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	Royal Bank of Canada
		As the bank expanded throughout the decade that followed, its directors realized that the name needed to be changed to truly reflect the geographic reach and strategy of the institution and also in an effort to distinguish the bank's name from that of the Merchants Bank of Canada.
		Domestically, it acquired the operations of the Union Bank of Halifax, Traders Bank of Canada, Québec Bank, the Union Bank of Canada, and the Northern Crown Bank.
		In short, banks could respond better to the needs of their clients and the conditions in the market, thus finally being able to catch up to trust and mortgage companies, finance companies, and credit unions, which were not subject to the same restrictions.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC827420 (964 words)

	Bank Scotia
		Georges Bank - Georges Bank is a large elevated area of the sea floor which separates the Gulf of Maine from the Atlantic Ocean and is situated between Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia.
		Bank of Commerce Building, Halifax - Bank of Commerce Building was completed in 1977 is one of a few office towers in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
		Union Bank of Halifax - The Union Bank of Halifax was granted a charter by the government of Canada in 1856 and established its head office at the corner of Hollis and Prince Streets in the port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
	mo52.insurefinancexpense.com /bankscotia.html (709 words)

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		Halifax quotes a passage from the Gina Chin opinion where we stated that the "concept of comparative negligence introduced in the revised sections reflects a determination that all participants in the process have a duty to exercise ordinary care.
		Halifax cites several out-of-state decisions in support of its contention that "revised 3-406 provides a cause of action, in favor of a drawer against a depositary bank." Cited are National Union Fire Ins.
		Halifax Corporation is a Virginia corporation and is successor-in-interest to a former wholly owned subsidiary, Halifax Technology Services Company, previously known as CMS Automation, Inc. Hereinafter, we will refer to the three entities collectively as Halifax.
	www.courts.state.va.us /opinions/opnscvtx/1032444.txt (5168 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Because the Conservatives had taken both Halifax seats at the general election the previous year, the Liberals did not bother to field a candidate and Stairs was returned by acclamation.
		He did not, however, pretend that such a pan-Maritime bank could compete on an equal footing with banks in central Canada; his chief goals were to reduce the unhealthy competition caused by the large number of Maritime banks and ensure that regional corporate mergers were financed by a single regional investment bank.
		A pillar of Fort Massey Presbyterian Church in Halifax, where he was superintendent of the Sunday school from 1888 to 1894 and again from 1896, and of which he was elected an elder in 1903, he was president of the Nova Scotia Sunday School Association at the time of his death.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41202 (3539 words)

	Union Bank of Halifax -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The driving force behind the bank, and its first chairman, was Halifax businessman and former mayor, (additional info and facts about William Machin Stairs) William Machin Stairs (1789-1865).
		The Union Bank developed a strong regional branch network as well as offices in (Island in West Indies) Trinidad and (A self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico) Puerto Rico that served the bank’s clients with shipping and trading interests throughout the (Region including the Caribbean islands) Caribbean.
		As such, in 1910, the board of directors of the Union Bank of Halifax accepted a takeover offer from the (additional info and facts about Royal Bank of Canada) Royal Bank of Canada, then the country's third-largest bank.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/un/union_bank_of_halifax.htm (271 words)

	rbc.com - History
		Union Bank of Halifax, Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia, 1909
		This modest building housed the first branch of a Canadian chartered bank to be established in the province of Alberta, the Lethbridge branch of the Union Bank of Canada, which opened in 1886.
		By 1920, in line with its policy of assisting in the growth of settlements, the Union Bank of Canada was represented at 78 centres in Alberta.
	www.rbc.com /history/quicktofrontier/amalgam-detail.html (373 words)

	Halifax content at silicon.com
		Case Study Banking giant HBOS has completed the latest phase of a supplier relationship management project which is key to achieving the cost savings the company promised would flow from the merger of Halifax and Bank of Scotland.
		Comment When HBOS was created through the merger of Halifax and Bank of Scotland in 2001, its executives needed to get a clear idea of how much the new business was spending, despite the fact that many disparate database systems were in use.
		News The move follows the consolidation from seven data centres to two after the merger between Halifax and the Bank of Scotland in 2001 and the creation of a single IT group for the bank in 2003.
	www.silicon.com /tags/Halifax.htm (917 words)

	Michel & Moira's WebPage
		Below is a unique comparison of scanned vintage postcards and modern day photographs comparing Halifax at turn of the 20th century with modern day Halifax as she enters the 21st century.
		The first structure to the right is the Union Bank building, which opened in 1856 during the ship prosperity of the Crimean War.
		One of the first public buildings in halifax to be lighted by electricity, the Academy of Music served Halifax for more than fifty years as the major entertainment centre, hosting events as diverse as grand opera and ballet, to local repertory performances and vaudeville.
	groups.msn.com /MichelMoirasWebPage/historichalifax1.msnw (1016 words)

