Re: INTERNET Banks (WAS: Resume cover letters.)

2006-10-23 Thread Howard Brazee
On 20 Oct 2006 13:27:56 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted MacNEIL) wrote: But, the INTERNET is more to help existing (mostly retail) retail. This is to reduce costs more than improve customer service. When in doubt. When you know the name of your bank, the important thing is to be able to spell it.

Re: INTERNET Banks (WAS: Resume cover letters.)

2006-10-22 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Branch 2 blocks from where I was living at the time. When in doubt. PANIC!! -Original Message- From: james smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:49:49 To:IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: INTERNET Banks (WAS: Resume cover letters.) My bank TD/Canada Trust

INTERNET Banks (WAS: Resume cover letters.)

2006-10-22 Thread Phil Payne
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6066244.stm Internet bank Egg has said it will make a loss this year because people are borrowing less on credit cards and defaulting on personal loans. Perhaps the real reason is that it's not attracting enough new business. And actually never has. And I

Re: INTERNET Banks (WAS: Resume cover letters.)

2006-10-21 Thread james smith
: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: 21 October 2006 04:29 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: INTERNET Banks (WAS: Resume cover letters.) UK banks are highly diversified - they sell all sorts of financial packages; mortgages, insurance, etc

Re: INTERNET Banks (WAS: Resume cover letters.)

2006-10-21 Thread Ted MacNEIL
The major Canadian banks all sell insurance and have done so since, IIRC, the early 90's. NOT the one I used to work at. When in doubt. PANIC!! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: INTERNET Banks (WAS: Resume cover letters.)

2006-10-21 Thread james smith
(WAS: Resume cover letters.) The major Canadian banks all sell insurance and have done so since, IIRC, the early 90's. NOT the one I used to work at. When in doubt. PANIC!! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

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2006-10-20 Thread Phil Payne
'Tis but a trailing underscore in the URL. On the subject of company names, both Key Bank and Compass are truly awful choices because the words are extremely common in search engine indices. I think the worst example was Demon Internet renaming itself Thus which is so common it isn't even in

Re: Resume cover letters.

2006-10-20 Thread Howard Brazee
On 20 Oct 2006 01:26:52 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Payne) wrote: On the subject of company names, both Key Bank and Compass are truly awful choices because the words are extremely common in search engine indices. So how much business do those banks get from search engines? Especially when

Re: Resume cover letters.

2006-10-20 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 9:20 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Resume cover letters. snip So what would *you* name a bank? snip Nobody Cares, Nobody Bothers (NCNB

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2006-10-20 Thread Dave Jones
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:48:00 -0400, Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) The Dewey Screwem and Howe Bank and Trust (or was that a law firm?) 'Dewey Cheatem and Howe, Attorneys at Law' --Three Stooges short, mid 1930s. DJ -- For IBM-MAIN

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2006-10-20 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
And would it matter what your bank was called? I've dealt with one that has been acquired up the chain three times. Fleecem and Run Savings and Trust might be Bread, Butter, and Toast (BBT) tomorrow unless it's a mega-bank. Daniel McLaughlin Z-Series Systems Programmer Crawford Company 4680

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2006-10-20 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 10/20/2006 9:48:18 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Dewey Screwem and Howe Bank and Trust (or was that a law firm?) Dewey, Cheatem and Howe? Three Stoodges...just hilarious. I was thinking more of three-armed bandits. Fees, fees, and

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2006-10-20 Thread Rick Fochtman
--snip---. snip So what would *you* name a bank? snip Nobody Cares, Nobody Bothers (NCNB, now BofA) Or The Dewey Screwem and Howe Bank and Trust (or was that a law firm?) Or Fleecers' Bank I can see that this one will go WAY off topic.

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2006-10-20 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Howard Brazee snip So what would *you* name a bank? snip Nobody Cares, Nobody Bothers (NCNB, now BofA)

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2006-10-20 Thread Chase, John
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel A. McLaughlin Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 9:56 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Resume cover letters

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2006-10-20 Thread Howard Brazee
On 20 Oct 2006 08:13:10 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chase, John) wrote: And would it matter what your bank was called? I've dealt with one that has been acquired up the chain three times. Fleecem and Run Savings and Trust might be Bread, Butter, and Toast (BBT) tomorrow unless it's a

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2006-10-20 Thread Phil Payne
So how much business do those banks get from search engines? UK banks are highly diversified - they sell all sorts of financial packages; mortgages, insurance, etc. They're very secretive, of course, but the generally accepted proportion is around a third. Broadband is becoming dominant and a

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2006-10-20 Thread Howard Brazee
On 20 Oct 2006 10:28:35 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Payne) wrote: So how much business do those banks get from search engines? UK banks are highly diversified - they sell all sorts of financial packages; mortgages, insurance, etc. But we search for mortgage, not for 1st national.

Re: INTERNET Banks (WAS: Resume cover letters.)

2006-10-20 Thread Ted MacNEIL
UK banks are highly diversified - they sell all sorts of financial packages; mortgages, insurance, etc. Canadian Banks aren't allowed to sell insurance (yet); they are otherwise as diversified. But, the INTERNET is more to help existing (mostly retail) retail. This is to reduce costs more than

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2006-10-19 Thread Ed Finnell
My friend in Salt Lake City sent me this one. So it's almost Friday! _http://www.killianadvertising.com/coverletters.html_ (http://www.killianadvertising.com/coverletters.html) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

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2006-10-19 Thread Eric N. Bielefeld
: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 11:22 AM Subject: Resume cover letters. My friend in Salt Lake City sent me this one. So it's almost Friday! _http://www.killianadvertising.com/coverletters.html_ (http://www.killianadvertising.com/coverletters.html

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2006-10-19 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 10/19/2006 11:36:00 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Twice I clicked on the link below, and each time it screwed up my Outlook Express so I had to do CTL Alt Del and end the program. Don't know, tried it in AOL first and it came up OK fine, then

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2006-10-19 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Eric N. Bielefeld Ed, Twice I clicked on the link below, and each time it screwed up my Outlook Express so I had to do CTL Alt Del and end the program. Mostly examples of tortured English by job applicants to an

Re: Resume cover letters.

2006-10-19 Thread Howard Brazee
On 19 Oct 2006 10:44:44 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chase, John) wrote: Twice I clicked on the link below, and each time it screwed up my Outlook Express so I had to do CTL Alt Del and end the program. Mostly examples of tortured English by job applicants to an advertising agency in Chicago,