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Wells

American  
[welz] / wɛlz /

noun

  1. Henry, 1805–78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping.

  2. H(erbert) G(eorge), 1866–1946, English novelist and historian.

  3. Horace, 1815–48, U.S. dentist: pioneered use of nitrous oxide as an anesthetic.

  4. Ida Bell Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, 1862–1931, U.S. journalist and civil rights leader.

  5. a historic town in eastern Somersetshire, in southwestern England: known for its cathedral.

Wells 1 British  
/ wɛlz /

noun

  1. Henry. 1805–78, US businessman, who founded (1852) with William Fargo the express mail service Wells, Fargo and Company

  2. H ( erbert ) G ( eorge ). 1866–1946, British writer. His science-fiction stories include The Time Machine (1895), War of the Worlds (1898), and The Shape of Things to Come (1933). His novels on contemporary social questions, such as Kipps (1905), Tono-Bungay (1909), and Ann Veronica (1909), affected the opinions of his day. His nonfiction works include The Outline of History (1920)

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Wells 2 British  
/ wɛlz /

noun

  1. a city in SW England, in Somerset: 12th-century cathedral. Pop: 10 406 (2001)

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Ahead of those reports, Wells Fargo analysts led by Ken Gawrelski reiterated an Overweight rating on both stocks while trimming their price targets.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Wells Fargo said that the analysis’s characterization of banks financing of such companies as strictly loans was incorrect, since numbers in the analysis include commitments by credit facilities.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Within the business-credit-intermediary subcategory, Wells Fargo WFC 3.66%increase; green up pointing triangle reported the largest amount of loans, at $71 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

“March has been obviously pretty nasty” for stocks, said Scott Wren, a senior global market strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, in a phone interview.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Wells incorporated what he learned into his stories.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

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