ANNAPOLIS — A Wells Fargo report says Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia are the most vulnerable to looming and widespread federal budget cuts. The report released Monday examines states that would feel the most pain from $85 billion ...

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NEW YORK — Wells Fargo & Co. is reaching out to women small business owners in hopes of achieving a new goal: a total of $55 billion in lending to women-owned companies by 2020. The country’s fourth-largest bank is aiming ...

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NEW YORK — Wells Fargo, the country’s biggest mortgage lender, reported record earnings for the fourth quarter on Friday, beating analysts’ expectations for both profit and revenue. The bank made more loans, gained deposits and enjoyed above-average returns from the ...

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WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of Americans stand to benefit from the latest mortgage-abuse settlement, but consumer advocates say U.S. banks may be getting the best of the deal. Banks have agreed to pay $8.5 billion to settle charges that ...

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Baltimore is one of 20 U.S. cities to start a new program that aims to distribute $4.5 million in grants for new city homeowners to use as down-payments.

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WASHINGTON — U.S. banks have taken another step to clear away the wreckage of the 2008 financial crisis by agreeing to pay $8.5 billion to settle charges that they wrongfully foreclosed on millions of homeowners. The deal announced Monday could ...

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Residents of Baltimore and seven other cities will share an extra $60 million in compensation from Wells Fargo Bank N.A., according to a document filed Wednesday in the Justice Department’s civil lawsuit against the lender. The money stems from an ...

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NEW YORK — Citigroup isn’t as enthusiastic as its peers about a comeback in the housing market. On Friday, executives at Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase declared that the long-struggling market had turned a corner. On Monday, Citigroup’s top number-cruncher ...

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Confidence among U.S. homebuilders rose this month to its highest level in six years and many expect the housing recovery will strengthen in the next six months. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index released Tuesday increased ...

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FREDERICK — Frederick County is giving $100,000 to help Wells Fargo expand in the area, saying the company has many jobs. The Frederick News-Post reports the county is giving a 10 percent match to a $1 million fund for the ...

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