Thursday Feb 9 | American Banker
Wachovia Deal Worked Out Better Than Expected, Wells' CFO Says
How is Wells Fargo & Co.'s $15 billion deal for Wachovia Corp. three years ago working out for the San Francisco company? "We don't want to declare victory too early but it's gone better than we thought," Sloan said during a presentation at a Credit Suisse-sponsored banking conference in Miami.
Thursday Feb 9 | Pique News Magazine
Whistler Blackcomb shares customer service secrets
Whistler Blackcomb executives took 30 resort businesspeople on a tour of their workplace - the ski runs and The Village - to share the secrets of how they ensure hundreds of thousands of visitors to the resort have the best possible experience.
Thursday Feb 9 | Madison Publishing
Our family recently suffered a traumatic event. We would like to thank all our friends for the calls, emails, hospital/house visits and offers of support.
Wells Fargo's Carroll eyes cross-selling by brokers
After years of driving bank merger integrations, David Carroll is putting the same kind of energy into fine-tuning the wealth, brokerage and retirement services business he runs for Wells Fargo & Co plans, annuities and individual retirement accounts.
Ski resort operator Whistler Blackcomb books a first quarter loss but revenue up
Ski resort operator Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. says it lost $2.8 million in its first quarter of fiscal 2012, but sales and visitors grew.
Adapting, mitigating, diversifying
The world's ski resorts are the canary in the climate change coal mine, said Whistler Blackcomb mountain planner and environmental resource manager Arthur DeJong.
CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper
BNC Bancorp. on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter profit of $797,000, or 8 cents per share, for common shareholders.
Wells Fargo Investment Bankers Bringing Buffett-Assisted Revenue
The sun was rising over San Francisco's financial district in November 2009 when Richard Kovacevich picked up the phone in his 12th-floor office to call Omaha, Nebraska.
CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper
A growing High Point bank has established its first branch in Charlotte and begun construction on a second, which will become its regional headquarters.
Now That We Can Arrest Those Who Aid Terrorists Without Benefit of...
Just before sunset on April 10, 2006, a DC-9 jet landed at the international airport in the port city of Ciudad del Carmen, 500 miles east of Mexico City.
Treasury Sec. To Charlotte Bankers: 'We'll Be As Tough As We Need To Be'
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner visited Charlotte Wednesday to tour a Siemens manufacturing plant and take questions from business leaders and elected officials.
There was a huge turnout for the 13 and Under Ski and Snowboard Cross hosted by Whistler Blackcomb this past weekend.
WB against mandatory helmet use
Whistler Blackcomb requires its Ski School instructors to wear helmets while working on the mountains, but the local ski hill operator doesn't support a call by the Canadian Paediatric Society to make helmet use mandatory for everyone on Canadian slopes.
Whistler Blackcomb offering reward for vandal
Whistler Blackcomb is offering a season pass from the remainder of this season and a free pass next season for information that leads to an arrest after a Peak 2 Peak gondola cabin was vandalized last week.
Pediatricians call for mandatory helmet laws
A skier takes part in a Kokanee Valley Race Series event earlier this season. Whistler Blackcomb already requires helmets to be worn in competitive events, but some advocates are calling for mandatory helmet use at all times at Canadian ski resorts.
Tobogganing not an option on Whistler Blackcomb ski slopes
Late last month a 27-year-old Calgary man decided to tube down a closed run at 1:00 a.m. on the lower slopes of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, but hit a wooden fence post and high speed and died.
An Elevator Pitch for a Job Search
The economy is going up and down with a general trend toward improvement in the USA.
Big Data and Data Scientists ??? It's An Issue Of Degree
Big Data is creating a demand for university graduates who can make it work for companies, and universities are gearing up with full-time programs and executive education.
Lisbon, Whistler-Blackcomb, India
A week from today, you could be walking on the banks of the Tagus river, exploring Sao Jorge castle or admiring Rossio square.
Wells Fargo earnings jump 20% for fourth quarter
And for the full year, the bank posted net income of $15.87 billion, or $2.82 per diluted share, up from $12.36 billion, or $2.21 per diluted share, in 2010.