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Brooke
built 200 days ago
The Brooke Management System is a comprehensive web-based system that provides Brooke franchisees with assistance for document management, cash management, brand management and office management. The Brooke Management System, including the new insurance policy management module, is available to the more than 600 franchise locations as a benefit of belonging to the Brooke franchise network. The next version of Brooke Management System is scheduled to be released on July 31, 2006.
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Brooke Savings Bank is a federally chartered savings bank based in Kansas but authorized to conduct its operations throughout the United States. Brooke Savings Bank conducts its operations through commissioned agents who have contracted with the bank to refer deposit and loan customers. Brooke Savings Bank believes that agent banking represents a more efficient distribution system than traditional bank distribution systems and that this efficiency will ultimately result in pricing and other advantages to consumers.
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Brooke Burke is recognized worldwide as the hottest tour guide and adrenaline junkie on E!'s popular travel series, "Wild On," seen in 120 countries and in more than 400 million homes. She has graced numerous magazine covers, has top-selling swimsuit calendars and is regularly ranked in men's magazines as one of the sexiest women in the world today. Most recently, Brooke co-hosted the hot new reality series from Mark Burnett, "Rock Star: INXS," with Dave Navarro, and is currently shooting a second installment, "Rock Star: Supernova."
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brooke Corporation (AMEX:BXX) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a $.16 quarterly cash dividend on the company's common stock. Robert Orr, Chief Executive Officer of Brooke, noted that this dividend will be paid on May 27, 2005, to the shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 13, 2005, with an ex-dividend date of May 11, 2005. Based on the April 28, 2005, closing stock price of $15.85 per share, the estimated annual yield is over 4% when calculated using the current quarterly dividend rate.
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Brooke was born in 1887 at Rugby where his father was a housemaster. His dominating mother exerted a tremendous influence on him. Brooke traveled in Europe where he prepared a thesis, John Webster and the Elizabethan Drama, which won for him a fellowship at King's College, Cambridge. He roamed across North America and the South Seas for the Westminster Gazette sending back narratives and poems. Brooke was an energetic aesthete skilled at playful, irreverent satire ("Heaven") and not afraid to shock his audience with graphic descriptions ("Channel Crossing").
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Brooke is the daughter of Beth and Stephan Logan. Brooke studied chemistry in college and helped her mother in her catering business. She was engaged to police officer Dave Reed. Attracted by the Forresters' lifestyle, she once went to the hospital where Caroline, Ridge's soon-to-be wife, was being treated, and soon befriended her. After Caroline broke up with Ridge because he cheated on her, Brooke and Thorne plotted to get Thorne and Caroline together. Brooke hid a love letter to Caroline from Ridge, allowing Thorne and Caroline to get married... leaving Ridge free for herself.
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