Most sued and former executive of HSBC and CEO of predatory lender Household International William F. Aldinger III once boasted that his company ‘invented tax refund loans’ - and they are proud of it. Household, and later HSBC, partnered with H&R Block. H&R Block CEO Mark Ernst appeared eager to turn the […]
Senators in Actress Jane Fonda’s home state of Georgia voted 38-1 against a resolution praising Fonda for charity donations and work to combat teenage pregnancy. Many in the US still see her as a traitor after a trip to the North Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, in 1972. Republican Senator John Douglas said Fonda, who picked […]
AT&T Corp. said Thursday it will unleash the biggest ad campaign in the company’s 120-year history to strengthen its famous brand name. The old Ma Bell was recently acquired by SBC Communications Inc. in a $16 billion deal. SBC, itself once part of the old AT&T, then took on the AT&T name. The […]
Household International and HSBC’s former director and Chairman was William Aldinger. He is also on the board of directors of AT&T. His total suits and settlements just reached a new all-time high before 2005 ends. Read the reasons for this latest Aldinger related settlement, as detailed below. Sounds like the old […]
Facing the rising tide of dissent over purportedly racist lending practices this summer (2005), Wells Fargo head Richard Kovacevich told Bloomberg news: “We are responsible lenders, and we price for risk; we don’t price for race. We don’t do predatory lending. And the American consumer is better off that we take that risk. We just […]
LONDON - Stephen Green, a preacher, lover of Russian literature and chief executive of HSBC (HSBA.L: Quote, Profile, Research), will next year step up to the biggest job in British banking as he crosses the corridor to the executive chairman’s office. Green, who has been HSBC’s CEO since June 2003, will step into […]
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Today marks the birth of AT&T Inc. and of a new standard-bearer in communications, entertainment and service for the 21st century. SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) closed its acquisition of AT&T Corp. today as California regulators approved the transaction — the final approval needed for the merger of […]
Charles Schwab recently appointed William F. Aldinger to Schwab’s board of directors. As such we monitor Charles Schwab. See Schwablems here.
By Rich Smith, Updated: 10:15 a.m. ET Sept. 16, 2005
On Thursday, Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCH) announced the repeal of two expensive impositions on its account holders. First, it will no longer charge […]
As Household - HSBC Watch monitors Charles Schwab, William Aldinger, and any potential move by HSBC we call your attention to a new website called “Do You Have a Schwablem?” IT appears, however, that Schwab may have a Schwablum or two as market share is dropping, stock price is dropping, and they are buying […]
With the addition of William F. Aldinger to the board of directors at Charles Schwab, consumer advocates at Household - HSBC Watch said they would watch Charles Schwab as well as HSBC. Investigators discovered that Aldinger’s assistant is still employed by HSBC. Intelligent minds ask if Schwab is for sale, or is Schwab […]
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