Business
This directory lists more than half of the publicly held businesses headquartered in California.
May 7, 1996
Koreatown bank Hanmi Financial has dropped its bid to acquire larger rival BBCN Bancorp, easing the way for the mega-merger between BBCN and another Koreatown lender, Wilshire Bancorp.
Dec. 17, 2015
A combination of the nation’s two largest Korean American banks is set to close July 29 after shareholders of Los Angeles institutions BBCN Bancorp and Wilshire Bancorp approved a merger Thursday.
July 14, 2016
Wilshire Bancorp, parent of Wilshire Bank, Los Angeles, announced that Eugene E.
Jan. 31, 1986
The nation’s two largest Korean American banks, both with headquarters in Los Angeles, plan to merge in a deal that will create an ethnic banking powerhouse - and that stymies an effort by another local bank to stop the deal.
Dec. 7, 2015
Shareholders of Los Angeles-based Wilshire Bancorp Inc. got a jolt Thursday after the community banking firm reported a jump in problem loans in the first quarter.
April 27, 2007
The third-biggest Korean American bank has proposed a $1.6-billion merger with the nation’s largest in an attempt to block a rival lender from doing the same.
Nov. 23, 2015
Los Angeles-based Wilshire Bancorp. said Monday that it had reached a deal to acquire Liberty Bank of New York for $15.7 million in cash and stock.
Aug. 2, 2005
Two large Chinese American banks report second-quarter profits
July 28, 2010
Drive down Wilshire Boulevard between Vermont and Western avenues, the heart of L.A.’
Dec. 8, 2015