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Washington Mutual: At the corner of crisis and Main Street

DAVID EBNER AND GORDON PITTS

From Wednesday's Globe and Mail

BELLINGHAM, WASH.; TORONTO — Washington Mutual is a bank but its branches, as it advertises, are not like other banks'. They're open, bright and airy, welcoming clients with: "Every day is customer appreciation day.

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