Wachovia Bank Presents UCLA Anderson Forecast with $150,000 Gift.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- The UCLA Anderson School of Management UCLA Anderson School of Management is one of eleven professional schools at the University of California, Los Angeles. The school is consistently ranked among the country’s top-tier programs (currently #16 by US News and World Reporthttp://www.usnews. today announced a gift of $150,000 from Wachovia Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :WB) to provide direct support for the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Anderson Forecast. This is the ForecasteIUs largest gift to date and will help fund the regional and quarterly conferences, which deliver to business leaders critical information and insights regarding current and future business conditions. Wachovia Bank will serve as the host sponsor of the UCLA Anderson ForecasteIUs Orange County Economic Outlook for 2007. This event will take place Friday, October 13, 2006 in Irvine, CA. Distinguished speakers will examine the global U.S., and Orange County economies, as well as take an in-depth look at real estate and employment in Orange County. Wachovia Bank will also sponsor the 2007 San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. regional UCLA Anderson Forecast conference and the June 2007 UCLA Anderson quarterly Forecast conference on real estate. "Wachovia Bank is proud to sponsor the prestigious UCLA Anderson Forecast conferences," said Pete Jones Pete Jones can refer to different people:
Founded in 1952, the UCLA Anderson Forecast is one of the longest running independent forecasting groups in the country, providing outlooks for California and the nation. Award-winning for its accuracy, the UCLA Anderson Forecast often breaks with consensus in its quarterly forecast reports, which feature projections for major economic indicators Economic indicators The key statistics of the economy that reveal the direction the economy is heading in; for example, the unemployment rate and the inflation rate. , including GDP GDP (guanosine diphosphate): see guanine. , employment, unemployment, inflation, and interest rates. "The UCLA Anderson Forecast is very appreciative of Wachovia's generous gift and support," said Edward Leamer, director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast. "Our ability to provide timely and relevant information to the California business community depends on the support of organizations like Wachovia." Details of the UCLA Anderson Forecast Orange County Conference and more information on the UCLA Anderson Forecast can be found at http://uclaforecast.com/. About Wachovia Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB) is one of the nationeIUs largest diversified financial The diversified financial services segment includes a range of consumer and commercially-oriented companies offering a wide variety of products and services, including various lending products (such as home equity loans and credit cards), insurance, and securities and investment services companies, providing a broad range of retail banking and brokerage, asset and wealth management, and corporate and investment banking products and services. Including the Golden West merger, Wachovia has retail and commercial banking operations in 21 states with 3,400 retail banking offices from Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas and California. In addition, two core businesses operate under the Wachovia Securities brand name: retail brokerage with 740 offices in 49 states and in Latin America, and corporate and investment banking in selected industries nationwide. Other nationwide businesses include mortgage lending in 39 states and auto finance covering 46 states. Globally, Wachovia serves clients through more than 40 international offices. Online banking is available at wachovia.com; online brokerage products and services at wachoviasec.com, and investment products and services at evergreeninvestments.com. Based on June 30, 2006, pro forma As a matter of form or for the sake of form. Used to describe accounting, financial, and other statements or conclusions based upon assumed or anticipated facts. The phrase pro forma data, Wachovia has combined assets of approximately $700 billion and as of Sept. 29, 2006, a combined market capitalization Market Capitalization A measure of a public company's size. Market capitalization is the total dollar value of all outstanding shares. It's calculated by multiplying the number of shares times the current market price. This term is often referred to as market cap. of $107 billion. About UCLA Anderson Forecast UCLA Anderson Forecast is one of the most widely watched and often-cited economic outlooks for California and the nation, and was unique in predicting both the seriousness of the early-1990s downturn in California, and the strength of the stateeIUs rebound since 1993. Most recently, the Forecast is credited as the first major U.S. economic forecasting group to declare the recession of 2001. Visit UCLA Anderson Forecast on the Web at http://uclaforecast.com. |
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