Banks Immune to China Chaos: False Sense of Safety or Truth?
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Aug 26, 4:18PM CDT
All sectors in the S&P 500 index ended lower yesterday with the finance sector falling in the mid-range. With China's banking system largely closed to outsiders, exposure of major U.S. banks to their economy is limited.
GS: 184.40 (+6.18), JPM: 62.91 (+3.00), C: 52.28 (+2.40), BAC: 16.06 (+0.80), WFC: 52.30 (+2.28)
Integra LifeSciences to Present at the Wells Fargo 2015 Healthcare Conference and the 2015 Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference in September
GlobeNewswire - Wed Aug 26, 3:15PM CDT
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:IART) today announced that it will present at the following conference in June:
IART: 59.71 (+0.46), IARTV: 65.00 (-37.45), WFC: 52.30 (+2.28), MS: 33.30 (+1.54)
Wells Fargo appoints John Coad as National Sales manager
M2 - Wed Aug 26, 8:41AM CDT
Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) disclosed on Tuesday that John Coad has been named national sales manager for SBA Lending and will report to the head of Wells Fargo SBA Lending, Donna Serres.
WFC: 52.30 (+2.28)
CMOs Shift Investments Toward the Customer Journey, According to The CMO Club and IBM Study
Marketwired - Wed Aug 26, 8:00AM CDT
Chief Marketing Officers (CMO) and top marketing executives are shifting budgets toward customer retention and advocacy, according to research from The CMO Club. Conducted in collaboration with IBM (NYSE: IBM), the study also shows that CMOs are increasing their budgets and allocating a greater portion of these investments across the entire customer journey rather than individual channels.
VAL: 73.36 (+0.06), IBM: 146.70 (+5.74), WFC: 52.30 (+2.28)
Boston Scientific To Participate In The 2015 Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference
PR Newswire - Wed Aug 26, 7:30AM CDT
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) is scheduled to participate in the 2015 Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference on September 9 in Boston, MA.
BSX: 16.37 (+0.59), WFC: 52.30 (+2.28)
Century Housing Announces $100 Million Multi-Bank Syndicated Credit Facility to Finance Affordable Housing in California
PR Newswire - Tue Aug 25, 3:08PM CDT
Century Housing, a leading Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), announced today that it closed a $100 million syndicated credit facility with Chase as agent and lead lender, and Charles Schwab Bank, Wells Fargo, BBVA Compass, HSBC Bank USA, and U.S. Bank as lenders. This is one of the largest revolving credit facilities to a CDFI in the country. The bank facility will be leveraged by Century to finance homes affordable to low-and moderate-income families, veterans, and disabled individuals throughout the state.
WFC: 52.30 (+2.28)
U.S. Stocks Rally, But Is Now Time to Buy?
at The Street - Tue Aug 25, 2:36PM CDT
The CNBC ‘Fast Money’ traders debate whether it's time to dive into stocks now that the market seems to have stabilized.
KR: 35.08 (+1.42), JPM: 62.91 (+3.00), GILD: 106.96 (+4.40), UTX: 91.56 (+2.76), FB: 87.19 (+4.19), C: 52.28 (+2.40), XOM: 72.50 (+3.79), DIS: 99.23 (+3.34), WFC: 52.30 (+2.28), OXY: 67.15 (+1.40), AFL: 56.92 (+1.69), AAPL: 109.69 (+5.95)
Wait for Wells Fargo to Pull Back Before Buying
at The Street - Tue Aug 25, 12:12PM CDT
As Wells Fargo consolidates, a low-risk entry opportunity for patient bulls will develop.
WFC: 52.30 (+2.28)
Wells Fargo Creates 'Steps to Better Banking'
Business Wire - Tue Aug 25, 12:00PM CDT
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced its 'Steps to Better Banking' initiative, which makes the experience of opening an account easier for the millions of consumers who choose a banking relationship with Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo serves over 22 million Retail Bank households, and through May of this year, household growth was the strongest in four years, and primary consumer checking customers increased 5.6 percent year-over-year*.
WFC: 52.30 (+2.28)
Covidien, Dow Corning, and Hilton Worldwide Are 2015 AFP Pinnacle Award Finalists
PR Newswire - Tue Aug 25, 11:58AM CDT
Covidien, Dow Corning, and Hilton Worldwide are finalists for the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) 2015 Pinnacle Award. Sponsored by Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), the Pinnacle Award, established in 1997, recognizes excellence in treasury and finance.
WFC: 52.30 (+2.28)
Industry Pioneer Gene Pease Releases Breakthrough "How-to" Book on Predictive Analytics for Human Capital
PRWeb - Tue Aug 25, 9:05AM CDT
Vestrics, the leading provider of predictive analytics and workforce optimization solutions, today announced the release of Founder Gene Pease's most recent work "Optimize Your Greatest Asset - Your People" published by John Wiley & Sons. This "how-to" book demystifies the complex topic of predictive analytics with real-life case study examples from some of the world's leading companies, including Chevron, Xerox, Wells Fargo and Sears. Many industry luminaries, including RJ Milnor, AD Detrick, Brad Pearce and Ian O'Keefe, offer their advice and perspective on how executives can finally bend the cost curve of workforce expense and move to investing in their workforce with clear Return-on-Investment (ROI) models.
XRX: 9.96 (+0.30), WFC: 52.30 (+2.28)
Avolon Capital Partners announces acquisition of Airbus A321-200 aircraft on lease to Vueling Airlines
M2 - Tue Aug 25, 7:51AM CDT
Avolon (NYSE:AVOL) declared on Monday that its joint-venture aircraft leasing business with Wells Fargo, Avolon Capital Partners, has acquired an Airbus A321-200 aircraft on lease to Vueling Airlines.
WFC: 52.30 (+2.28), AVOL: 28.84 (+0.33)
John Coad Named National Sales Manager for Wells Fargo SBA Lending
Business Wire - Tue Aug 25, 7:00AM CDT
Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) announced today that John Coad has been named national sales manager for SBA Lending. A senior sales leader with 30 years of experience in commercial lending, including SBA lending and small business leadership roles at GE Capital, Coad will lead a national sales team of SBA lending professionals and help drive growth for a line of business that has been America's No. 1 SBA 7(a) lender in dollars for six consecutive years (U.S. SBA, federal fiscal years 2009-2014). He will be based in New York and report to Donna Serres, head of Wells Fargo SBA Lending.
WFC: 52.30 (+2.28)
2 Top Financial Stocks for Low-Risk Investors
Joe Tenebruso, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Aug 25, 6:04AM CDT
With many people blaming Wall Street and the major banks for the 2008-2009 financial crisis that nearly led to financial Armageddon, you'd be forgiven for believing that the financial sector is far too dangerous a place for risk-averse investors....
WFC: 52.30 (+2.28)
Pernix Therapeutics reports launch of USD50m revolving credit facility
M2 - Tue Aug 25, 4:33AM CDT
Pharmaceutical company