Wells Fargo & Company Declares Cash Dividends on Preferred Stock – Business Wire (press release)

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced dividends on eleven series of preferred stock. A quarterly cash dividend of $20.00 per share was declared on its 8.00% non-cumulative perpetual class A preferred stock, Series J, liquidation preference $1,000 per share. This dividend equals $0.50 per depositary share, each representing a 1/40th interest…

Advisors Find Smart Ways To Help Clients Conquer Credit-Card Debt – Investor’s Business Daily

Advisors often like their clients, but don’t like what their clients do. Take spending habits. If you’re advising a spendthrift buried in credit-card debt, the relationship can sour if the client refuses to stick to a budget. As debt mounts, the situation can grow unmanageable. “Most people already know the things they should do, so…

Company collapse: Fight on to avoid ‘massive disaster’ – The Sunshine Coast Daily

SUBCONTRACTORS are banking on negotiations now under way to protect them from the worst of another major collapse in the Queensland construction industry. Bloomer Constructions Pty Ltd closed a number of building sites across Brisbane last week, ahead of what was expected to be an announcement Tuesday morning about the company’s fate. Instead, Wayne Bloomer,…

Austinmer pool plans were flawed but Wollongong Council would not compromise, says contractor forced into liquidation – Illawarra Mercury

Michael Lee at the Austinmer pools as the storm hit on Friday afternoon. More than two years after he folded his firm, the pool restoration job is not complete. Picture: Sylvia Liber Council designs for the Austinmer pool renovation were flawed and not realistically able to be completed, claims the contractor whose company went into liquidation on…