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WAMU 88.5 reaches deal to keep bluegrass on the air


The circle is unbroken: After six months of uncertainty, WAMU-FM (88.5) has found a home for Bluegrass Country, its signature bluegrass music offshoot. The station announced Thursday it had reached an agreement with the Bluegrass Country Foundation, ...

JPMorgan Ends WaMu Disputes with FDIC and Deutsche Bank


Closing the doors on yet another matter pertaining to its acquisition of Washington Mutual Inc.'s (“WaMu”) banking business during the height of the 2008 financial crisis, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM - Free Report) announced the ending of dispute with ...

JPモルガン:650億円受け取り、WaMuめぐる訴訟終結に向かう


米銀最大手JPモルガン・チェースは金融危機時に買収したワシントン・ミューチュアル(WaMu)の組成証券をめぐる訴訟を終わらせ、破産財団から6億4500万ドル(約650億円)を受け取る。 JPモルガンが当局への届け出で、この件で争っていたドイツ銀行、米連邦預金保険 ...

Wiedefeld Shrinks Metro's Management Ranks, Including 7 Senior Leaders


... released a statement praising the personnel changes. “People have to be held accountable. The Metro General Manager has been urged to do that. I hope this sends a signal across the entire Metro organization that safety and Customer Service must ...

As Developers Eye Anacostia, $50 Million Is Pledged To Minimize Displacement


Newsome doesn't yet know how the money — in the form of loans, grants, equity, in-kind services and technical support — will be used, but imagines one scenario where it could help low-income senior citizens who live in Anacostia complete needed fixes ...

Guide to American Funds Washington Mutual A Fund (AWSHX)


American Funds Washington Mutual A (AWSHX - MF report) a Zacks Ranked #2 (Buy) was incepted in July 1952 and is managed by Capital Research and Management Company. The objective of AWSHX is to provide current income and opportunity for ...

Metro Safety Culture Lacking For More Than 30 Years: NTSB


Among the recommendations, the NTSB will urge the District to address how its 911 call center unnecessarily delayed the response to the trapped train, sources said. An on-scene emergency response professional also was not trained and failed to ...

Quick Guide to American Funds Washington Mutual A Fund (AWSHX)


American Funds Washington Mutual A (AWSHX - MF report) a Zacks Ranked #1 (Strong Buy) was incepted in July 1952 and is managed by Capital Research and Management Company. The objective of AWSHX is to provide current income and opportunity ...

Confused About Your Student Loans? You're Not Alone


Many people reported that their records were lost, or Customer Service didn't have the latest information. That's just the beginning. The bureau suspects that problems with servicers have left borrowers vulnerable to scams. Reading through the comments ...

What Happens If Kentucky Dismantles Its Health Insurance Exchange?


But the move would cost Kentucky control over which nonprofit groups provide consumer assistance and the state's call center would likely move out. State exchanges could lower their costs by using HealthCare.gov for enrollment while retaining other ...

University Of Maryland Fires Football Coach


Rebecca Grissom, who works at the university's call center, says she's gotten an earful. "They're happy he got fired because they're really upset to be associated with a losing school," Grissom says. "Also, a lot of people who were really upset to hear ...

JPMorgan Partly Avoids Liability for Faulty WaMu Mortgages


In a major development, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM - Analyst Report) has partly won a long drawn legal battle, avoiding a portion of the liabilities related to the acquisition of Washington Mutual Inc.'s banking operations in 2008. Washington Mutual ...

JPMorgan Partly Escapes WaMu Takeover Mortgage Liabilities


JPMorgan Chase & Co. won a round in a long- running dispute with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., avoiding some of the liabilities tied to its 2008 takeover of Washington Mutual Inc.'s banking operations. A federal judge ruled in a lawsuit over ...

JP Morgan wins legal battle in Washington Mutual case


Ruling makes it more likely that J. P. Morgan won't pay other WaMu-related claims. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. won a key legal battle in its effort to avoid billions of dollars in potential liabilities from its purchase of Washington Mutual Inc.'s banking ...

American Funds Washington Mutual A (AWSHX) in Focus


American Funds Washington Mutual A (AWSHX - MF report) a Zacks Ranked #2 (Buy) seeks to provide current income and opportunity for growth of principal consistent with sound common-stock investing. AWSHX invests a major portion of its assets in ...

