John Hood’s Daily Journal topic reminds me of the recent Carolina Journal Radio interview with Charlotte Observer banking report Rick Rothacker, who discussed his book Banktown.
Gov. Beverly Perdue’s veto of a bill to scale back corporate welfare commitments attracted the attention of Carolina Journal Managing Editor Rick Henderson. The Richmond County Daily Journal and Tarboro…
This week’s Carolina Journal Online Friday interview features Charlotte Observer banking reporter Rick Rothacker, who discusses his book Banktown: The Rise and Struggles of Charlotte’s Big Banks. Roy Cordato’s guest…
If you?ve been watching with interest to see how the banking changes connected with the financial crisis will shape Charlotte?s future, you might be interested in a new Bloomberg Businessweek…
The latest Bloomberg Businessweek recaps Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan?s first year on the job. As the magazine notes, Moynihan ?has struggled to stanch loan losses and forestall a…
The latest Bloomberg Businessweek features a review of the new book Crash of the Titans, which delves into the back story of Bank of America?s takeover of Merrill Lynch: As…
He?s $1,000 poorer and a convicted felon, but what?s the long-term impact of former Gov. Mike Easley?s recent guilty plea to a felony campaign-finance charge? Rick Henderson addresses that topic…
Thanks to some real investigative reporting from Uptown banking scribe Rick Rothacker, the public now has a window on how things get done in Charlotte. State and local government officials…
Man, if you have been following the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch saga since last fall, the following graf on the departure of another top ML exec from BofA by Uptown…
I forced myself to read of all of the Uptown paper of record’s account of Wachovia’s purchase of Golden West even though I was fairly certain that option ARMs would…
Rick Rothacker went out and roped up an impressive number of sources to talk about Ken Thompson, but the lens through which they view the ousted Wachovia CEO is warped.…
Ahem. Don’t look know but it looks like the subprime infection is a little deeper at Wachovia and Bank of America than previously known. Still too early to panic, but…