Bellwether Wachovia expects healthy growth - 2004-01-18
No bank is as closely linked to the Triangle economy as Wachovia. One-quarter of all deposits left with local banks is held by Wachovia.

The Charlotte bank has 55 Triangle branches, 160 automated teller machines and a mortgage-processing center in Raleigh with 1,100 employees. Sixty-five percent of companies with sales over $25 million do business with Wachovia in this market.
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Former Mortgage Broker Finding Success On The Internet - 2004-01-18
Lynne Builta left her job as a mortgage broker to find Mommyshop.com in 2000.

At a time when a lot of dot-coms were going out of business, Builta, then a single mother, put $100,000 of her savings into the Austin-based Internet retailer and struggled to make it succeed.

“I knew it was a good idea,” Builta said. “I knew it would work.”
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