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...Profits at Wells Fargo fell from $5bn to $4.6bn. Private equity pioneer KKR is predicting a revival in global IPOs and takeover activity after a two-year slowdown....
...The speed of the child benefit changes are an important sop for mid- to high-earning parents, many of whom are paying monthly childcare bills similar in size to their rent or mortgage....
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...Wells Fargo last month said it was setting aside $1bn for severance costs in the fourth quarter....
...Neither the monster national players (JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup) nor the regionals (PNC, M&T, et al) have had much to say about the economy’s effect on credit quality....
...“There is a sense that [the market] might continue to feel good, but it very well might not,” said Wells Fargo’s O’Connor....
...The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo housing market index fell from 56 to 50 this month, signalling a slowdown in business for companies that build single-family homes....
...Wells Fargo is a case in point....
...In the past year delinquent commercial property debt for the six big banks — JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley — nearly tripled to $9.3bn....
...While property sales have slumped — HM Revenue & Customs says transactions fell 17 per cent this September compared with the same month a year earlier — the number of homes for sale per estate agent office...
...“If Jamie Dimon left tomorrow, I do think the stock would decline 5 per cent,” said Mike Mayo, a longtime banking analyst at Wells Fargo who is known for sparring with bank executives in earnings calls....
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...occurred under Wells Fargo’s current leadership....
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