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Wells Fargo & Co. will give $175,000 to Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity today to support the organization’s projects, including the upcoming Habitat 20/10 build, the Women’s Build and the CEO Build. The company …

Dozens of state programs that help small businesses get needed loans are in jeopardy, CNNMoney.com reported.

Though they cost relatively little to operate and are successful at helping create jobs, many of the programs, which …

Wells Fargo & Co. is plunging back into the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market that helped fell Wachovia Corp., the bank it bought in 2008 for $12.7 billion, Bloomberg reported.

Wells Fargo added more than …

New rules designed to protect credit card users from “unreasonable late payment and other penalty fees” went into effect Sunday as a result of the Wall Street reform bill, CNNMoney reported.

The rules block credit …

Individual investors, burned by two market crashes in a decade, have shunned stocks for the longest stretch in more than 23 years, upsetting the balance of power in the $10.5 trillion mutual-fund industry, Bloomberg reported.…

The number of people borrowing from their retirement savings plans reached a 10-year high in the second quarter, according to Fidelity Investments, as Americans grappled with slowing economic growth. The portion of 401(k) accounts with …

Regulators last Friday shut down a big Chicago-based community bank known for its social activism but racked by financial troubles in recent months. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over ShoreBank, with $2.16 billion in …

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