Westpac

Throughout the 19th and early 20th century, the Bank opened branches throughout Oceania, at Moreton Bay (Brisbane) in 1850, then in Victoria (1851), New Zealand (1861), South Australia (1877), Western Australia (1883), Fiji (1901), Papua New Guinea (1910) and Tasmania (1910). House and Electronica Sounds from the Show's Soundtrack. In 1817, the Bank of New South Wales was founded in Sydney as the first bank in Australia. Irma at Sex and the City - Part 2 - Nightlife Session
April 19, 2004
Irma Records
2 Disc Set - Part of a 2 Part Collection. This unit offers a wide range of deposit, loan, transaction account and international trade facilities to personal and business customers. Ambient and Chilled Sounds from the Show's Soundtrack. It is the dominant provider of banking services to small to medium business and is the banker of the New Zealand government. Irma at Sex and the City - Part 1 - Daylight Session
April 19, 2004
Irma Records
2 Disc Set - Part of a 2 Part Collection.

This unit offers a whole range of consumer and corporate services to clients throughout New Zealand. Sex and the City - Official Soundtrack
March 1, 2004
Sony TV
2 Disc Set - 36 Hits. This business offers financial services to the corporate and institutional customer base, helping and advising in the management of cash, funding, capital and market risk for enterprises and institutions in Australia and New Zealand. Sex and the City - Soundtrack [Import]
2001/2002
Sire Records
13 Chart Hits - Including the Main Theme from the Show. There is also custody and settlement services to institutional customers and fund managers. Cuomo. It also includes managed investments, life insurance, superannuation and discount broking. The title theme song was written by Douglas J.

Wealth Management designs, manufactures and services financial products to allow customers to create, manage and protect their wealth. The other two releases have little or no tracks that appear on the programme's actual soundtrack. This covers the asset accumulation, investment management and life insurance operations in Australia and New Zealand. The two albums from Irma Records are seen to be the best because they contain tracks used in the show's actual soundtrack that are difficult to find elsewhere. Investment, superannuation and general and life insurance products are also sold through the branch network. These releases span various record labels and some are even unofficial. Westpac is a major home loan provider and also serve the finance needs of business customers with a turnover of up to $20 million. There have been several CD Albums released to accompany the series Sex and the City.

This includes deposit taking, transaction accounts, credit cards and other lending. American and Canadian DVD's were released through the programme's original broadcasters, HBO. These five business areas are:. In Europe, "Sex and the City" boxsets were released through Paramount Pictures - who own certain rights to the programme's broadcast as well. Westpac's core businesses consist of five main areas of business, through which serves around 8.2 million customers. Thankfully, the Season 1 boxset is the only one to suffer from this problem, and all subsequent Region 2 DVD releases of the programme were appropriately transferred to PAL Video. . This caused some compatibility problems with some European television sets and DVD Players.

The name is derived from the fact its major operations are in the Western Pacific. Unfortunately, the show was not converted into a PAL video signal, and remained in its original American NTSC format. The bank began life as the Bank of New South Wales in 1817 (making it the oldest bank in Australia), but after various mergers became Westpac in 1982. As well as missing out on some Special Features, many fans in Europe had trouble with the Region 2 edition of the Season 1 DVD. Westpac Banking Corporation, usually called Westpac, is the fourth largest bank in Australasia, after the National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank and ANZ Bank and one of the largest banks in the South Pacific. Oceania's edition came packaged in a Beauty Case. Westpac sold its operation in Niue to Bank of South Pacific. While Europe got a complete set that came with special "Shoebox" packaging (A reference to Sarah Jessica Parker's character's love for shoes in the show), the USA and Canada version came packaged in a more traditional fold-out suede case and with an additional Bonus DVD including many Special Features.