	The history of banking Part 3
		In 1911, C.E. Neill of the Royal Bank of Canada in London proposed the acquisition of the Colonial Bank's assets in the West Indies.
		During this period, another Canadian Bank, the Bank of Nova Scotia, attempted to establish itself, but the endeavour was burdened with distress.
		Apart from the good banking techniques displayed, it is obvious that the island's economy was becoming substantial, varied, stable and underpinned by a growing and thrifty middle class.
	www.trinbagopan.com /Landofbeginings2.html (1042 words)

	rbc.com - History
		Very much a central figure in the community, the local bank manager was frequently a member of the panel of judges and generally awarded the bank's prizes to winners.
		Union Bank of Halifax, Kentville, Nova Scotia branch, 1894
		The Union Bank of Halifax opened a branch in the Aberdeen Hotel in Kentville, Nova Scotia, in 1894 and was still operating in this location at the time of the merger with Royal Bank in 1910.
	www.rbc.com /history/quicktofrontier/union_bank_hfx-detail.html (138 words)

	Halifax - International Payment Services
		Some banks now make a charge if the BIC and IBAN are not quoted on the transfer and from January 2007 they are compulsory for transfers within the EU/EEA.
		Halifax is a division of Bank of Scotland plc.
		Banco Halifax Hispania S.A. bank accounts are held in Spain and subject to Spanish law and Spanish banking rules.
	www.halifax.co.uk /bankaccounts/internationalpaymentservices.asp (884 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		His identification with religious dissent, indicated by the decision to educate his son at a Baptist rather than Anglican institution, and subsequently confirmed by his desertion of the established Church of Scotland for the Free Church, rendered Stairs suspect in the eyes of the social establishment.
		In 1856 he played a leading role in the establishment of the Union Bank of Halifax and served as its president until his death.
		Halifax and its business: containing historical sketch and description of the city and its institutions.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38840 (1421 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of Canadian companies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Alexander Keiths is a Canadian brewery founded in 1820 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, by Alexander Keith, who emigrated from Scotland in 1817, where it is still the only location of an Alexander Keiths brewery.
		Bank of Montreal (TSX: BMO) (NYSE: BMO) is Canadas oldest chartered bank.
		National Bank of Canada is the sixth largest bank in Canada, and so is one of the Big Six banks.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Canadian-companies (2756 words)

	Halifax - Review - The world's worst bank (another update!)
		If the only bank left in the UK was the Halifax, I'd personally burn all my money rather than give it to these incompetent idiots.
		Since we'd had a mortgage with the Halifax, which admittedly was fine, we decided to stick with the Halifax for the mortgage for our new house.
		Good to see the Halifax treating their customers with contempt; the latest round of interest rate cuts (May 2001) was responded to by the Halifax "instantly for new customers, and on 1st June 2001 for current customers".
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /bank/halifax/187018 (873 words)

	TheStar.com \| Business \| RBC closing in on deal for Trinidad bank
		Twenty years after the Royal Bank of Canada sold its stake in Trinidad-based RBTT Financial Holdings Ltd., Canada's largest bank is reported nearing a $2 billion (U.S.) deal to reacquire the Caribbean commercial bank that it first bought back in 1910.
		Union Bank opened a branch in Trinidad's capital, Port of Spain, in 1902.
		The Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago was locally incorporated in 1971 and RBC sold its remaining 47 per cent stake in 1987.
	www.thestar.com /Business/article/262491 (498 words)

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		It was the first attempt to start a bank in Canada, but because it did not have permission to issue bank notes (currency), it failed.
		The proposed mergers of the four big Canadian banks were a reaction to the new competitive global economy in which giant international banks, especially U.S. banks, can easily dominate the open, globalized marketplace in which there are fewer protectionist forces.
		The Bank of Nova Scotia (Union Bank of Prince Edward Island, 1883; Summerside Bank, 1901; Bank of New Brunswick, 1913; Metropolitan Bank, 1914; Bank of Ottawa, 1919.)
	www.cbc.ca /newsinreview/nov98/bank/urge.htm (995 words)

	banking
		You may consider it odd to include banking as a historical industry but it has played an important part in the history of the area and there are many visible reminders of this history.
		A merger with the Halifax Equitable Building Society in 1927 was not just the amalgamation of two local companies; they were also the largest and second largest building societies in the country.
		Like most provincial towns Halifax had a number of local banking companies who's names are now unfamiliar but who's premises still survive some as branches of familiar high street banks.
	www2.halifaxtoday.co.uk /calderheritage/banking.htm (329 words)

	JPMorgan Chase: Halifax Purchases Bank Oneâs UK Credit Card Business
		Bank Oneâs affinity card programmes, with a number of prestigious organisations including Yahoo!, Lycos, Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships, Manchester City F.C. and the Welsh Rugby Union, will be combined with Halifaxâs existing 200,000 affinity card base.
		Bank One - headquartered in Chicago, USA, is the fifth largest bank holding company in the United States with assets of more than $270 billion.
		Bank Oneâs UK credit card operation has net assets of Â£18 million (U.S.$27 million) and credit card receivables of Â£180 million (U.S. $270 million) Based in Cardiff, it employs around 200 people and is the only provider of all three types of credit card in the UK.
	investor.shareholder.com /jpmorganchase/press/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=17194&ReleaseType=B1-Heritage (620 words)

