a means of finding out which Web pages are linking to a specific Web site. Many search engines enable users to conduct backlink searches by entering the name of a Web site into the search box preceded by a special command (for example, "link":). AltaVista and HotBot are two of the most popular search engines to offer this facility. The backlink checking process can be automated by using a service such as LinkPopularity.com, which enables users to search for linking sites at various search engines at once. Backlink checking enables e-business and Web site managers to keep track of their own and their competitors' online popularity.
Some banks are more willing than others to set one up. My daughter, who is almost 16, babysits and is often paid by check. I would like to educate her about how a real checking account works, but I have called several local banks and they won't establish...
One should check references before hiring new employees. Reference checking gives added assurance that the intuitive sense that one has about a candidate's abilities to successfully perform in the position is well founded. Reference checking is absolutely essential to verify a candidate's background. Checking a candidate's references should, at...
SEATTLE -- On the heels of its recent launch of the new WaMu Free CheckingTM account, the best-value consumer checking account in banking, Washington Mutual, Inc. (NYSE:WM) today announced a groundbreaking account opening experience that couples 100% online approval and opening, and eliminates the need to mail a traditional signature...
You're sitting at the computer in your office. Once you're finished with payroll, inventory, analyzing reports, checking on the status of your salon's Web site, replying to your e-mails and paying your bills, you've probably got about five minutes to spare. Time to catch up on...
In April, the House of Representatives voted in favor of allowing banks to pay interest on business checking accounts. The legislation would also allow the Federal Reserve System to pay interest on sterile reserves. While still pending approval by the Senate and President George W. Bush, the President has...
In this paper the Electronic Payments Association has compiled a list of steps consumers can take to help prevent unauthorized payments from their checking accounts: Safeguard the checking account information, just as it would any other sensitive personal information. Never give the checking account information to telemarketers or to callers...
The paper reveals that a borrower's checking account provides a bank with exclusive access to a continuous stream of borrower data, namely, the borrower's checking account balances at the bank. Using a unique set of data that includes monthly and annual information on small-business borrowers at an anonymous Canadian bank,...
Do you check references before hiring new employees? If your company is like most, the answer is "No." Caveat Emptor! Buyer Beware! Reference checking give added assurance that the intuitive sense that you have about a candidate's abilities to successfully perform in the position...
DALLAS--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 2, 1999-- BankDirect has launched a national promotional campaign awarding a $50 bonus to new checking customers, and is introducing a new checking account that provides a substantially higher interest rate to customers. The promotion, which will run throughout the month of September, rewards customers with...
DANIEL CASSENS (*) ABSTRACT The use of readily available, small-diameter, fast-grown timber for dimension lumber often results in unacceptable warp and checking. It has been shown that warping and checking may occur because of juvenile wood, growth stresses, and differential shrinkage....
TO FEE OR NOT TO FEE? Though it goes against conventional wisdom, many financial institutions now believe that providing free checking services can promote a healthy boost to the bottom line. At the beginning of 2000, Stock Yards Bank and Trust in Louisville, Kentucky contemplated free checking....
KAUKAUNA, Wis.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 7, 1995--F&M Bancorporation has announced that as of March 1, 1995, each F&M Bank now offers Free 'n Easy Checking, a totally free personal checking account.In most of the markets that F&M Bank serves, F&M is the first full service bank to offer a free checking account.Gail...
Though it goes against conventional wisdom, many financial institutions now believe that providing free checking services can promote a healthy boost to the bottom line. At the beginning of 2000, Stock Yards Bank & Trust SYB contemplated free checking. Doing so meant SYB would be the fourth...
TASHKENT AFP ? Uzbekistan hunted for suspects in a wave of deadly attacks blamed on Islamic insurgents in the Central Asian country as another person died after a woman blew herself up in the Bukhara region. Police swooped on a mosque in Tashkent's old town where a suspect who...
Washington -- Restaurant companies that are members of the National Restaurant Association now are able to assist hourly employees with establishing checking accounts though a partnership with Wachovia and U.S. Bank. Restaurant Direct is a banking package that includes such services as free checking with no minimum balance, direct...
Travelers didn't have a long wait while checking in Friday at Forbes Field, which just might have had something to do with the fact there weren't many travelers checking in.
Business/Technology Editors NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 27, 2000 Bankrate.com, a division of the ilife.com (NASDAQ: ILIF) family of Web sites, today announced the findings of its semi-annual Checking Account Pricing Study. The study reveals that interest-bearing checking accounts continue to require a higher minimum amount to open,...
