Washington Mutual News

At a small, private event at the Metropolitan Grill in January, nine of the region's brightest and most respected financial advisers gathered to sip fine wine, eat prime beef and forecast the financial future.

Shareholders of Wachovia, in Charlotte, N.C., and National City in Cleveland, will vote on deals to sell their hometown banks to rivals in San Francisco and Pittsburgh, the Wall Street Journal reports .

SAN DIEGO : "We hope to do to this industry what Wal-Mart did to theirs, Starbucks did to theirs, Costco did to theirs and Lowe's-Home Depot did to their industry.

A trio of private investors - J.C. Flowers & Co., Dune Capital Management and Paulson & Co.

It was a year that saw the fall of Washington Mutual Inc., the largest bank failure in history, the collapse of IndyMac Bank, the most expensive failure in 20 years, and more bank closures than at any time ...

No surprise: Many Seattle-area real estate experts say the market slowdown was the biggest local real estate story of 2008.

Dec. 25--Corporate Social Responsibility is one of the most exciting new trends in the business world.

Another year goes by and more chief executives get the ax--probably more than in any previous year.

WaiSeng Yau created his line of colorful kitchenware after being laid off from his administrative job at Washington Mutual in 2003.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. will officially tell Seattle property owners on Christmas Eve what they've already suspected: The new owner of Washington Mutual will not be taking over the bank's thousands of feet of ...

Motor Trend has voted Ford Motor Co.'s F-150 model truck as its 2009 Truck of the Year, the third time in its production history that the half-ton pickup has taken top billing.

MANY of us will watch "It's a Wonderful Life" again this year with a little more unease than before.

Americans seeking mortgages arena t getting the full benefit of record low yields on Treasuries and government-supported mortgage bonds, blunting U.S. efforts to curb the housing crisis .

Three of the top five banks on a J.D. Power and Associates survey looking at the best home equity lines of credit are either about to be acquired, or have been acquired.

There's a point of light in recession's gloom - at least this downturn won't be as bad as the dot-com bust.

According to a press release a law firm is currently on behalf purchasers of Washington Mutual, Inc 5.5% Notes Due August 24, 2011 during the period October 19, 2005 through July 23, 2008, seeking remedies ...

NEW YORK a ' Bank of America Corp. said Thursday that it expects to eliminate 30,000 to 35,000 jobs over the next three years, as it faces a deteriorating economic environment and tries to absorb Merrill Lynch ...

The housing crisis will drag on at least until 2010, time needed for credit markets to revive and government rescue programs to make an impact, the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

It had been in the works since JPMorgan Chase bought the failing Washington Mutual corporation in September, but WaMu employees Monday were finally given word on their future with the company.

The former Washington Mutual on Route 31 in Albion will be keeping its doors open - and keeping close to 850 employed this holiday season.