Word: amex
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wants to give you postage. You want e-mail? Pick from a dozen companies that would love to be your no-cost provider. Once you're online with your free PC, you may want to trade stocks--American Express Brokerage will provide free trading for accounts over $100,000. Amex won't do your taxes, but H.D. Vest, another financial planner, has just volunteered. Other software needs? Linux is a free operating system, and Sun Microsystems' StarOffice is a complimentary office suite...
...being recorded; the camera is usually right out there for me and everyone else to see. When I use my credit card to buy a meal, I know that American Express is recording that I've chalked up yet another overpriced expense-account lunch. And I know that AmEx knows...
...feature. As the lines between banks and brokers blurred, Glass-Steagall came under repeated attack, starting in the 1980s. "I spent a lot of time lobbying Congress to convince them that we needed to look beyond the parochial interests of banks, brokerages, insurance companies and mutual funds," says former AmEx boss Robinson, now investing in tech start-ups. "We needed to view them as one industry. I was just a little ahead of my time...
...want to link your personal card with your corporate card, that's another $10, please. And if you're late with your card payment, you pay a fee of around $15 and forgo your points for that month--unless you ransom them for another $15. Like many issuers, Amex has added a mandatory-arbitration clause, so customers can't take their disputes to court. At least shareholders are happy. American Express earned a record $2.1 billion last year, and its stock shot...
...Jones Industrial10,007.33 +174.82 S&P 500 1,321.12 +27.40 NYSE 614.63 +9.64 Nasdaq 2,560.06 +66.69 AMEX...