In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Just to share some tidbits (about which, as an Italian now living >between San Francisco and San Jose, I'm sort of proud of...!-)...: > >Bank of America is a private bank, founded in San Francisco more than >100 years ago by an Italian-American guy (Amadeo Giannini, born in San >Jose, CA, but to Italian-born parents) as "Bank of Italy", then renamed >in 1930 in part because the Italian State bank "Banca d'Italia" >objected. It rose to prominence right after the SF earthquake of 100 >years ago, by opening and staffing a temporary branch to ensure >depositors could access their money when they most needed it, while most >other banks were staying closed.
Except, of course, that BofA doesn't exist anymore. Oh, the *name* does, but what's now called BofA is simply the current name of the bank that acquired BofA. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "I saw `cout' being shifted "Hello world" times to the left and stopped right there." --Steve Gonedes -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
