Halifax (bank) November 2009, HBOS was hit by a power failure which affected all branches, cash machines and online banking. The bank said that the power failure occurred at an IT centre in Copley, West Yorkshire which caused several problems for Halifax's banking system. Halifax's online banking system did not recover from the power failure for several hours. On Boxing Day 2000, Halifax started a successful marketing campaign, which was continued after the creations of HBOS. Halifax have also created adverts that have featured popular cartoon characters like The Flintstones, Top Cat, Scooby-Doo, The Wizard of Oz and Thunderbirds (TV series). Halifax
Richard S. Brown Richard S. Brown Richard S. Brown (born March 31, 1946) is an American jurist and the retired chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. Brown served as a Court of Appeals judge from 1978 to 2015 and as chief judge from 2006; his service on the court concluded on July 31, 2015. Brown was born in Racine, Wisconsin; his father, Manny S. Brown, was an attorney and politician who later served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Richard Brown graduated from Miami University in 1968 and the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1971. He served as an assistant district