World Savings tops list of S&Ls with 1997 assets of $19.7 billion

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World Savings & Loan Association of Oakland, Calif., topped The Northern Colorado Business Report˜s ranking of the region˜s largest S&Ls.
Data prepared by Sheshunoff Information Services Inc. of Austin, Texas, tallied World˜s assets at $19.7 billion as of March 1997, down 29.16 percent from $27.82 billion the previous year. World maintains branches in Fort Collins, Loveland and Greeley.
The Business Report˜s ranking included all S&Ls with operations in Larimer, Weld, Morgan and Logan counties in Colorado — plus the communities of Brighton and Longmont — and Albany and Laramie counties in Southern Wyoming.
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