John Allison
John Allison
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I think you blacked out for a little bit there,
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It takes a long time to work through them and get enough evidence to do what we need to do. There (are) some pockets of the state that we're concerned with.
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The value system we have at BB&T is also my personal value system.
Boy, I feel bad, ... There's so much I want to show you.
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The word got out that this is a nice tournament. People know they're treated in fine fashion when they come down, and it's good competition.
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This acquisition was particularly attractive because it will allow us to expand our western North Carolina and Virginia franchises as well as our existing presence in northwest Georgia into East Tennessee,
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You've got to work at it, ... I'm working up here, too.
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BB&T over the years largely has grown through the merger-and- acquisition process, acquiring community banks and thrifts, and that's been successful on our part. Over the last year we've had a little of this indigestion from a lot of mergers over a short period. We needed to take a little breather to refocus on organic revenue growth, and we think we're near that period of time where our internal operations are where we want, so we're looking at getting back into the (M&A) business.
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Ninety percent of our stuff is there. We were planning to sell this house as quick as we can and move there, and now we understand, the best reports we're getting that our house there is underwater.
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One of the most basic rights of every citizen is to keep what they own. As an institution dedicated to helping our clients achieve economic success and financial security, we won't help any entity or company that would undermine that mission and threaten the hard-earned American dream of property ownership.
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This merger accelerates our long-term earnings growth potential by expanding our Tennessee market. It will allow us to extend our growing Knoxville-based presence toward Chattanooga and on to our existing north Georgia franchise.
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A lot of it is the seat-of-your-pants-type thing and a lot of faith and trust in people.
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We are at somewhat of a lull in consolidation, but I think that will pick up again,
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We grew up competing with much larger institutions. They are very good at what they do and we knew that we couldn't beat them at their game.