | Posted 01.23.2013 | Business
Read More: Wells-Fargo-Sued, Wells Fargo Bank, Wells Fargo Sued Cdo Losses, Wells Fargo Sued Germany, Collineo Asset Management GMBH, Wells Fargo, Reuters, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was sued Wednesday by a German government agency that accused it of mismanaging a collateralized debt obli...

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Pre-existing Evictions - Community Activists Try to Stop Banks From Foreclosing on Cancer Victims

Peter Dreier | Posted 12.29.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Sheriff Lee Baca, Wells Fargo Bank, Foreclosure, US Bank, Cancer, Ana Casas Wilson, Jacqueline Barber, Eviction, Los Angeles News
Peter Dreier

Wells Fargo Bank and US Bank have chosen to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month by trying to evict breast cancer survivors from their homes.

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Corporate Speech: 'Have A Smiley Day'

Brian Rooney | Posted 11.24.2012 | Comedy
Read More: US-Postal-Service, Wells Fargo Bank, Scripted Speech, Have-a-Nice-Day, Supersize, Satire, Comedy, Comedy News
Brian Rooney

At the movies the kid behind the counter says, "You can have the extra large for another dollar," as if I appeared to be in any doubt about whether I wanted a medium.

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What's in Your Wallet? Hopefully Your Share of the National Mortgage Settlement

Adam Levin | Posted 11.07.2012 | Home
Read More: Citi, Wells Fargo Bank, Chase, Mortgage Settlement, Money, Mortgage Servicers, Modifying-Mortgages, Mortgage Servicing, Claiming Settlement Money, Business, Gmac, Bank of America, Modifying Mortgages, Modified Mortgage, Finance, Bofa, Housing Crisis, Refinancing, National Mortgage Settlement, Jpmorgan, Home News
Adam Levin

Hell has frozen over! After years of lawsuits and investigations by federal and state law enforcement agencies mortgage servicers are finally being forced to repay some of the billions of dollars they stole from American consumers. Unfortunately, the timing couldn't be worse.

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Bonnie Kavoussi

Lawsuit Alleges Wells Fargo Fired Employee Because Of His Dying Daughter

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 08.08.2012 | Home
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Wells Fargo allegedly fired an employee because his dying daughter needed expensive cancer treatment, according to a lawsuit filed in Palm Beach Count...

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What You Need To Know About The Wells Fargo Settlement

Reuters | Posted 09.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Wells Fargo Bank, Wells Fargo Mortgage, Wells Fargo Discrimination, Wells Fargo Settlement, Wells Fargo Loans, Wells Fargo, Reuters, Home News

By Linda Stern WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co agreed to pay $175 million to resolve allegations by the U.S. Justic...

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Suspicious Envelopes Containing White Powder Close 3 Wells Fargo Branches

Reuters | Posted 04.30.2012 | New York
Read More: Wells Fargo Bank, Video, Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo White Powder, Banks, Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco, New York, New York City, New York News

April 30 (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co has closed three bank branches in New York City after they received suspicious envelopes containing white powder...

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Report: Wells Fargo Extends Loans With Extremely High Interest Rates

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.17.2012 | Business
Read More: U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Payday Lenders, Wells Fargo US Bank, Wells Fargo, Payday Loans, US Bank, U.S. Bank Payday Loans, Video, Wells Fargo U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo Payday Lenders, Minnesotans for a Fair Economy, Center for Responsible Lending, Wells Fargo Payday Loans, U.S. Bank Payday Lenders, Business News

Big banks are participating in a practice commonly associated with the use of big signs to lure vulnerable Americans. Wells Fargo, the country's b...

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Wells Fargo Parties Hard on 160th Birthday... While Kicking Americans Out of Their Homes

Jose Suarez | Posted 05.21.2012 | Miami
Read More: Financial Crisis, Wells Fargo Subprime Mortgages, Wells Fargo Foreclosures, Wells Fargo Bank, Foreclosure Crisis, Wells Fargo 160, Wells Fargo Earnings, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Wells Fargo 160th Birthday, Miami News
Jose Suarez

While the banks party on, the people continue to suffer. Throughout this very critical election year, we should prepare to take more actions to hold banks, and politicians beholden to them, accountable.

