Hints and tips:
...The involvement of reputable people and institutions — including retired general James Mattis, former secretary of state Henry Kissinger and former Wells Fargo chief executive Richard Kovacevich as board...
...The list also includes Richard Kovacevich, who went on to lead Wells Fargo. Not everyone thinks that the enthusiasm for executives who have worked under Mr Dimon is entirely benign....
...The last time she was at Wigmore Hall was to join fellow pianist Stephen Kovacevich for his 75th birthday....
...Mr Stumpf and Dick Kovacevich, his predecessor, learned about neighbourhood retail banking at Norwest and constantly extolled its virtues: it is unglamorous, even boring compared with Wall Street, but it...
...Mr Stumpf was appointed chief executive in 2007, with his predecessor Richard Kovacevich staying on as chairman, and he only assumed the chair in 2010....
...Argerich is heard, as spontaneous as ever, in various piano duets, including Debussy’s En blanc et noir (rather turbulent with Stephen Kovacevich) and Schumann’s Six Canonic Études in Debussy’s arrangement...
...by some exultant grunting from Kovacevich on the way....
...Wall Street analysts have been urging clients to resist the urge to ditch their bank stocks, while elder statesmen of the banking industry such as Dick Kovacevich, former head of Wells Fargo, have appealed...
...Several note that John Stumpf, chief executive and chairman, and his predecessor Richard Kovacevich, built Wells into the biggest US bank by market capitalisation by focusing on households across America...
...The company’s board also includes a number of impressive names, including Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state, as well as a former defence secretary and Richard Kovacevich, the ex-chief executive...
...John Lill and Stephen Kovacevich are among the other recitalists, but Friday’s “Participants’ Recital” may be when most sparks fly....
...For much of that time he was a lieutenant to Dick Kovacevich, the former Norwest chief executive who used tight operational discipline and effective dealmaking to turn a small regional institution into a...
...The classical repertoire has been the mainstay of Kovacevich’s career....
...Richard Kovacevich is former chairman and chief executive of Wells Fargo & Company. The views expressed are their own....
...William Isaac and Richard Kovacevich: How to end panics and impose market discipline The US has suffered three severe financial crises in the past 40 years, each driven by excessive risk taking, particularly...
...William Isaac, chair of Fifth Third Bankcorp, and Richard Kovacevich, former Wells Fargo chief executive, repeat standard and flawed arguments against what they call “breathtaking” levels of equity such...
...Second, the arguments of bankers should not be brushed off as self-serving (“How to resolve the problem of ‘too big to fail’ banks”, William Isaac and Richard Kovacevich, March 1)....
...“Nobody wants to be 70,” Stephen Kovacevich told the assembled crowd, “but if you have to, this is the way to do it.”...
...decision by US regulators to force the nation’s nine largest banks to accept $125bn in taxpayer funds during the financial crisis of 2008 did not restore confidence in the banking system, but undermined it, Richard...
...Dick Kovacevich will step down as chairman of Wells Fargo at the end of this year, handing over to his successor as chief executive, John Stumpf....
...Richard Kovacevich, Wells Fargo’s chairman and architect of the deal, says the acquisition – involving 280,000 employees and 70m customers – will allow Wells Fargo to emerge from the financial carnage of...
...The retirement of Mr Kovacevich also frees Mr Stumpf to leave his own imprint on San Francisco-based Wells Fargo....
...Wells Fargo’s chairman Richard Kovacevich intends to retire at the end of the year, and will be replaced by John Stumpf, current chief executive, the bank said on Tuesday....
...Dick Kovacevich, chairman of Wells Fargo, bolstered his reputation as the banking industry’s lone ranger this week....
...Target’s nominees were Mary Dillon, a marketing executive at McDonald’s Corp, George Tamke, a partner at private-equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Richard Kovacevich, chairman of Wells Fargo, and Solomon...
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