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Beleaguered Washington Mutual Inc. reported Monday it is replacing the president of its retail banking division, James Corcoran. ...

Source: www.reuters.com --- 13 days ago
(Reuters) - Washington Mutual Inc may be able to withstand estimated losses of $36 billion and remain in business, and avoid an additional capital raise, said Ladenburg Thalmann analyst Richard Bove, who narrowed his 2008 loss forecast for the thrift. ...

Source: www.marketwatch.com --- 14 days ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Washington Mutual shareholders on Tuesday approved a proposal to increase the number of authorized shares to permit the conversion of preferred shares recently issued by the company into common stock, the thrift said in a statement. In a separate proposal, the holders approved the conversion and exercise of these securities. The proposals are related to a $7 billion offering by WaMu to boost its capital. ...

Source: online.wsj.com --- 18 days ago
Washington Mutual is cutting 1,200 jobs as part of a plan to trim expenses announced at the end of the first quarter. The thrift has been rocked by the meltdown in the housing market. ...

Source: www.chicagotribune.com --- 18 days ago
Washington Mutual Inc. is cutting 50 jobs in Downers Grove and Vernon Hills as part of a 1,200-employee layoff initiated by the Seattle-based financial institution. ...

Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com --- 8 days ago
Washington Mutual said today it has replaced James Corcoran, president of its vast retail branch network. Stephen Rotella, WaMu's president... ...

Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com --- 7 days ago
Pacific Northwest Washington Mutual said Monday it replaced the president of its retail banking division, James Corcoran. Stephen Rotella, WaMu's chief... ...

Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com --- 13 days ago
Pacific Northwest Washington Mutual shareholders Tuesday approved the final step in a $7.2 billion bailout package that puts more than 50... ...

Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com --- 13 days ago
Washington Mutual Inc. shareholders overwhelmingly approved a $7 billion investment by private equity and other institutional investors at a special meeting Tuesday. ...

Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com --- 19 days ago
Washington Mutual is cutting 1,200 more jobs nationwide, including 260 at its downtown Seattle headquarters. The troubled lender, which... ...

Source: eastbay.bizjournals.com --- 18 days ago
The latest layoffs by Washington Mutual in Alameda County bring to more than 5,000 the number of jobs employers have eliminated in the county this fiscal year. ...

Source: sanjose.bizjournals.com --- 1 day ago
Washington state and Washington Mutual Inc. led the nation in the number of mortgage-related job layoffs in the latest quarter, according to a recent mortgage employment survey ...

Source: eastbay.bizjournals.com --- 18 days ago
Washington Mutual Inc. said Thursday it's cutting 1,200 employees -- or about 2.6 percent of its workforce -- across the country, largely from its technology, human resources and enterprise operations departments. (WM) ...

Source: portland.bizjournals.com --- 19 days ago
Oregon employees of Washington Mutual Inc. have been spared in a layoff that will cut 1,200 employees, according to WaMu spokeswoman Darcy Donahoe-Wilmot. (WM) ...

Source: www.bankrate.com --- 16 days ago
A woman finally finds help with her mortgage after six months of trying to reach someone at Washington Mutual. ...

Source: www.businesswire.com --- 7 days ago
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Washington Mutual, Inc. (NYSE: WM) will release its second quarter 2008 earnings on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, following the close of the New York Stock Exchange. WaMu ...

Source: www.palmbeachpost.com --- 17 days ago
Racked by huge housing-related losses, lender Washington Mutual said Thursday that it will close its 175-person operations center in Boca Raton by the end of the year. ...

Source: blogs.thenewstribune.com --- 18 days ago
Thursday's announcement of 1,200 further job cuts at Seattle-based Washington Mutual Inc. may not be the end of staff reductions at the thrift. WaMu Chief Executive Officer Kerry Killinger said this week the company continues to review its business with an eye toward eliminating unprofitable operations and streamlining others. The cuts would reduce the bank's Puget Sound area staff of about 4,600 workers by about 260. The latest layoffs are the third round of staff reductions at the bank which has suffered because of the subprime lending crisis. ...