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Commercial Mortgage Bankers Are Doing Deals As the Real Estate Market Breathes New Signs of Life

Jerry Chautin | Posted 04.02.2012 | Business
Read More: Rentals, Financing, Banks, Recession, Real Estate, Loan Application, Credit Crunch, Cash Flow, Charles Green, Working Capital Loans, Multifamily Financing, Insurance, Business News, Bankruptcy, Financial Institutions, The Loan Book, Wells Fargo Bank, Commercial Real Estate Loans, Acquisition Loans, Job Creation, Alternative Financing, Small Business Loans, GE Capital, Fannie Mae, Mortgage Bankers Association Convention, Anthony Falor, Freddie Mac, Bob Coleman, Borrowing Money, Lending Programs, Sba, Investor, Fidelity National Bank, Cref, Small Business America, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Rental apartments are back in demand, financing for hotels and motels is loosening up a bit and investors are stepping off the sidelines with wads of cash to do deals.

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City Looks To Move It's Money

Berkeley Patch | Emily Henry | Posted 01.25.2012 | Politics
Read More: Wells Fargo Bank, Wells Fargo, Berkeley, City-of-Berkeley, State and Local Government, Move Your Money, Move Your Money Campaign, Municipal Finance, Move Your Money Day, Berkeley California, Politics News

The recommendation not to renew the city's contract will be addressed at the Jan. 31 council meeting, when the council will decide whether or not to s...

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Police Arrive At Romney Headquarters

Urbandale Patch | Anne Carothers-Kay | Posted 12.28.2011 | Politics
Read More: Wells Fargo Bank, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Republican Presidential Candidates, Wells Fargo, Mitt Romney, Iowa Caucuses, Republican Presidential Primary, Republican Presidential Primary 2012, Occupy Des Moines, Iowa Caucus 2012, Politics News

Police with a paddy wagon arrived at Mitt Romney's campaign headquarters in Des Moines after about 75 Occupy protesters descended on the office, pound...

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Wells Fargo To Pay Big To Settle Bid Rigging Case

AP | PALLAVI GOGOI | Posted 02.07.2012 | Business
Read More: Wells Fargo Bank, Video, Wells Fargo Bid Rigging Case, Bank-News, Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo Wachovia, Business News, Big Banks, Bid-Rigging, Business News

Wells Fargo will pay $148.2 million to settle federal and state charges that it rigged dozens of bidding competitions to win business from cities and ...

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Occupy Oakland Bank Choice Shocker!

Michael J. Hunt | Posted 01.08.2012 | San Francisco
Read More: Ows, Wells Fargo Bank, Offthebus, offthebus2012, Move Your Money, Banks, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oakland, San Francisco News
Michael J. Hunt

Because of the urgency to get their fellow comrades out of jail as soon as possible, the banking institution many protesters consider the cause of the economic crisis and inequity will now occupy the movement's money.

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Man Wears FBI Hat In Wells Fargo Bank Robberies

The Washington Post | Posted 12.18.2011 | DC
Read More: Bank Robbery, Wells Fargo Bank, District of Columbia, DC News

A new bank has come to Washington, and authorities say a man took a novel approach as he tried to rob it: He wore a hat marked “FBI.” The old W...

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How Foreclosures Could Have Cost Schools $150 Million

The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 10.13.2012 | Home
Read More: Foreclosures, Wells Fargo Foreclosures, Wells Fargo Bank, Minneapolis Home Foreclosures, Minneapolis Public Schools, Wells Fargo, US Bank, Minneapolis Foreclosures, Minnesota Education Budget, Minnesota Budget Cuts, Minnesota Schools, Education, Minneapolis Students, Video, Minneapolis Schools, Minnesota Students, Neighborhoods Organizing for Change, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, Minnesota Schools Budget, Home News

The housing crisis has cost Minneapolis Public Schools $150 million in state funding as students were forced to move from the area after their familie...

