Construction Activity Gathers Steam in Waterloo, Iowa, Area - 2004-01-20
For the fourth consecutive year, Cedar Falls is beating Waterloo in value of construction projects.

Through the first half of the fiscal year, the Waterloo Building Inspections Department has issued permits for 32 new single-family homes, 22 condominiums, a duplex and a 12-unit apartment building, with a combined value exceeding $8 million. That's well ahead of the prior year's activity and, with low home mortgage interest rates staying low, shows no signs of slowing down.
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Wells Fargo's 4Q Earnings Up 10 Percent - 2004-01-20
Wells Fargo & Co.'s fourth-quarter profit increased 10 percent, continuing the banking giant's 2 1/2-year streak of double-digit earnings growth despite the recent slowdown in its mortgage lending business.

The San Francisco-based bank said Tuesday it earned $1.62 billion, or 95 cents per share, during the final three months of 2003, up from $1.47 billion, or 86 cents per share, a year earlier.
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