| NEW YORK -- As May Day protests hit major cities across the United States this week, breathing new life into an Occupy Wall Street movement still in its infancy, some financial institutions reacted rather oddly.
"These are challenging economic times and we understand that customers are demanding a lot from financial institutions," Wells Fargo spokeswoman Holly Rockwood told The Huffington Post after Tuesday's demonstrations in San Francisco, where the company is based. BLOG POSTS  | David_Halperin: 5 Reasons Mitt Romney Would Be the First Corporation to Be Elected President
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