2004: Westpac begins phasing out the Bank of Melbourne brand in Victoria, the Challenge Bank brand in Western Australia and the WestpacTrust brand in New Zealand. Even these vary between Region 1 2 and 4. In Tonga, Bank of Hawaii sold its shares in Bank of Tonga to Westpac, giving Westpac 60% ownership of the bank. In addition to standard single season DVD Boxsets of the show, Limited Edition Collectors Editions have also been released that include all 6 seasons in one complete set. Westpac now owns 93.5% of Westpac Bank Samoa and Samoan companies and individuals own 6.5%. Region 2 DVD's of "Sex and the City" have been criticised by some fans for having little or no special features, but Region 1 editions have included Director Commentary, Cast Interviews and more. Westpac offered Samoan investors, who held the remaining shares, the same price it had paid Bank of Hawaii. In addition to their region encoding, releases vary depending on which region they were released in.

Bank of Hawaii sold its interest in Pacific Commercial Bank (42.7%) to Westpac, which held an equal portion. They have been released officially on Region 1 (Americas), Region 2 (Europe) and Region 4 (Oceania) formats, but illegal bootleg editions have also surfaced for Region 3 (Korea, Thailand) as well as Region 0 (Universal) and can even be found on eBay. 2001: The government of Kiribati sought to reduce Westpac's share in Bank of Kiribati from 51 to 49%, leading Westpac to sell its shares back to the government. All six seasons of "Sex and the City" have been released commercially on DVD. 1973), respectively. Others have charged that the ridiculing of men with small penises is wrong, contributing to body issues for men similar to that of young women over their weight or breast size. 1971) and Banque de Polynésie (est. The frequent obsession with penis size by one character is taken to be atypical of women and more typical of a phallocentric male focus.

1998: Westpac sold its operations in New Caledonia and Tahiti to Société Générale, which merged them with Société Générale Calédonienne de Banque (est. Some commentators criticized Sex and the City's distorted presentation of female sexuality, claiming the sexuality is more akin to that of the allegedly gay, male writers of the show. 1997: Westpac acquired the Bank of Melbourne, and subsequently re-branded all Victorian branches as Bank of Melbourne. When Sex and the City was run in syndication on TBS, some viewers organized boycotts of the station, arguing that this would put the program within access of young children. 1996: Westpac acquired the Trust Bank of New Zealand. Still others take issue with the show's depiction of New York City, pointing out that though New York is one of the most culturally diverse cities on the planet, the show rarely features any minority characters.[1]. Westpac also acquired Western Australia's Challenge Bank, and later adopted the name "Challenge Bank" for all its branches in Western Australia. Others have noted that the show tends to portray its main characters as shallow and superficial.

1995: Westpac sold its shares in National Bank of Tuvalu to the government, which now wholly-owns that bank. Others claim in response that Sex and the City is an attempt to realistically – yet artistically – portray sexual behavior in the urban United States. 1992: Westpac recorded a 1.6 billion dollar loss, which at the time, was the largest loss for an Australian corporation. The characters are also wealthy and unabashedly elitist, which raises further questions about the morality of the show. In both places Indochine functioned as the bank of issue until 1966-7.). Additionally, they argued that it is at times mere pornography with a superficial plot. (Banque de l'Indochine, which later merged into Banque Indosuez, had established itself in New Caledonia in 1888 and in Papeete, Tahiti in 1905. Some commentators have criticized the television show as promoting immorality by encouraging a hedonistic lifestyle and treating women as sexual objects.

Westpac bought Banque Indosuez's operations in New Caledonia and Tahiti. HBO Romania also aired all seasons. 1990: Bank of New Zealand sold half its shares in Bank of Tonga to Westpac and half to Bank of Hawaii, giving each of them 30%. In Romania the show was aired by ProTv and later by the sister channels Acasa TV and Pro Cinema. Westpac also acquired HSBC's operations in Fiji and the New Hebrides. In Turkey it is broadcast by ComedyMax channel. 1988: Westpac acquired the European Pacific Banking Corporation in the Cook Islands and a HSBC subsidiary, the Solomon Islands Banking Corporation, which HSBC had established as a branch in 1973. In the Philippines, its reruns are being aired by RPN 9.

1987: Westpac established a branch in Niue that is the only bank in that country. In Denmark it is currently shown on TV3 as well. 1981) in Tuvalu (ex-Ellice Islands), taking 40% of the shares as well as a 10-year management contract. In Latvia this serial can be seen on TV3. 1985: Westpac replaced Barclays Bank in the National Bank of Tuvalu (est. Sex and the City was banned in Singapore until July 2004, when the government allowed the television series to be aired on cable after being censored. Bank of Kiribati also fulfilled the functions of a reserve or central bank. Hong Kong's TVB Pearl also aired the show at midnight before.

