Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug,and Catherine’s to close 150 stores nationwide

Eddie Bauer closed 31 retail stores and outlets (low performing stores) but opened 10 new stores during the first three quarters of this year, and are not planning on closing anymore store locations in 2009

Cache will close all stores

Talbots closing down all stores

GAP (including Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy) closing 85 stores

Footlocker closing 140 stores more to close after January

Wickes Furniture closing down

Levitz closing down remaining stores

Bombay closing remaining stores

Zales closing down 82 stores and 105 after January.

Whitehall closing all stores

Piercing Pagoda closing all stores

Disney closing 98 stores and will close more after January.

Home Depot closing 15 stores 1 in NJ (New Brunswick)

Macys to close 9 stores after January

Linens and Things closing all stores

Movie Galley closed 160 stores as part of reorganization plan to exit bankruptcy. The video rental company plans to close 400 of 3,500 Movie Gallery and Hollywood Video stores in addition to the 520 locations the video rental chain closed last fall

Pacific Sunware closing stores

Pep Boys Closing 33 stores

Sprint/ Nextel closing 133 stores

JC Penney closing a number of stores after January

Ethan Allen closing down 12 stores.

Wilson Leather closing down all stores, is converting the remaining stores into a new women’s accessories concept

Sharper Image closing down all stores

K B Toys closing 356 stores

Loews to close down some stores

Dillard’s to close some stores

Circuit City closing 155 stores

1. ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE TO REPORT TO THE COTTON FIELDS BY 7AM TOMORROW MORNING FOR ORIENTATION.

2. It ain’t looking good! They just replaced the rose garden at the white house with a watermelon patch.

3. The national bird was just changed from the bald eagle to a fried chicken.

4. The National anthem has being changed to “Movin’ On Up”.

5. The new quarter.

6. Do u know why some of the blacks didn’t vote for Obama? Because he promised them jobs.

7. The Senate is asking that all assassination attempts be held til Martin Luther King day to limit the # of
black holidays.

To Our Customers,

The dramatic changes taking place in the financial services industry and economy these days are historic in scope and proportion. And as you may know, Wells Fargo & Company and Wachovia Corporation have agreed to merge and create the nation’s premier coast-to-coast community banking presence.

You may be asking yourself, “What does this mean for me as a Wells Fargo customer?”

The answer simply is - it’s business as usual. That’s because perhaps never before in our company’s 156-year history has Wells Fargo enjoyed a greater reputation for strength, security, financial discipline, and doing what’s right for the customer than it does today.

You trust us with your business. You continue to give us even more of it. We’re attracting more customers and earning more business from our current customers like you because many of our customers rave about us to their families, friends and business associates. We’re known and admired for our conservative financial services approach and time-tested business model, and it succeeds because you trust us to do what’s right for you, the customer.
We still focus, as always, on what got us here - building lifelong relationships with our customers and communities. Our team works hard to know you, understand your complete financial picture, listen to you, provide you value and reward you for doing even more business with us. We put you at the center of everything we do. And we work together to decide locally how we can help support the communities in which you - and we - live and work.

Thank you for entrusting us with your business!

John Stumpf
President and CEO

October 2008