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Fargo

American  
[fahr-goh] / ˈfɑr goʊ /

noun

  1. William George, 1818–81, U.S. businessman: pioneered in express shipping and banking.

  2. a city in SE North Dakota.


Fargo British  
/ ˈfɑːɡəʊ /

noun

  1. William. 1818–81, US businessman: founded (1852) with Henry Wells the express mail service Wells, Fargo and Company

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“We would be patient and disciplined about buying equities on pullbacks,” Gary Schlossberg, global strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, said in emailed comments.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Philip Saliba, who was head of restructuring capital markets at Deutsche Bank, will join leveraged finance at Wells Fargo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Strategists from Wells Fargo to Franklin Templeton were among those in recent weeks predicting the S&P 500 corporate earnings expansion would decelerate as higher interest rates, tariff pressures and elevated oil prices weigh on results.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, based on a survey of builders, fell to 29, its lowest since 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

If you will take a map of the United States and fold it in the middle, eastern edge against western, and crease it sharply, right in the crease will be Fargo.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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