1984: The original agreement between BNSW and the government in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands expired and Westpac and the government of Kiribati formed Bank of Kiribati Ltd as a 51%-49% joint venture. In Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, and Pakistan the show airs on HBO Asia (season 1-6). 1982: BNSW merged with Commercial Bank of Australia to form Westpac Banking Corporation ("Westpac" being a conjugation of "West Pacific"). In Japan, the show is aired by Lala.tv. 1969), in which Bank of Hawaii had had an ownership interest since 1971. Australian Cable and Digital channel W airs 2 episodes each weeknight. 1977: BNSW formed Pacific Commercial Bank Ltd, in Samoa in a joint venture with Bank of Hawaii, by buying into Pacific Savings and Loan Company (est. It has now returned to Network Ten on Friday nights.

1975: It incorporated its local business in Papua New Guinea as Bank of New South Wales (PNG) Ltd. Rerun rights were sold to Network Ten, where it was briefly shown on Monday nights before low ratings forced it off the air. 1974: The Bank of New Zealand (20%), Westpac (20%), Bank of Hawaii (20%), and the Government of Tonga (40%) established The Bank of Tonga as a joint venture. In Australia it was broadcast on the Nine Network. 1971: It established a branch in the New Hebrides(now Vanuatu). In Italy the show airs on La7. 1970: It established a branch on Tarawa in Kiribati (ex-Gilbert Islands), which also took over the government savings bank. In the Netherlands, the show is aired by NET 5, and in Sweden it is aired by TV3 and ZTV.

It resumed operations in 1946. In Canada, the show airs on Bravo! Canada and Citytv Toronto, and in Germany it is shown on Pro7. 1942: BNSW suspended operations in Papua New Guinea as the Japanese Army captured many of the towns in which it had branches and agencies, and bombed Port Moresby. In the United Kingdom, Channel 4 and its digital sister channel E4 broadcast episodes of "Sex and the City", while older episodes are rerun on Paramount Comedy 1. 1931: It acquired the Australian Bank of Commerce, which had branches in both New South Wales and Queensland. and who you want to spend it with.". 1927: BNSW acquired the Western Australian Bank. Kim Cattrall: "Being single used to mean that nobody wanted you, now it means you're pretty sexy and you're taking your time deciding how you want your life to be ..

David Eigenberg: "They were honest about sex, they were honest about the humor of sex.". Kim Cattrall: "The show is a valentine to being single.". Sarah Jessica Parker: "What the show has to have, and has had to have in order to survive six years, is a soul.". and basically the battlefield of trying to be in love – whether it be with another person or with yourself.".

and sex .. and relationships .. And then slowly over the years people start to see it's really about love .. Michael Patrick King, Executive Producer: "People thought, oh it's just about sex or it's just about fashion.

The following are quotations from the TV special, Sex And The City: A Farewell, that aired introducing the final episode:. These include the following:. As Sex and the City gained popularity, a number of celebrities had cameos on the show, some playing themselves and some playing characters. In most cases, these characters have played large roles in as many as two story arcs.

The main characters all went on dates or had sex with characters who appeared in only one episode, or small story arcs spanning two or three episodes, but the characters listed below are the focus of multiple episodes that form story arcs significant to the show's continuity. The twenty episodes of the final season, season six, aired in two parts: from June until September 2003 and during January and February 2004. Season five, truncated due to Parker's pregnancy, aired on HBO during the summer of 2002. Season four was broadcast in two parts: from June until August 2001 and then in January and February 2002.

Season three aired from June until October 2000. Season two was broadcast from June until October 1999. Season one of Sex and the City aired on HBO from June to August 1998. These continued through season two; then they were phased out.

Each episode in season one featured a short montage of interviews that Carrie supposedly conducted while researching for her column. The first season of the show is a free adaptation of its source material, but from the second season on, it took on a life of its own and went further than the book ever could. Receiving consistent critical and popular acclaim, it was based on the book that was compiled from the New York Observer column "Sex and the City" by Candace Bushnell. The show became famous for shooting scenes on the streets and in the bars, in restaurants and clubs of New York City while pushing the envelope of fashion and shattering sexual taboos.

