Barron's cover story this weekend by Mark Veverka is all about Well Fargo. "Unlike most of its peers that have been badly dinged, the San Francisco-based bank doesn't have a big capital-markets operation exposed to credit derivatives, structured-investment vehicles, or mortgage-backed securities. It isn't slowed by a huge book of subprime residential-mortgage loans, and its balance sheet can withstand more bullets than most."

From an article by TowerGroup's Charul Vyas in RCR Wireless News: "Mention mobile commerce in North America, and the common response is a roll of the eyes. It’s not hard to guess why. Back in the heady days of the Internet dot-com bubble, mobile commerce was one of the many buzz words connected with e-commerce whose promise failed to materialize because the hype was premature. Today’s landscape is much different."