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Mel Cox, director of the credit bureau, says it doesn't set credit ratings or advise members on the advisability of giving credit. Its role is to collect facts and pass them on to clients. Almost a million credit histories are on the firm's files.
Mel Cox, director of the credit bureau, says it doesn't set credit ratings or advise members on the advisability of giving credit. Its role is to collect facts and pass them on to clients. Almost a million credit histories are on the firm's files.

Mel Cox, director of the credit bureau, says it doesn't set credit ratings or advise members on the advisability of giving credit. Its role is to collect facts and pass them on to clients. Almost a million credit histories are on the firm's files.

Date8/12/1971
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Dilemma facing analysts in current trend of firms buying back own shares from minority shareholder is how to advise their clients
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Credit cards and signs and credit bureau
Credit cards and signs and credit bureau
7/6/1993
Credit cards and signs and credit bureau
Credit cards and signs and credit bureau
12/11/1998
Percy Smith, 20, has a nice number, thank you, as the first male telephone operator at the Credit Bureau of Greater Toronto
Percy Smith, 20, has a nice number, thank you, as the first male telephone operator at the Credit Bureau of Greater Toronto
8/16/1973
Business is Booming, for Laurier Life and here's a deskful of new orders for the company's president, Ernest Brooker. With no salesmen and using only direct-mail promotion techniques, Laurier Life has found a big insurance market in areas - such as older clients - long-established firms sometimes neglect.
Business is Booming, for Laurier Life and here's a deskful of new orders for the company's president, Ernest Brooker. With no salesmen and using only direct-mail promotion techniques, Laurier Life has found a big insurance market in areas - such as older clients - long-established firms sometimes neglect.
3/1/1972
She's ace-high. Leslee Davis of the Credit Valley Golf Club is only 16, but she's a pretty good golfer. So good, in fact, that with that ball that woo(...)
She's ace-high. Leslee Davis of the Credit Valley Golf Club is only 16, but she's a pretty good golfer. So good, in fact, that with that ball that woo(...)
7/30/1979
Protesting Depositors: Bank of Credit and Commerce Canada account holder Khalid Usman questions Mel Zwaig, the court-appointed liquidator, at a marathon creditors' meeting yesterday
Protesting Depositors: Bank of Credit and Commerce Canada account holder Khalid Usman questions Mel Zwaig, the court-appointed liquidator, at a marathon creditors' meeting yesterday
8/28/1991
Usually gloomiest of U. S. economists, Eliot Janeway does not predict total economic collapse, fears a credit panic but doesn't expect high unemployment
Usually gloomiest of U. S. economists, Eliot Janeway does not predict total economic collapse, fears a credit panic but doesn't expect high unemployment
5/22/1974
Thrust and Perry, With almost 5,000 interviews to his credit, Canada AM host Norm Perry (right, seen here interviewing Swedish actress Liv Ullmann) ha(...)
Thrust and Perry, With almost 5,000 interviews to his credit, Canada AM host Norm Perry (right, seen here interviewing Swedish actress Liv Ullmann) ha(...)
1/27/1981
James D. Robinson III, chairman of New York based American Express Co., pictured at the Toronto Stock Exchange where his company's shares were listed for the first time yesterday. The firm is currently facing a challenge to its domination of the travellers' cheque market from Visa and Master Charge, whose credit cards dominate the international bank card scene. Master Charge hopes to be in the business by next May and Visa will make a decision shortly.
James D. Robinson III, chairman of New York based American Express Co., pictured at the Toronto Stock Exchange where his company's shares were listed for the first time yesterday. The firm is currently facing a challenge to its domination of the travellers' cheque market from Visa and Master Charge, whose credit cards dominate the international bank card scene. Master Charge hopes to be in the business by next May and Visa will make a decision shortly.
9/18/1978
A homely mug, Toronto-born Lou Jacobi, 66, credits his friendly face with getting him good roles
A homely mug, Toronto-born Lou Jacobi, 66, credits his friendly face with getting him good roles
8/24/1979
A homely mug, Toronto-born Lou Jacobi, 66, credits his friendly face with getting him good roles
A homely mug, Toronto-born Lou Jacobi, 66, credits his friendly face with getting him good roles
8/24/1979