How To Report Potholes For D.C.'s Annual Potholepalooza


Call the Mayor's call center at 311,; Use the On-line Service Request Center at 311.dc.gov,; Tweet to twitter.com/DDOTDC, Use the hashtag #potholepalooza; Email to Potholepalooza 2015. Use the District's DC311 smartphone application. Post a comment ...

Undocumented Immigrants Face Challenge In Getting D.C. Driver's License: Language


This post has been updated with a response from the DMV. It's been 10 months since undocumented immigrants in D.C. have been able to get driver's licenses, but advocates for the program say that the English-only driver road skills test had led to a ...

Metro's Proposed Funding Increase Runs Up Against Local Budget Realities


Metro's pay-as-you-go approach — the result of having no dedicated funding source — is running into trouble as the transit authority prepares to unveil its next budget to its board of directors on Thursday. The problem may be summarized in simple ...

On Black Friday, Protesters Demand That Walmart Pay Higher Wages


They try to hold you back," said Barbara Elliot, a Customer Service representative at the Walmart in Laurel, Maryland. But inside the store, Derrick Vercher, an employee in the electronics department, said he didn't agree with the protestors. “I feel ...

Trust sues former Washington Mutual directors


SEATTLE (AP) — The trust responsible for distributing any remaining assets of Washington Mutual Inc. to unsecured creditors is suing the company's former directors and officers over a $500 million transfer that occurred just before Washington Mutual ...

D.C. Elections Board Says All Voting Machines Need To Be Replaced


"BOE anticipates that this level of technical support, i.e., one technician per every three precincts, will mitigate, though not eliminate, delays and interruptions," says the report. "These precautionary measures will continue until replacement ...

WAMU buying Spotsylvania radio station


WAMU, the leading National Public Radio station in Washington, is poised to purchase Spotsylvania County's classical music station WWED. According to the asset purchase agreement, WWED 89.5 FM will transfer its tower, building and all FCC licenses to ...

JPMorgan Sues FDIC for $2.75B in WaMu Receivership Assets


NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- In a sweeping $13 billion November settlement with JPMorgan Chase (JPM - Get Report) over shoddy mortgage bond sales, the government left open the bank's ability to sue the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation regarding some of ...

JPMorgan Sues FDIC Over $1 Billion-Plus WaMu Liabilities


Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. sued the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. claiming the agency is responsible for more than $1 billion in liabilities faced by the company as a result of its 2008 takeover of Washington Mutual Inc.'s bank.

Marylanders Are The Second-Biggest Swearers In The Nation


Also included are some other tidbits which aren't likely to surprise anybody who has ever had to sit on hold with a Customer Service representative. Cursing is much more common in calls that last more than 10 minutes, and early morning calls are twice ...

DC Taxicab Commission Puts Two More Credit Card Processors On Notice


Was That Steak Raised In The USA? Soon, It'll Be Hard To Know. Congress looks set to repeal requirements for country-of-origin labels on packages of meat at the grocery store. The labels declare where an animal was born, raised and slaughtered.

Would Jamie Dimon Do Bear Stearns, WaMu Deal Again?


Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's “Market Makers” anchor Erik Schatzker and Mike Mayo, bank analyst at CLSA, examine the tentative agreement by JPMorgan to pay a $13 billion settlement to end civil claims over its sales of mortgage bonds and whether ...

Critical Response Team Fields Opinions On DCPS


Like anyone who works in Customer Service knows, the CRT team sometimes fields frustrated calls. "I had a young woman told me I should work at McDonalds, that's my skill set!" says Biagioni. But they keep their voices soft and polite and try to ...

Man Works To Preserve His Brother's Restaurant Dreams


"He was telling me that he was going to have to make a lot of changes because the previous owner, the Customer Service was not as good. Let's just put it that way. And so it was hard to change, to bring all the people back," says Saud. And Saud says ...

Four Bond Issues On The Arlington Ballot


Twitter Lets Customers Skip Recordings, And Make Choices. Once relegated to one-time promos and marketing campaigns, Twitter is now a tool businesses use to provide Customer Service. And for some customers, Twitter can be a deciding factor in what ...

The Failure of WaMu: Uncovering the Inside Story Behind the 'Lost ...


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It's time for WaMu story to be told


The lawsuits have been packed away in the dark recesses of filing cabinets, the signs are long gone from the buildings, and as each day passes Washington Mutual fades from discussion and memory. Which is a curious fate for a company that, a few short ...

