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To: kemble s. matter who wrote (140175)	8/23/1999 12:10:00 AM
From: Dorine Essey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Kemble, I e-mailed Mike and Mary. I saw DELL comercials several times the last few days on TV. Looking GOOD. Dorine NSD

To: kemble s. matter who wrote (140175)	8/23/1999 12:52:00 AM
From: Happy Cat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

First Union offers 70,000 employees incentives to buy Dell PCs Saturday, August 21, 1999, in the Miami Herald CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- (AP) -- First Union Corp. is encouraging its 70,000 employees to buy personal computers so they can work at home and become more familiar with the company's online banking services. Offering $500 discounts on PCs made by Dell and loans at prime rate, or 8 percent, officials at the nation's sixth-largest bank believe the program will create a contented, more productive and computer-savvy work force. ``Itïs really taking off,ïï Sandy Morgart, a vice president at the bankïs training center, said Friday. ``Weïre averaging about 150 orders per week. And weïve registered 3,000 hits to an internal bulletin board and more than 2,500 calls to a special toll-free hotline.ïï The program began when officials at the training center were brainstorming for ideas to encourage new employees to use the bank's online products on their own computers. The bank has been making a strong push in online bill-paying, securities trading and other Internet-based products and services. While employees were training on the latest PCs at work, Morgart said, some did not have their own computers at home. Others own computers that weren't powerful enough to run the bank's software. ``We felt if they couldnït afford to buy them, letïs find a way to make it more affordable,ïï she said. ``First Union already is recognizing that our customer base is moving in this direction, and itïs the same thing for our employees.ïï Dell told First Union, ``the best participation rate they have achieved in this type of program was 50 percent at a company with 15,000 employees. Weïre hoping to match that,ïï Morgart said. Good news all!