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- The Lost Culture of Saving
- Social scientist Barbara Dafoe Whitehead discusses the institutions and forces that conspire against saving, and how we can change them. According to Whitehead, shortsighted government policy and a financial system based on greed turned Americans away from thrift… Even before it was fashionable, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead was proselytizing about the...
- Articles 2009-03-05
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- AF announces Thrift Savings open season
- Randolph AFB, Texas -- Civilian and military employees can sign up for, or change their Thrift Savings Plan contribution amounts during the "open season" now through June 30. "TSP is a long-term retirement savings plan everyone should consider," said Ms. Jackie Holland, task manager at the Air Force Personnel...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- San Bernardino, Calif.-Based Bank Announces Acquisition Plans.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Feb. 9--SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.--Jackson Federal Bank, well capitalized successor to once-ailing First Fidelity Savings, has taken an important step toward becoming a $1 billion institution in the next 12 months. The San Bernardino-based thrift announced plans to acquire three branches containing $172 million...
- Research articles 2000-02-08
- California's HF Bancorp Plans to Acquire Palm Springs Savings.(Originated from The Business Press, Ontario, Calif.)
- May 20--Still flush with capital from its initial public offering last year, HF Bancorp extended its recent shopping spree by announcing an agreement to acquire the Coachella Valley's largest locally based thrift. If the sale of Palm Springs Savings Bank passes muster with federal regulators...
- Research articles 1996-05-21
- Ohio First Federal Savings Bank Plans IPO. (Originated from Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio)
- Feb. 4--First Federal Savings Bank of Kent is planning to join the ranks of the publicly-owned. The thrift, which has been a mutual savings bank since it was founded in 1934, has decided to convert to a stock-owned form of ownership. "We're going to enhance our...
- Research articles 1994-02-03
- Financial Roundup: Citi Reaches U.S. Deal, "Say on Pay" Sped Up, WaMu Brings Savings
- Citi reaches deal with U.S. -- After days of intense negotiating, the U.S. government has reached a deal to exchange $25 billion in emergency bailout money for a 36 percent equity stake in Citigroup. Shareholders will see their ownership shrink to 26 percent and dividends on common shares are being...
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- Newberry, S.C., Mutual Savings Bank Plans Stock Offering.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Jan. 21--Newberry Federal Savings Bank, the Midlands' last mutual savings bank, plans to convert to a stock company. Newberry Federal announced Thursday that its board of directors had approved a plan to convert to a federally chartered stock savings bank. A stock...
- Research articles 2000-01-21
- CIGNA Thrift Gets Approval For Federal Charter.(Brief Article)
- CIGNA Corp., Hartford, says its CIGNA Retirement & Investment Services unit has received U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision approval to convert CO Trust Company, an Illinois-chartered trust, into CIGNA Bank & Trust Company. Getting the federal charter will enable CIGNA to offer banking ...
- Research articles 2001-05-07
- FFVA announces plans to repurchase stock
- LYNCHBURG, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 22, 1995--James L. Davidson, Jr., President & C.E.O. of FFVA Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: FFFC), the holding company for First Federal Savings Bank of Lynchburg, Virginia, announced today that its request to repurchase up to 5% of the company's outstanding shares of common stock has been approved by...
- Research articles 1995-05-22
- Aetna Wins Approval for Federal Savings Bank Charter
- HARTFORD, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 28, 1999-- Aetna Inc. announced today that the Office of Thrift Supervision OTS has granted approval for the company to organize a federal savings bank to offer trust services to clients nationwide. Aetna Trust Company FSB will be able to provide trustee, custodian, and record-keeping services...
- Research articles 1999-10-28
- Uncle Sam sends them next door. (shaping up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) (Finance)
- SPURRED on by the savings and loan thrift disaster, the federal government is at last getting serious about its burgeoning contingent liabilities. With plans in train to reform federal deposit insurance for next year, the Treasury now also wants to SPURRED on by the savings and...
- Research articles 1990-05-19
- Private Equity Group Buying IndyMac Assets: FDIC
- By Karey Wutkowski and Megan Davies WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A consortium of private equity and hedge fund firms, including Dune Capital Management and J.C. Flowers & Co, has agreed to buy the assets of failed mortgage lender IndyMac, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said on Friday. The FDIC said...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Long Island banks expand into NYC boroughs
- Roslyn Savings Bank wants people in Brooklyn and Queens to know that it isn't just a bank for Long Islanders anymore. The thrift, which has opened four branches in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx in the past two years, plans to open at least two more this year in Queens...
- Research articles 2002-05-10
- The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Banking Column.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- PEOPLES FIRST STARTS TO TRAVEL EXPANSION ROUTE IN ORLANDO AREA: Add Peoples First Community Bank to the list of institutions with aggressive growth plans for the Orlando area. Peoples First, a federal savings bank based...
- Research articles 1999-05-17
- Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis: The Role of the Federal Reserve
- At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 54th Economic Conference, Chatham, MassachusettsOctober 23, 2009 The theme of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Economic Conference this year–reevaluating regulatory, supervisory, and central banking policies in the wake of the crisis–is certainly timely. Not much more than a year ago, we and...
- News items 2009-10-23
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