Construction Industry Optimistic: Activity Expected to Improve in 2012
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Construction contractors and equipment distributors are optimistic local non-residential activity will improve in 2012, according to a recent survey by Wells Fargo Equipment Finance Inc., part of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC). In the company’s 2012 Construction Industry Forecast, Wells Fargo’s Construction Optimism Quotient (OQ) – the survey’s primary benchmark for measuring contractor and equipment distributor sentiment – is at 114 for 2012, marking a mater
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Construction Industry Optimistic: Activity Expected to Improve in 2012
Bank of America and Wells Fargo Lead in Banking Customer Service Survey
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Among customers surveyed, Bank of America and Wells Fargo had better phone-based customer service than Chase and Citi, according to a study on phone-based customer service quality conducted by Vocal Laboratories Inc. (Vocalabs). In telephone interviews conducted immediately following a customer service call, 68% of Bank of America customers surveyed were “Very Satisfied” with the experience, while 63% of Wells Fargo customers gave the experience their top rating. Th
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Bank of America and Wells Fargo Lead in Banking Customer Service Survey
Scenes from the occupation: Occupy MN protests focus on inequality, corporate power
On a recent Friday afternoon hundreds of protesters marched from Peavey Plaza to the regional headquarters of Wells Fargo in downtown Minneapolis.
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Scenes from the occupation: Occupy MN protests focus on inequality, corporate power
Foreclosure rate under fire
Demonstrators from the OccupyMN anti-Wall Street protest marched into the Wells Fargo Bank branch at Marquette Avenue and 6th Street during the lunch hour Tuesday.
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Foreclosure rate under fire
Activists want district to cut ties with Wells Fargo
Community activists want Minneapolis Public School District to stop banking with Wells Fargo.
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Activists want district to cut ties with Wells Fargo
Occupy MN and TakeAction Minnesota to march on…
This week, Minneapolis will be witness to a confluence of local protest entities, starting today at 11 a.m., when organizers from TakeAction Minnesota will converge at the Government Plaza and try to woo Occupy MN participants into following them in a march to the Wells Fargo Center.
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Wells Fargo may shift downtown Minneapolis space
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reports that the bank doesn’t plan to move its Minnesota headquarters out of Wells Fargo Center at Marquette Avenue and South Sixth Street, but it might move some employees out of Northstar Center and Baker Center.
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Minneapolis Man Gets 30 Months In St. Paul Robbery
Michael Lewis Johnson was charged on April 20 with one count of bank robbery and pleaded guilty on June 16. He admitted to stealing $4,225 from the Wells Fargo Bank on the 2100 block of Ford Parkway in St. Paul in April.
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Minneapolis Man Gets 30 Months In St. Paul Robbery
Rebecca Rusch and Todd Wells Champions at 2011 Leadville Trail 100 MTB
LEADVILLE, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rebecca Rusch and Todd Wells conquered more than 100 miles of challenging Colorado Rockies terrain to take top honors at this year’s Leadville Trail 100 MTB.
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Rebecca Rusch and Todd Wells Champions at 2011 Leadville Trail 100 MTB
Wells Fargo cutting jobs at Minneapolis brokerage group
Employees at Wells Fargo & Co.’s brokerage operations group in Minneapolis were told Wednesday that they have until sometime this fall to find other jobs.
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Wells Fargo cutting jobs at Minneapolis brokerage group

