Prominent author, commentator and PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley has announced that he's cutting all business ties to Wells Fargo & Co. The move comes in the wake of a TWI story last week about Wells Fargo "Wealth Building" seminars held in black neighborhoods starting in 2005, headlined by Smiley, which a recent lawsuit filed by the Illinois attorney general charged were nothing more than sales pitches for high-rate subprime loans.
Richard Prince reported Friday in his "Journal-isms" column that Smiley said he would sever all ties with Wells Fargo until charges that the company steered minorities into higher-rate loans are resolved.
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