Rendering Business News Today

For the hills. we renamed the business one west bank and saved thousands of jobs. we developed a prospering community banking franchise in southern california as most banks were pulling back. over the next two years, we bought two more struggling banks from the fdic, first fed of santa monica and la jolla bank, both through competitive bidding. combined, we had almost 70 branches and built a robust rendering business, especially for small and medium-sized businesses. as chairman of the bank, i m...