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• Fitch Affirms 11 Classes of 2 WFS Financial Owner Trust Transactions

  - 2008-01-31

  NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed 11 classes of 2 WFS Financial Owner Trust asset-backed transactions, as follows: WFS 2005-2 --Class A-3 notes at 'AAA'; --Class A-4 notes at 'AAA'; --Class B notes at 'AAA'; --Class C notes at 'AA'; --Class D notes...

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• Wachovia takes bigger role in auto finance.(Finance & insurance)(Dawn Martin speaks on WFS Financial Inc.'s merger)(Interview)

  - 2006-05-08

  Byline: Gail Kachadourian The recent merger of two financial-services companies - Wachovia Corp. and Westcorp - included the combination of Wachovia's auto finance business with WFS Financial Inc., Westcorp's vehicle-lending subsidiary. Executives of the combined company say it will offer a broader range...

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• Fitch Upgrades 3 Classes of 3 WFS Financial Owner Trust Transactions

  - 2006-03-24

  NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings upgrades three classes of three WFS Financial Owner Trust asset-backed transactions, as follows: WFS 2003-4 --Class D notes upgraded to 'A' from 'BBB'; WFS 2004-1 --Class D notes upgraded to 'A' from 'BBB'; WFS 2004-2 --Class D notes upgraded...

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• WFS Financial Inc to Release Fourth Quarter and Year-End Earnings Results on Tuesday, January 31, 2006

  - 2006-01-20

  IRVINE, Calif. -- WFS Financial Inc (Nasdaq:WFSI) will release its fourth quarter and year-end earnings results on Tuesday, January 31, 2006, after the market closes. Given the pending merger with Wachovia Corporation, there will be no scheduled webcast conference call to coincide with this earnings release. About WFS...

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• Fitch Upgrades 7 Classes of 4 WFS Financial Owner Trust Transactions

  - 2005-10-31

  NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings upgrades seven classes of four WFS Financial Owner Trust asset-backed transactions, as follows: WFS 2004-1 --Class B notes to 'AAA' from 'AA'; --Class C notes to 'AA' from 'A'. WFS 2004-2 --Class B notes to 'AAA' from 'AA'; --Class...

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• WFS Financial Reports Third Quarter Results

  - 2005-10-25

  IRVINE, Calif. -- WFS Financial Inc:-- Third quarter net income increased 66% to $63 million -- Earnings per share increased 66% to $1.54 per share -- Contract originations grew 15% to $2.1 billion WFS Financial Inc (Nasdaq:WFSI) reported that net income increased 66% to $63.4...

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• WFS Financial 2003-4 Owner Trust Upgraded by Fitch Ratings

  - 2005-09-23

  NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings upgrades the outstanding class B, and class C notes of WFS 2003-4 Owner Trust transaction as listed below. -- WFS 2003-4 class B notes upgraded to 'AAA' from 'AA'; -- WFS 2003-4 class C notes upgraded to 'AA' from 'A'. The collateral...

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• Market Gainers issues Trading Alert for shareholders of WFS Financial, Inc.

  - 2005-08-24

  M2 PRESSWIRE-24 August 2005-www.MarketGainer.com: Market Gainers issues Trading Alert for shareholders of WFS Financial, IncC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24082005 MarketGainer.com strives to find dynamic issues that are unknown but because of their technology, approach, executive team, recent discoveries or other...

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• Fitch Rates WFS Financial 2005-3 Owner Trust 'AAA'

  - 2005-07-27

  NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings assigns the following ratings to the WFS Financial 2005-3 Owner Trust (WFS 2005-3) asset-backed notes: -- $389,000,000 3.66838% class A-1'F1+'; -- $713,000,000 4.11% class A-2 'AAA'; -- $325,000,000 4.25% class A-3A 'AAA'; -- $682,000,000 floating-rate class A-3B 'AAA'; -- $306,000,000...

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• WFS Financial Reports Second Quarter Results

  - 2005-07-26

  -- Second quarter net income increased 77% to $59 million -- Earnings per share increased 76% to $1.44 per share -- Contract originations grew 21% to $2.0 billion -- Second quarter annualized credit losses on contracts improved 58 basis points to 1.15%...

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