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Wachovia names leadership for West

In its planned combination with a California thrift, Wachovia Corp.'s executives will run banking, while a Golden West Financial Corp. official will lead the mortgage business.

The Charlotte-based bank on Tuesday started filling out the roster of upper managers who will head the company's westward expansion.

The moves are the latest step in fleshing out a $25.5 billion acquisition expected to close as early as October.

On the retail banking side, Pete Jones, head of Dallas operations and a former N.C. executive, will lead the bank in California, Arizona and Nevada, based in Oakland, Calif.

Wachovia's current head of southern California, Frank Newman, will serve as his chief operating officer.

Guy Bodine, head of Texas, will lead a region composed of Texas, Colorado, Kansas and Illinois, based in Dallas.

Trustreet Properties, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Results

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trustreet Properties, Inc. (NYSE: TSY - News), the largest real estate investment trust ("REIT") focused primarily on the restaurant industry, announces operating results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2006.

For the quarter ended June 30, 2006, the Company reported funds from operations of $19.7 million, or $0.29 cents per share computed in accordance with the definition of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"). FFO generated by the core REIT portfolio represented approximately 88 percent of gross FFO. NAREIT FFO does not include cash received from tenants that is treated as the principal component of a capital lease. Unlike many REITs that are in the Company's peer group, the Company has a meaningful number of capital leases.

WIW Declares Monthly Dividend for August

LISLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2006--Western Asset/Claymore U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Fund 2 (NYSE:WIW) on August 1, 2006 declared its monthly dividend of $0.0550 per share. This represents an annualized distribution rate of 5.74% based upon the closing market price of $11.50 on July 31, 2006.

Dividends will be paid on August 31, 2006 to shareholders of record as of August 15 2006. The ex-dividend date will be August 11, 2006.

Western Asset Management Company, a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., is the Fund's Investment Manager. Founded in 1971, with offices in Pasadena, London and Singapore, Western Asset manages $249.2 billion in assets as of December 31, 2005.

Claymore Advisors, LLC (an affiliate of Claymore Securities, Inc.) serves as the Fund's Investment Adviser.

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