BB&T's 4th Quarter EPS totals $0.55, up 83%; Earnings up 88% to $391 million

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT - News) today reported fourth quarter net income available to common shareholders of $391 million, an increase of 88% compared to ...

Fannie Ignored 2006 Warnings About Widespread Mortgage Abuses (Updated)

Gretchen Morgenson of the New York Times reports on an ugly bit of mortgage market history : that Fannie Mae was told in 2006 to address the derelict behavior of its servicers and foreclosure mills yet chose to do pretty much nothing about it.

2 Crime Magnets, 2 Strategies

Two days after a drug raid across the street, Lt. Ray Hassett took a look at the shiny new paint, new pipes and electrical systems, and scrubbed porcelain bathtubs in a building on the same corner.  “It looks lovely,” Lt. Ray Hassett told the landlord, Shmully Hecht. “The big challenge now is the people. The human real estate.”

BB&T Reports 4th Quarter Net Income of $391M

2011 earnings total $1.3 billion, up 58%WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) toda...

01/22 - Public records

01/22 - Public records