3. september 2005

Paper or Online? Many Bank Customers Still Pick the Old Way. While millions of consumers swear by the simplicity of online banking, millions of others - often older and wealthy - are holding out. By ERIC DASH. [NYT > Technology] 2:50:06 PM    comment [] African Insurer Offers to Buy Skandia. Old Mutual, the largest insurer in Africa, has offered to buy Skandia for $6.1 billion to enter Scandinavia and increase sales in Britain. By BLOOMBERG NEWS. [NYT > Business] 2:48:00 PM    comment [] First Estimate Puts Storm's Economic Toll at $100 Billion. A firm estimated the losses from Hurricane Katrina at $100 billion and said that private insurance would probably cover less than a quarter of that. By JENNIFER BAYOT. [NYT > Business] 2:46:18 PM    comment [] Donations Pour in for Katrina Relief (AP). AP - Americans are responding to Hurricane Katrina with a massive outpouring of giving, at times overwhelming call centers and computer servers set up by charities to field donations. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 2:45:36 PM    comment [] Phones, Computers Coming to Astrodome (AP). AP - Thousands of Hurricane Katrina refugees packing into Houston's Astrodome are getting electronic access to the outside world. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 2:44:41 PM    comment []

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