Though Rogers issued a direct call for action, other speakers discussed how the financial industry has erred or can be improved.
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Mr Pacey said Shop Direct call centres had seen a 55% decrease in calls, while there had been a "rapid increase" in mobile and self-service transactions.
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Staff at the centre will then direct the call to one, or all, of the required emergency services - police, ambulance and fire and rescue.
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Ultimately, Google could charge advertisers extra for a "call me" button, providing consumers with a direct link to call a business they find in a search.
For example, using a Web interface a mobile user can direct whether a call is put through or filed in an inbox.
It's not every day you get a call direct from Downing Street.
The ads direct people to call 1-800-QUIT-NOW. PlowShare Group, of Stamford, Conn.
Bosses urged people to see their GP or call NHS Direct before visiting its accident and emergency department.
Anglian Water advises customers with worries about their health to contact their GP or call NHS Direct on 0845 4647.
On reflection, perhaps you should think through your call to have more mortgage debt held by institutions with direct government guarantees and exposures, not to mention the efficacy of the implicit call for higher mortgage costs to American consumers.
Even police departments often train off-duty officers to call 911 rather than taking direct action, unless human life is at risk.
"We would urge you to call the Road Policing Unit direct on 0116 248 2017, leave a message and include as much information as you can, such as the person's name, what car they drive, where they live and where and when they could be caught drink driving, " she said.
New cash is going toward kid education and angel investments where I can call up the entrepreneur and ask direct questions.
Customers can direct TPO to give 10% of their call, text and data spend to a charity, community group or other good cause of their choice.
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So, no direct, casual link between violence and games like Call of Duty, but video games can ill afford a tie to a vilified industry like guns.
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During a World Cafe at Planet Under Pressure, business leaders will call on the assembled scientists to re-direct their science to address the business problems their organizations face in tackling ecological degradation, human wellbeing, and food and energy security.
As former military leaders and foreign policy officials, we call on the Bush administration to engage immediately in direct talks with the government of Iran without preconditions to help resolve the current crisis in the Middle East and settle differences over the Iranian nuclear program.
Unison said that once calls are transferred to the NHS Direct Wales queue they effectively take priority over other calls waiting for a call back.
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While Most, Williams and Ross continue to act or direct, acting work dried up for Moran, who did not return a call from CNN.
But with more than 20 call centres now based there, all competing for staff, First Direct's Internet and banking manager Tim Basford says the city may be becoming a victim of its own success.
The service will be open from 1000 BST until 0200 BST, seven days a week, and those who make a 999 call during that time as a result of domestic abuse will receive a direct response.
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The government says NHS Direct is expected to "retain a role" in its the delivery, staffed by call advisers supported by nurses.
Perhaps more interesting than the rankings, though, was the finding that customers of MVNOs (like Virgin) ranked their services higher in account management and cost, while direct services (like T-Mobile) fared better in areas like company image and call quality.
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The call went out as Northern Ireland Screen announced that Armagh man Brian Kirk is to direct two episodes of the series.
And would the U.S. support -- what did you call it -- drone program potentially applied to Iran as well or only to places with direct al Qaeda concerns?
The company, which is based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, held a conference call on Monday during which management said it does not expect the Japanese crisis to have any direct impact on its business, either short ot long-term.
So in terms of the nature of and character of the phone call, I would echo what Speaker Boehner said, and he said that it was frank and direct and good.
The court heard computer records showed searches made that evening on the NHS Direct website for "a three-year-old hurting head and being sick", and a telephone call to a local surgery that was closed.
Operators answering calls to the existing NHS Direct service do not have the capacity to request ambulances or book appointments - and patients also receive a separate call back if they need to speak to a nurse or doctor.
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