Citigroup Buying Wachovia Banking Operations

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Wells Fargo and Citigroup were in the running to take over Wachovia's banking operations, and it looks like Citigroup (NYSE:C) has emerged as the winner. The deal was facilitated by the FDIC, who says that Wachovia did not fail. Citigroup will absorb up to $42 billion of losses in the ...

Wachovia And Wells Fargo In Advanced Merger Talks

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Wachovia and Wells Fargo are now in the advanced stages of merger talks. According to the New York Times, federal regulators are pushing Wachovia hard to sell out to Wells Fargo. Initially this weekend, Wachovia had been speaking to Citigroup (NYSE:C) as well as Wells Fargo, but it ...

Robert Steel To Wachovia

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Robert Steel is the new CEO of Wachovia. Robert Steel is scheduled to take over immediately. The move should assure investors, who have become nervous about Wachovia's performance. Robert Steel brings heavyweight experience to bear at Wachovia. Steel was the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance for ...

Lanty Smith - Interim Wachovia CEO

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Lanty Smith has been named as Wachovia's (WB) Interim CEO after Chief Executive Kennedy Thompson was deposed from his position. Recently deposed Wachovia CEO, Ken Thompson. Lanty Smith said that the search for a new Chief Executive Officer is on and that the company didn't need to raise cash. He said ...