American Banker Issues Its Quarterly Analysts Roundtable.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 1999--American Banker, the financial service industry's leading daily information provider, announced that its February 10 issue includes the first of this year's "Analysts Roundtables." The special section, which American Banker American Banker is a daily newspaper covering the financial services industry. Founded in 1835 and based in New York, American Banker's 70 reporters and editors in six cities monitor developments and breaking news affecting banks. publishes quarterly, presents an in-depth discussion of key issues in the banking industry, including banks' preparation for the Y2K bug Y2K bug or Year 2000 bug or millennium bug Potential problem in computers and computer networks at the beginning of the year 2000. Until the 1990s, most computer programs used only the last two digits to designate the year, the first two digits being and the advent of the Euro and its effect on bank mergers in Europe. The analysts also offer insight into the most promising bank stocks in 1999. The participants in this quarter's discussion are Nancy A. Bush of Ryan, Beck & Co., Ron Mandle of Sanford Bastion & Co., Sean Ryan of Bear, Stearns & Co. and James Schmidt of John Hancock Advisers Inc. "The 'Analysts Roundtable' offers our readership top-tier insight into emerging trends and best practices in the banking industry," said Mario DiUbaldi, vice president and group publisher of American Banker. "Our goal is to provide an objective view of the industry as a whole and to initiate a dialogue among our readership regarding the issues that will take center stage as we approach the next century." Other prominent trends discussed in the section include the strong performance by community banks in 1998 and the decrease in core deposit growth among leading banks. For more than 160 years, American Banker, a division of Thomson Financial Thomson Financial A major provider of information, analytical tools, and consulting services to the financial community. The firm, a division of Thomson Corporation, is best known to investors for its First Call segment, which publishes consensus earnings Services (TFS TFS The Forum Site (online forum) TFS Team Foundation Server (Microsoft Visual Source Safe) TFS Toyota Financial Services TFS Thanks for Sharing TFS Tactical Fighter Squadron TFS Three-Five Systems Inc. ), has been the banking and financial service industry's premier daily source of information, news and analyses. American Banker is read by more than 150,000 senior-level executives each day. American Banker's sister publications include The Bond Buyer, Securities Industry News, FutureBanker and Financial Services Marketing. Thomson Financial Services (TFS) is a leading provider of information services See Information Systems. and work solutions to the worldwide financial community. TFS, part of The Thomson Corporation (TTC TTC Trying To Conceive TTC Toronto Transit Commission TTC Trans Texas Corridor TTC Toutes Taxes Comprises (French) TTC Trident Technical College (North Charleston, SC) TTC Temporary Traffic Control ), has 40 offices located throughout the world and employs more than 7,000 people dedicated to the success of its clients. With annual revenues approaching US$6 billion, TTC is one of the world's leading information and publishing companies. TTC's common shares are traded on the Toronto, Montreal and London stock exchanges London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. . For more information, visit the TFS Web site at www.tfn.com. |
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