Canada's First Quarter Growth Decelerated to 2.4% Pace - 2004-05-31
Canada's economic development decelerated to a 2.4 percent annual rate last quarter as firms cut inventories and export growth weakened, suggesting the Bank of Canada will maintain interest rates at the lowest since 1960.

Consumer spending is stimulating the economy for a fourth year amid job creation and low interest rates. The share of the nation's population with a job is near an all-time high, and mortgage rates are near the lowest since the mid-1950s.
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US Bank garners greatest reinvestment rating - 2004-05-31
U.S. Bank National Association has been granted an outstanding rating, the greatest rating possible by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, for its devotion to the letter and spirit of the Community Reinvestment Act.

The firm operates 2,282 banking offices and 4,472 ATM's and offers a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment and mortgage, trust and payment service products to consumers, businesses and institutions.
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