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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
- Is Saving More a Good Thing?
- Americans have cut down dramatically on spending and ratcheted up their savings rates. And while that's good for the economy long term, helping to finance valuable investment, in the short term, it's only making our economic woes worse…A recent store visit underscores just how dramatically spending habits have changed in...
- Articles 2009-03-09
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- Federal thrift regulators subpoenaed by Transohio. (Office of Thrift Supervision in Cincinnati; Transohio Savings Bank)
- Federal thrift regulators subpoenaed by Transohio An attorney for Transohio Savings Bank who's pursuing a lawsuit against federal thrift regulators for breaching a contract with Transohio said he believes the regulators have a vendetta against the tFederal thrift regulators subpoenaed by Transohio ...
- Research articles 1991-06-24
- Thrift regulators cracking the whip in wake of crisis. (government regulation of savings and loan associations)
- Thrift regulators cracking the whip in wake of crisis If some thrift regulators of the 1980s were teddy bears, today's regulator is a cross between RoboCop and the Terminator. At least that's the view put forth by Cleveland-area savings and loan oThrift...
- Research articles 1991-08-12
- Thrift bailout may need more cash from Congress to avert a slowdown. (Resolution Trust Corp. needs more funds to maintain pace of government's savings and loan rescue plan of troubled banks)
- Thrift bailout may need more cash from Congress to avert a slowdown WASHINGTON UPI -- A top federal thrift says the government's savings and loan rescue plan, accelerated in recent months, is in danger of slowing unless Congress authorizes more monThrift bailout may need more...
- Research articles 1990-07-23
- AAL, Allstate Get Approval For Thrift Charters.
- Two insurance firms, Allstate and Aid Association for Lutherans, have each received federal thrift charters, the Office of Thrift Supervision announced. Two insurance firms, Allstate and Aid Association for Lutherans, have each received federal thrift charters, the Office of Thrift Supervision announced.
- Research articles 1998-08-10
- Allstate Granted Thrift Charter.
- Two insurance firms, Allstate and Aid Association for Lutherans. have each received federal thrift charters, the Office of Thrift Supervision announced. Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate received approval to establish Allstate Federal Savings Bank, whicTwo insurance firms, Allstate and Aid Association for Lutherans. have each received federal...
- Research articles 1998-08-03
- Allstate Granted Thrift Charter
- Two insurance firms, Allstate and Aid Association for Lutherans, have each received federal thrift charters, the Office of Thrift Supervision announced. Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate received approval to establish Allstate Federal Savings Bank, whicTwo insurance firms, Allstate and Aid Association for Lutherans, have each received federal...
- Research articles 1998-08-03
- Transohio may find friend in OTS. (Transohio Savings Bank; Office of Thrift Supervision)
- Transohio may find friend in OTS An Office of Thrift Supervision regulatory order being contested by Transohio Savings Bank actually may be protecting the thrift from the wrath of regulators with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The order, knowTransohio may find friend...
- Research articles 1991-05-20
- Osborne increases thrift investment. (Richard Osborne; First American Savings Bank)
- Osborne increases thrift investment Local thrift investor Richard Osborne is still on the prowl. Mr. Osborne reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission the purchase of another 21,000 shares of stock in Canton-based First American Savings Bank, a thrift with assets of $724 million....
- Research articles 1991-07-01
- Kodak and Thrift Drug make phone card connection
- PITTSBURGH--BUSINESS WIRE--March 15, 1995--Beginning in late March, Eastman Kodak and Thrift Drug will be teaming up on a promotion that offers free long distance calls to consumers who purchase specially marked packages of film. The free talk time will be issued on-pack in the form of a 5 minute...
- Research articles 1995-03-15
- Insurers fight back with thrift charters.(insurance companies apply for thrift charters)
- Thanks to the insurance industry, 1997 was a banner year for applications to the Office of Thrift Supervision in Washington as companies attempted to compete with banks by offering more financial services to consumers. Several companies--includi Thanks to the insurance industry,...
- Research articles 1998-01-19
- Dispute Flares Over State Farm Thrift Application.
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and community activists are at odds over the scope of the insurer's Community Reinvestment Act obligations as State Farm's application for a thrift charter is being considered by the Office of Thrift SuperState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and community ...
- Research articles 1998-06-15
- New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, Inc. Announces Stock Repurchase Program
- NEWPORT, N.H. -- New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: NHTB) ("New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares") today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan pursuant to which New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares may repurchase up to 5.0%, or 253,776 shares, of its common stock outstanding as of June...
- Research articles 2007-06-20
- Thrift charters: Now you see them--maybe tomorrow you won't
- The fate of the venerable thrift charter and its companion, the unitary thrift holding company, is the hot topic of the day for many constituencies. Among them: the Congress the Office of Thrift Supervision OTS all of the banking organizations (American Bankers Association, Independent Bankers Association of...
- Research articles 1998-04-01
- Pomona, Calif.-Based Thrift PFF Bancorp Completes Buyback of Shares.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18--The largest local thrift received approval from regulators to repurchase 5% of its outstanding shares -- and it completed the buyback within four days. On May 8, PFF Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: PFFB), the parent of PFF Bank & Trust, announced...
- Research articles 1998-05-17
- Regulators Block Pomona, Calif.-Based Thrift's Stock Buyback Plan.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 23--POMONA, Calif.--Thrift regulators on Tuesday put a damper on plans by an area institution to do a little stock bargain hunting. PFF Bank & Trust was told by federal regulators it couldn't buy any more of its...
- Research articles 1998-09-24
- Equitex Announces Plan to File for New Thrift Holding Company
- ENGLEWOOD, Colo. & PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE-- Oct. 22, 1998--Equitex, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQTX) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, First TeleServices Corp., plans to file an application with the Office of Thrift Supervision OTS to allow for the organization of a new thrift holding company. The application is expected to...
- Research articles 1998-10-22
- Thrift Savings Plan Opens to Military - Thrift Savings Plan for military personnel - Brief Article
- Service members can begin to sign up for the Thrift Savings Plan beginning October 9, 2001, according to DOD officials. The Thrift Savings Plan is a retirement and investment plan that has been available to civilian government workers since 1987. Congress extended the plan to include service members in...
- Research articles 2001-06-01
- The Past Week's Bank and Thrift Data Undermine Obama's Regulatory Plans
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: What’s the difference between a thrift and a bank, other than that the former has a number of dangerous regulatory loopholes it can jump through whenever it pleases and a lax regulator? That was the Obama Administration’s rhetorical question to bankers and...
- External links 2009-08-30
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