Business
Santa Barbara Bank and Trust has entered the Ventura County market in hopes of filling a community banking void left after the sale in January of the century-old Bank of A.
April 4, 1995
World & Nation
The 104-year-old Strong’s Bank in Dodgeville, Wis., was closed after Circuit Judge James Fiedler declared the bank insolvent because of poor-quality loans and financial mismanagement.
June 16, 1985
Entertainment & Arts
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. named J. Mark Hattendorf senior vice president-finance.
Dec. 19, 1985
A bank vault locked shut for decades has been sent to a convention of expert safecrackers in Nevada who say they can open the rusted, century-old box.
April 10, 2002
Kim Saunders calls Consolidated, which is hobbled by bad loans, ‘a national treasure.’
Feb. 2, 2004
Wells Fargo & Co. will take over century-old Crocker National Corp. to become the nation’s 10th-largest bank holding company following approval Tuesday by the Federal Reserve Board.
April 30, 1986
“Spare no expense and dominate the Bund,” was London’s command for the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corp.’
July 25, 1995
Some of the works commissioned for Home Savings buildings have been destroyed or painted over.
March 6, 2010
Bank failures strike a blow to city’s art
California
An emergency ordinance to protect the Southern Pacific railroad depot and the Bank of America office building from demolition has been extended for six months by the City Council.