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Customers are very appreciative of receiving a call if a check is not signed, or if we are questioning the signature. It is a relief for them to know that with the new technology of today, we are making sure that their personal information remains confidential, and that we are taking measures to insure that our banking customers will not take a loss on a fraudulent check.

Michael Collins

Cut Bank is the most generous community I have ever lived in and I know we can rise to the occasion. The real challenge will be how to get the right family here,

Credit unions and smaller banks were actually quicker than most large banks to offer online services because of the relationship they had with vendors and their capability to integrate web operations into their systems at a reasonable sum. A bank like Citibank had to do a huge internal thing to get the system up.

Credit counseling organizations now know what the bankruptcy lawyers and other experts said all along: Congress got it dead wrong when it passed the bankruptcy law.

Credit card companies, credit unions, many retailers, as well as the American people, have lobbied for bankruptcy reform for years.

Critics tend to talk about subsidies and look at Fannie and Freddie in isolation, forgetting that banks and thrifts are also subsidized,

This thing has taken on greed, panic and fear. Banks and trading companies are getting hammered and their business are doing well in this economy.

We think the Bank of Canada might tone down its rhetoric.

We think the bank has left the door open for a pause in October, but a rate hike would follow in December. That would take the overnight rate to three per cent by year's end.

J. C. Watts

We think that's just going to be a short-term story. Evidence will come out that the Bank of Canada has more than enough reason to continue raising interest rates.

Robert Barry

We think one of the primary factors weighing on the company's equity has been concern about the Chapter 11 filing. We think the new bank line makes an imminent filing very unlikely.

John Redwood

We think it would be safer if the Bank of England had responsibility for solvency regulation of UK-based banks, as well as having an overall duty to keep the system solvent. Otherwise, there could be dangerous delays if a banking crisis did hit.

There have been pretty solid economic numbers. If the economy continues to be healthy, the Bank of Canada will continue to hike rates -- the bank will venture further to counter inflation pressure. You will see the trend of a stronger Canadian dollar continues.

Today's retail sales report does not alter, in any way, our expectations for the Bank of Canada to continue lifting rates up to a more neutral level of four per cent by the end of April.

We are a Southeast regional bank, yet we have heard from people in California, New Mexico, Michigan, Nevada, from all over the country. They are saying either they want to buy our stock or they wish we had a bank in their area, because if we did they would put all their money with us. One person from Nevada just called to say he's going to put $25,000 into our stock.

We are very pleased with our first quarter results. The company's strong performance demonstrates the benefits of our continued diversification and enhanced operational focus. This past quarter we had particularly strong results in Retail Banking and Card Services.

We are very pleased to have obtained our ticker symbol so early after formation of the Bank. Having a market maker allows our staff to focus completely on banking and our clients' needs without the distraction of handling stock transactions.

We are very pleased to have Mr. Colbert join us as president and CEO. J.D. Colbert brings a strong record of success in the executive positions that he has held in banking and Indian country. We believe that he is a great fit for our organization and we look forward to exciting accomplishments under his leadership.

We are still focused mainly on the potential that the Bank of Japan has decided to officially end its intervention. This is helping to boost the yen,

Rick Carlisle

We didn't play a full, hard 48 minutes of basketball and we left too much to chance. You have those types of let-ups and tempt fate with a Pierce bank shot. We're not in a position to do that.

We didn't oppose the motion to void the stock options because they were worthless once management forced the company into bankruptcy anyway.

We had rises in large-cap electronics stocks on one hand and falls in bank shares on the other. That kept the Nikkei from moving either up or down,

We had reports of 8 to 10 inches on the Outer Banks and 4 to 6 inches in coastal counties,

Tyler Martin

We went to the bank last week, and I saw the vault with all the money. Well, we didn't really see inside, but we saw the big doors.

We created this business with no bank financing. We did this out of pocket.

Barbara Tuchman

Books are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.

Bond yields in Canada should go up. The economy is very robust and producing at full capacity, and the Bank of Canada may continue to raise interest rates.

Bonds will probably show a gradual decline toward when the central bank will shift monetary policy. The possibility of a policy shift will stay in the minds of investors, preventing them from buying debt.

Bonds will likely stay weak. The economy is growing and the central bank plans to shift policy around April.

Bonds have a tendency to rise when banks and overseas investors buy a lot in the market. Their demand to buy on dips has not slowed down.

Bonds are a little bit expensive right now. Consumers are spending a little bit aggressively, which may make the central bank nervous about rising prices. It may push the bank to tighten further.

Bond markets seem to have decided that perhaps there is a bit too much growth, not so much that they're fearful of a big break up in inflation ... but that central banks are going to keep chipping away at the foundations of cheap money.

Bondholders need more details, but anything that would prevent a bankruptcy certainly would be a positive. It's hard to make this situation more complex than it is.