| Fifth Third hires Minneapolis advertising agency
Fifth Third Bancorp has retained Olson, a Minneapolis-based advertising agency as its new agency of record, replacing the Sunrise Agency in Cincinnati. Fifth Third, the nation's 13th-largest bank with $104 billion in assets, conducted a national search to replace Sunrise, which had served the bank for 11 years. Fifth Third is estimated by Brandweek to be a $29 million account. Olson is an independent agency that has tripled in size since 2003, landing new business from Hickory Farms, Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corp. and Bigg's parent Supervalu Inc. (NYSE: SVU). Olson landed the Bigg's account in 2005, taking it away from another Cincinnati agency, Freedman, Gibson & White Inc. "We chose Olson because of its breadth of strategic and creative thinking," said Larry Magnesen, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Cincinnati-based Fifth Third (NASDAQ: FITB).
Wachovia, SunTrust adopt mobile banking
Customers of Wachovia and SunTrust banks are now able to view account information, pay bills, check balances and transfer funds using their cellular telephone handsets. The "mobile banking" platform was announced this week by AT&T, which is working with Firethorn Holdings LLC and its partner CheckFree Corp. to offer the service. "The ability to perform banking functions using a wireless handset is attractive for people who need to make financial decisions on the go -- business travelers, college students and anyone who desires the flexibility that wireless delivers," Mark Collins, vice president, Consumer Data, for AT&T's wireless division, said in a statement. The mobile banking application can be downloaded on more than 30 of AT&T's handsets, the company said.
AT&T Launches Mobile Banking Nationwide
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced the launch of a comprehensive, easy-to-use mobile banking platform that will enable consumers to view account balances and history, transfer funds and pay bills from their AT&T mobile handsets. Through an innovative relationship, AT&T, Wachovia Corp. (NYSE:WB), SunTrust Banks Inc. (NYSE:STI) and mobile banking and payment enabler Firethorn Holdings LLC � and Firethorn�s strategic partner, CheckFree Corp. (Nasdaq: CKFR) � are providing a mobile banking solution that is accessible to millions of Wachovia and SunTrust customers. "The ability to perform banking functions using a wireless handset is attractive for people who need to make financial decisions on the go � business travelers, college students and anyone who desires the flexibility that wireless delivers,� said Mark Collins, vice president, Consumer Data, for AT&T�s wireless unit.
Digital Dispatch Reports 2007 Q3 Operating Results
Vancouver, BC, November 14, 2007--(T-Net)--Digital Dispatch Systems (TSX:DD), a leading provider of mobile data solutions, today released unaudited financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2007 (All financial information is expressed in CDN dollars and Canadian GAAP).
Total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2007, were $5.1 million compared with total revenues of $4.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007, and $6.0 million for the same period in the prior year. The decrease from the prior year is primarily attributable to the significant increase in the Canadian dollar relative to the US dollar, Euro and British Pounds Sterling in which the large majority of revenue is generated, lower sales volume in the Company's primary taxi market and due to the nature of the major deals awarded to the Company during the quarter which required fulfillment extending beyond the quarter.
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Public Service of New Hampshire, the state's largest electric utility, serving 490,000 customers, is sponsoring Heart of NH Magazine's Going Green New England Energy & Living Exposition this fall. The exposition will be held at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Manchester and will be the second green event of its kind coordinated by the magazine. To learn more about what PSNH is doing and what you can do to influence change with energy and the environment, go to www.psnh.com. For details on Heart of NH Magazine's Going Green NE Energy & Living Expos, visit www.GoingGreenExpos.com.
MONDAY Portsmouth A drug and alcohol testing in the work place workshop, sponsored by the Occupational Health Services Department of Portsmouth Regional Hospital, will be held from 8 to 11 a.m., in the hospital's Shoals Building classrooms.
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