Bankruptcy court lets Washington Mutual reorganize


WILMINGTON, Del. — After a long and contentious legal battle and more than three years in bankruptcy, Washington Mutual Inc. on Friday finally won court approval of a reorganization plan. "It took three and a half years, but I think the result is ...

Pepco Impersonators Hit Columbia Heights


Anderson says if someone comes to your home, even if they appear to be wearing a uniform, "Number one, don't let them in." Instead, he advises customers call the Customer Service number on bills for verification of an appointment. If the situation ...

DC Mayor Proposes New Taxicab Rules


The mayor also wants cabbies to be trained on Customer Service skills, saying they are goodwill ambassadors for visitors to D.C.. Lewis Walker has been a cabbie in since 1965 and offers a diplomatic reaction to the scheme. "I think certain parts of it ...

WaMu Shareholders Settle, Agree to Support $7 Billion Plan


Washington Mutual Inc. settled a dispute among its shareholders and noteholders that should end its bankruptcy and allow it to distribute more than $7 billion to creditors, a company lawyer said. Photographer: JB Reed/Bloomberg. Don't Miss Out ...

Failed WaMu Branches Live on at Wal-Mart


The former head of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s financial services unit recently praised the Customer Service and approachable layout at the bank branches that inspired her design of the retailer's in-store MoneyCenters. Those kiosks allow Wal-Mart customers ...

Investors Get $208.5M In WaMu Settlement


... become multidistrict litigation in 2008, accusing them of violating federal securities laws by secretly turning Washington Mutual's risk management group into a de facto Customer Service department at the expense of sound credit risk management. ...

WaMu Hawaii Trips Drove Risk as Regulator Failed, Report Says


Kerry Killinger, former chief executive officer of Washington Mutual Inc., was sued by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. last month for taking extreme risks with the bank's mortgage portfolio, causing billions of dollars in losses. Photographer: Jay ...

Capmark, Monorail, Ambac, RHI, Innkeepers, Centaur: Bankruptcy


Innkeepers USA Trust, a real estate investment trust, filed an operating report showing $24.6 million in revenue during September. Operating income of $2.53 million turned into a net loss of $4.41 million after $6.8 million of reorganization items ...

Lyondell, Madoff, WaMu, Innkeepers, Black Crow, AMN Healthcare: Bankruptcy


Marriott International Inc., the worldwide hotel operator and franchisor, asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan Aug. 4 to allow it, even though there is an automatic bankruptcy stay, to enforce a prepetition contract with a unit of Innkeepers ...

IN RE WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC. SECURITIES, DERIVATIVE & ERISA LITIGATION


WaMu "secretly minimized the effectiveness of WaMu's risk management group by relegating the group to a `Customer Service' role and adopting policies ...

Kerry Killinger, the man who destroyed WaMu


According to a memo she allegedly circulated, risk personnel at WaMu were to play a "Customer Service" role and to avoid imposing a "burden" on loan ...

WaMu's 'cringe-worthy' rap: 'I Like Big Bucks'


Politico's Eamon Javers calls it "one of the more cringe-worthy moments of the mortgage meltdown." A Senate investigation has revealed that employees of the failed mortgage lender Washington Mutual performed a rap in praise of all the money they were ...

Schumer calls WaMu jobs safe in Albion


ALBION -- About a year after acquiring Washington Mutual and its call center in Albion, JPMorgan Chase has committed to keeping the center open, US Sen. ...

WaMu Branches Successfully Integrated into Chase Banking System


In order to ensure that the new branches are consistent in their operations and offer the same quality Customer Service as other Chase branches, ...

Chase upbeat about future of its WaMu branch network


But apart from a large customer-service call center in Lake Mary, JPMorgan Chase had no operations in Metro Orlando — and only a few branches in the Tampa ...

WAMU's Weekend Planner Planner: We We...


In the two hours Bey spent at Blue Plains, she watched 16 cars being towed onto the premises, and ten people claim their vehicles in the Customer Service ...

Chase set to rebrand area WaMu branches


With the addition of Washington Mutual, which also had a credit card call center in Arlington, and Bear Stearns, which had a mortgage group in Lewisville, ...

WaMu and Chase Still an Unhappy Couple


Then I emailed Chase's Customer Service center, and got this alarming response: "The branches and ATMs (for depositing) in the state of Florida have not ...

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