	Jobs in Halifax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Halifax has a strong presence in the finance, insurance, and real estate sector.
		As one of Canada's youngest banks, we are growing at an unprecedented rate and need people with the skills, energy and drive to maintain our leadership position as an "advisor's bank."
		Scotiabank Group is celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2007, recognizing a success that began in a single office in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1832.
	www.greaterhalifax.com /en/home/businessresources/invest_in_halifax/jobs_in_halifax.aspx (850 words)

	History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1910 - Dec 1919
		Western Union engaged George Clifford, a prominent patent attorney, as its chief counsel in the case.
		An accepted bank cheque for the sum of $100,000, made payable to the order of the Minister of Railways and Canals must accompany each tender, which sum will be forfeited if the party tendering declines entering into contract for the work, at the rates stated in the offer submitted.
		An accepted [certified] bank cheque for the sum of $150,000, made payable to the order of the Minister of Railways and Canals must accompany each tender, which sum will be forfeited if the party tendering declines entering into contract for the work, at the rates stated in the offer submitted.
	www.alts.net /ns1625/nshist17.html (10155 words)

	Graduate Union - Information - Opening a Bank Account
		It's worth researching the schemes the various banks have to offer students, in particular rates of interest on student loans and pay-back periods.
		You may also want to check which branches have student advisers - not all of the banks have their student advisers working in branches in the city centre, and you may have to go to see these people before you can get an overdraft.
		Some banks are more willing to open accounts for, and are more generous with the facilities they provide to, overseas students than others, so it is worth checking out what each bank can offer.
	www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk /info/bank.html (505 words)

	Halifax Equitable Benefit Building Society (1871-1928)
		When the Halifax Equitable was founded in 1871, there were already two well-established building societies in Halifax.
		In 1928, the directors of the Halifax Equitable and the Halifax Permanent Benefit Building Society decided to merge, thus consolidating the latter’s position as the largest building society in the United Kingdom.
		• Some archival records of the Halifax Equitable (mainly relating to its amalgamation with the Halifax) are held by HBOS Group Archives.
	www.hbosplc.com /abouthbos/History/Halifax_Tree/Halifax_Equitable.asp (509 words)

	BCLRC Report on Floating Charges on Land
		Federal Business Development Bank, (1987) 17 B.C.L.R. (2d) 273, 311 per McLachlin J.A. and 315 per Wallace J.A. and In re Brightlife, supra, at 201 per Hoffman J. In contrast, a fixed mortgage binds specific property until the debt is paid off.
		Bank of Montreal et al., (1984) 59 B.C.L.R. per Esson J.A. (Dissenting on another issue) and Canadian Commercial Bank v.
		There is the additional problem that a floating charge registered only against specific parcels of land does not protect the secured party with respect to land subsequently acquired by the debtor unless the secured party registers it against each new parcel of land as it is acquired.
	www.bcli.org /pages/publications/lrcreports/reports(html)/Lrc103endnotes.html (1875 words)

	Press Release: Halifax Residents Make Appeal To Royal Bank Shareholders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On Friday, February 25, the Halifax Chapter of the international Campaign to Stop Killer Coke will greet Royal Bank of Canada shareholders in front of their annual meeting at the World Trade and Convention Centre.
		He is now executive vice president and chief financial officer for the company and is also a member of the Environment, Health and Safety Committee and the office of the CEO.
		"We want the shareholders at the Royal Bank of Canada to respect our appeal for the dismissal of this man from their board because he is simply too close to some of the worst corporate crimes in recent history,” says Daron Letts, of the local Campaign to Stop Killer Coke.
	www.killercoke.org /prhalifax.htm (372 words)

	Halifax News - Topix
		After a long-term investigation, authorities in Halifax County have arrested a man in connection with distributing crack cocaine.
		Authorities are charging 23 year old Michael Jackson with the murder of 40 year old Michael Oliver of Halifax County.
		Halifax County deputies arrest a man they say distributed OxyContin and Cocaine illegally.
	www.topix.com /city/halifax-va (642 words)

	Killam Trusts \| Izaak Walton Killam
		Born in modest circumstances in 1885 at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Izaak Walton Killam began his business career at the age of 18 as a junior clerk in the Yarmouth branch of the Union Bank of Halifax.
		He was soon transferred to the Bank's head office in Halifax, where his talent and reputation caught the attention of Max Aitken (later Lord Beaverbrook), who was in the process of setting up the Royal Securities Corporation.
		There were other interests as well, such as Moirs Limited of Halifax, which became one of the best-known chocolate companies in Canada.
	www.killamtrusts.ca /izaak.asp (283 words)

	Phishing Scam E-Mails: Halifax Online Banking
		You may be asked to provide or verify personal information such as bank account information, credit card information, social security information and password information.
		However, if you are still not convinced that you have a fraudulent e-mail, please contact the company directly and explain the e-mail you received.
		Barclays Bank (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
	www.svbizlaw.com /phishing.halifaxonlinebanking2.htm (284 words)

	World History :: Encyclopedia Index -- Un (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Union Mills F.C. Union Minière du Haut Katanga
		Union of the Baptist Christians in the Republic of Macedonia
		Union of the Committees of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/Un.htm (817 words)

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