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U.S. Banks Finally Increasing Lending In Good Sign For Investors

Posted 09.05.2011 | Business
Read More: Mortgage Bond, Wells Fargo Bank, Dodd-Frank, Bonds, Credit Quality, Real Estate, Housing Crisis, Solaris Group, Bank Lending, BB&T, Barclays Capital, The Federal Reserve, Banks, Economic Recovery, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Citigroup, Video, Business News

Major U.S. banks appear to be finally opening the lending spigot. Second-quarter earnings reports due this month are likely to reveal a slight ...

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Hoodwinked! Selling Job Despair as "The New Normal"

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 08.03.2011 | Politics
Read More: White House, Wells Fargo Bank, Housing Market, Unemployment, White House Diffidence, Mike Konczal, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Almost three years later, people are still hewing to the flawed philosophies that led to the financial crisis. That prevents the country from taking steps to end the permanent recession that enshrouds whole segments of our population.

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Year-End Perspective on Corruption

The 14th Banker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Wells Fargo Bank, US Military, Bill Black, Naked Capitalism, Financial Regulation, Financial Fraud, Fraud, Corruption, Banks, Business News
The 14th Banker

The steady exposure of corruption in our system will have its effect. There is developing a common understanding that the system we have today is broken and that we must find the means to make it constructive.

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Why We Partnered with Wells Fargo

Benjamin Todd Jealous | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Wells Fargo Bank, Wells Fargo, Politics News
Benjamin Todd Jealous

With a new agreement with Wells Fargo, as with our 2008 victories in Ohio and Arizona against payday lenders, we have won big victories. There are more to be won and we will not give up until we do.

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Evicted Homeowner Stole Doors, Lights, Toilets Before Leaving

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Wells Fargo Bank, Calvin Townsend, Illinois, Homewood, Eviction, Home Foreclosure, Chicago, Chicago News

One former Homewood homeowner thought he found away to recoup at least some value from his shuttered home at 19161 Crawford St. after he was evicted b...

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Protesters Heat To San Francisco To Target Wells Fargo's Lending Policies

Huff Post Citizen Reporting | Heidi Pickman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Wells Fargo Bank, Mortgages, Mortgage, Subprime Mortgages, Mortgage Modification, Wells Fargo, Mortgage Crisis, Banking Crisis, Banking Reform, Business News

"Hey, hey, ho, ho - corporate greed has got to go" "We Want Justice, We Want Justice" "Wells Fargo, you can't hide, we can see your gree...

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Coloradans Challenging Wall Street on Main Street This Week

T.A. Taylor-Hunt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: K Street Lobbyists, Shareholders, Atms, Financial Reform, Bank of America, Wall Street Reform, 17th & Broadway Denver Colorado, Auto Loans, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Poisoning Main Street, US Senate, Pay and Bonuses, Foreclosure, Wall Street Showdown, Shareholder Activist, Coloradans for Financial Reform, Wall Street Bonuses, Bank of America Kansas City, Wells Fargo Bank, Bankruptcy, Student Debt, Wells Fargo, Payday Loans, Financial Reform Legislation, Goldman Sachs Profits, Student Loans, Senator Udall, Wells Fargo Shareholder Meeting San Francisco, Toxic Wall Street, Main Street, Senator Bennet, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs Fraud, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Wall Street, Working America, Goldman Sachs Bailout, Bank of America Charlotte, Not Your Atm, Colorado Unemployment, Citigroup, Denver News
T.A. Taylor-Hunt

The sidewalk outside the Wells Fargo Bank office at 17th & Broadway in Denver will host two Main Street actions in support of strong financial reform legislation in the U.S. Senate.

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When a Bank Is too Big to Hide

Sanford D. Horwitt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Deutsche Bank, Aig, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Michael S. Barr, TARP Money, Association of Ethical Shareholders Germany, Common Ground, Community Organizing, Sub-Prime Mortgages, Business News
Sanford D. Horwitt

It may be needlessly costly for a big bank to hide from determined, aggrieved adversaries who hold the moral high ground.

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