| Business: Bank secures major account
A SWEDISH bank which has just opened its doors for business in Coventry city centre has secured the business of one of the area's most successful local house builders. Handelsbanken, which moved into its new Coventry office at 6 The Quadrant, beat off competition from the major banks to win the account of rapidly expanding Ian Neale Homes Ltd. The management team at Handelsbanken's Coventry office have excellent career track records with the UK's major banks but believe Handelsbanken with its emphasis on building personal relationships with its customers, will offer a different perspective in commercial banking to the local business community. The Swedish bank already has more than 600 branches worldwide and more than 40 in Britain. Ian Neale will be a customer of the new Handelsbanken Coventry branch.
Rural Bulletin Survey Results: Snapshot…
We received 362 responses from Rural Bulletin readers within the timeframe (more came in afterwards). Of these 185 were from people living in rural areas, 66 from people in small towns and 94 from people in cities. Our thanks go to you all. How you receive it: just under half the respondents received Rural Bulletin by email, and slightly under half were sent it by mail. A small number downloaded it from Rural Women New Zealand’s website. .
Bank donates $157,500 to Habitat for Humanity for nine houses
MASON CITY — Wells Fargo Bank of Mason City has donated $157,500 to help offset construction costs of nine houses being built by Habitat for Humanity North Central Iowa.For each of seven days, Wells Fargo is helping provide construction volunteers and $2,500 for a total of $17,500 for each house.Houses in Mason City, Clear Lake, Garner and Forest City are being partly financed by the donations."Working on the Habitat homes has been great for our employees," said Jim Morrow, market president of Wells Fargo Bank in Mason City. "It’s a unique way to serve the community, but honestly, a Habitat volunteer gets as much out of the volunteer hours as he or she puts in. Just this week, one of our bankers spent a day learning how to drywall, something he hadn’t done before."We would encourage people to contact Habitat and get involved.
North Iowa News Briefs
Clark to campaign for Clinton todayMASON CITY — Reitred four-star general and former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO Wesley K. Clark will campaign for Hillary Clinton today in Mason City.He will meet with Clinton supporters at 2:15 p.m. at Chicago Dawg Restaurant, 687 S. Taft Ave.Fire destroys shed in Mason CityMASON CITY — Fire destroyed a shed on North Federal Avenue Saturday.According to the log at the Mason City Fire Department, firefighters were called to 1444 N. Federal Ave. at 8:35 p.m. and stayed about an hour to extinguish the fire.A full report on the incident will be released today, said a department spokesman who declined to give details until the report was released.— By Deb NicklayKrugerrand auction scheduled FridayMASON CITY — The Salvation Army’s 10th annual Krugerrand auction, sponsored by the Mason City Salvation Army, will be held at noon on Friday, Nov.
United Kingdom: Contingent Assets
There has been steadily increasing talk in the pensions industry recently of surpluses. What is more, this talk has not been romantic reminiscing of a bygone age but has been considering the current or readily anticipated funding situation of many occupational schemes.... .
Fremont Federal Credit Union ready for business
For quite a few years, the people of Woodville have become accustomed to having two financial institutions to serve them. Several months ago, Sky Bank merged with Huntington Bank, leaving only one bank in our community. Another financial institution has come to Woodville to offer its services. On Oct. 22, Fremont Federal Credit Union opened up a temporary office in the Davies & Ruck Building at 109 W. Main Street (next to Mortise and Tenon). .
Two Kinds of Experts
To prepare yourself mentally and emotionally for this report, I strongly suggest that you spend a few minutes watching the video of a pair of British comedians who zero in on America's subprime mortgage crisis. They have got it, as the Brits say, spot-on. http://GaryNorth.com/public/2637.cfm Whether you take my advice here or not, this crisis is not going to go away soon. THE PRINCE PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS CEO "When the music stops, in terms of liquidity, things will be complicated. But as long as the music is playing, you've got to get up and dance. We're still dancing." � Charles Prince, CEO, Citigroup That retroactively juicy statement appeared in an interview in London's Financial Times on July 9. It was immediately picked up and posted all over the Web. There were many skeptics, but mostly in the hard-money crowd.
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