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Excluding securities losses in the fourth quarter of 2005, core fee revenue growth from a year ago was $1.3 million, or 12%, with steady growth achieved in nearly every category. Service charges and fees on deposit accounts increased $970,000 to $6.6 million, primarily due to growth in transactions and new accounts resulting from core deposit program and the cross-selling of other products and services. Brokerage fees increased 85% to $789,000 due to strong market activity. Consulting fees of $1.7 million were down slightly, due to the timing of work completed last year for the documentation and testing of internal controls in our risk management practice.

Conrad Black

There was a colossal bankruptcy, 50,000 people lost their jobs, tens of billions of dollars were lost and there was a $4 billion accounting fraud. Keep a little perspective, guys,

There's still some overhang from the accounting worries out there.

There's a game of one-upmanship in terms of who's offering the best yields. Every household needs a liquid savings account in a place where you can keep up with inflation and the Internet is certainly a powerful platform to market to customers in a cost-effective way.

There's a game of one-upmanship in terms of who's offering the best yields, ... Every household needs a liquid savings account in a place where you can keep up with inflation and the Internet is certainly a powerful platform to market to customers in a cost-effective way.

There's no doubt that over the course of the last century, ... there's been an exponential explosion of available information. Part of the responsibility of people developing this technology -- computer manufacturers, 'big Bill' (Gates) out in Seattle -- should be taking into account the multitasking limitations of people using it.

There's nothing we know about the physical universe that could account for how the prayers of someone in Washington, D.C., could influence the health of a group of people in Iowa -- nothing whatsoever.

Chris Edwards

There's not going to be any details. They don't want the budget accounting to get in the way of the message ... of the benefits (of overhauling Social Security).

Chris Edwards

There's not going to be any details, ... They don't want the budget accounting to get in the way of the message ... of the benefits (of overhauling Social Security).

The trend toward powerful platforms that deliver four or more functions continued as enterprises continued to simplify their infrastructure and vendors moved to grow revenue and increase account control. Market consolidation also continued in 2005 as strong platform players acquired promising software providers that had not yet reached critical mass in terms of distribution and revenue.

The tragic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has shone a spotlight on an issue in America that has needed attention for some time. In 'Class in America' we want to address not only the tragedies, but all the stories that go with this volatile topic and engage our audiences with some of the most moving--and thought-provoking-- accounts we can find.

Mark Richt

So what am I willing to do? Do my work heartily, unto the Lord. There is no higher accountability in life than to do something for God. So that's kind of how I operate.

Skip Prosser

The accountability rests with me.

I do promise that we will give a full accounting to our readers of what we have found to date. Anything that further research reveals will be disclosed in a timely manner.

I could have lost everything, everything in my bank account and my identity.

In egotism, all must account for their actions. In this accounting, there is no peace.

I'm sure the questions being asked of CyberTrader by the SEC involve, where did the money come from that funded (Anticevic's) account? ... Who opened that account in Austria, and where did that money come from?

In fiscal 1999, we nearly doubled our revenues and our core accounts of online investors who 'believe in themselves' to make informed investment decisions,

Matt Walsh

In general, Franklin Templeton Investments tracks cost basis for eligible Franklin fund accounts established after January 1, 1987, and for eligible Templeton and Mutual Series fund accounts established after January 1, 1993.

Inform the companies in writing and call them as well. Tell them you want the accounts closed and that you are not responsible for charges from that point, period. Then make sure you have a credit card open in your name alone with Visa or MasterCard, one of the major revolving cards. A department store card isn't enough.

In hindsight, we wouldn't have named them but instead let the accounting firm and bank bring them in (to the lawsuit).

India is at the peak of attractiveness for retailers right now, with a $350 billion retail market expected to grow 13 percent this year. India's top five retailers together still account for less than two percent of the modern retail market.

Increasingly, companies would pretty much write their own accounting rules when they put together their earnings releases. We said to ourselves, let's figure out how to do this the right way so the earnings number really tells us something about what's going on and the number is consistent from company to company.

Michael Tanner

Individual accounts offset some of the benefit reduction you'd otherwise see.

Greg Collins

In big accounts they're definitely a threat to the incumbent vendors. They've invested a lot in their sales function and have been able to land big deals.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

In my early teens, I was a janitor. In high school, I got up early to deliver to accounts that required early service.

In all the sciences except Psychology we deal with objects and their changes, and leave out of account as far as possible the mind which observes them.

In Austin we signed up 50,000 check-cashing clients, ... That's proof of concept. People with and without bank accounts responded favorably. We thought we'd be targeting the under-banked or the un-banked, but we found that even those with bank accounts like the convenience.

I'm convinced the league was careful to take into account all the elements and acted with a clear sense of what was fair for all parties involved. Steve Moore's complete recovery continues to be our main concern.

If the Pentagon has been collecting information improperly on Americans, it should provide a full accounting of what kind of information it collected, on whom and why, subject only perhaps to protecting the privacy of individuals.

If rural exports lift as expected in coming quarters and support expanded export capacity in the mining sector, the much fabled improvement in Australia's trade accounts will be a step closer.

If somebody comes to you and says what's your bank account number, it's probably not us. We contact taxpayers by U.S. mail first and provide a toll-free number to call the agency.

I opened this account because I had problems with the tax authorities in my own country. I also intended to make investments on the stocks markets.