Carrie Bradshaw and her three best girlfriends navigate the rocky terrain of being single, sexually active women in the new millennium. . Sex and the City premiered on June 6, 1998, and the last original episode aired on February 22, 2004. A sitcom with soap opera elements, the show often tackled socially relevant issues, such as the status of women in society.

Set in New York City, the show focuses on the sex lives of four female best friends, three of whom are in their mid-to-late thirties, and one of whom, Samantha, is in her forties. It was originally broadcast on the HBO network from 1998 until 2004. Sex and the City was an American cable television program based on the book of the same name. Will Arnett as Jack, "La Douleur Exquise!".

Tony Hale as Tiger, "The Real Me". Valerie Harper as Wallis, "Shortcomings". Carole Bouquet as Juliette, "American Girl In Paris; Part Deux". Geri Halliwell as Phoebe, "Boy, Interrupted".

David Duchovny as Jeremy, "Boy, Interrupted". Tatum O'Neal as Kyra, "A Woman's Right to Shoes". Jennifer Coolidge as Victoria, "The Perfect Present". Heather Graham as herself, "Critical Condition".

Candice Bergen as Enid Mead, "A 'Vogue' Idea". Lucy Liu as herself, "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda". Molly Shannon as Lily Martin, "Cover Girl" etc. Ed Koch as himself, "The Real Me".

Heidi Klum as herself, "The Real Me". Alan Cumming as O, "The Real Me". Margaret Cho as Lynn Cameron, "The Real Me". Sarah Clarke as Melinda, "Politically Erect" (as Sarah Lively).

Hugh Hefner as himself, "Sex and Another City". Carrie Fisher as herself, "Sex and Another City". Sarah Michelle Gellar as Debbie, "Escape from New York". Vince Vaughn as Keith Travers, "Sex and Another City".

Matthew McConaughey as himself, "Escape from New York". Alanis Morissette as Dawn, "Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl...". Jon Bon Jovi as Seth, "Games People Play". Donald Trump as himself, "The Man, The Myth, The Viagra".

Amy Sedaris as Courteney Masterson, "Cover Girl" etc. Nathan Lane as Bobby Fine, "I Love A Charade". In the final episode, Jerry tells her that he loves her, which she counters with "You mean more to me than any man I've ever known", which, for Samantha is a far greater statement. Just when she thinks Jerry's age and experiences aren't enough for her, he gives her unconditional support during her fight with breast cancer.

He is a wannabe actor whose career Samantha jump starts using her PR connections, getting him a modelling job that turns into a film role. She tries to maintain her usual sex-only relationship with him, but he slowly pushes for something more. Jerry Jerrod (Jason Lewis) is a young waiter Samantha seduces in a trendy restaurant. Towards the end of the series, Richard re-surfaces, admitting that Samantha was the best thing that ever happened to him.

In the end, Samantha still has her doubts about Richard, and breaks up with him. When she does catch him cheating, she breaks up with him, but eventually takes him back after he begs for her forgiveness. Eventually, they give in and attempt exclusivity, but, being a stranger to monogamy, Samantha is plagued by suspicion at every turn. He seduces her, and when their no-strings-attached sexual relationship begins to escalate, both parties struggle to keep their emotional distance.

Richard Wright (James Remar) is a successful hotel magnate who doesn't believe in monogamy until he meets Samantha. The two separate, after they have sex with a strap-on. Unfortunately, Samantha begins to grow uncomfortable when the relationship talk starts to replace the sexual activity and Maria is equally uncomfortable with Samantha's sexual history. At first, Samantha has a great time "getting an education" as Maria teaches her about lesbian sex and how to make an emotional connection while making love.

Maria is immediately attracted to her, but since Samantha doesn't believe in relationships they try to maintain a friendship, the chemistry proves to be too strong and it isn't too long before Samantha is introducing her lesbian lover to her stunned friends. Maria Diego Raez (Sonia Braga) is a sensual lesbian artist that Samantha meets at a solo exhibit while admiring her work. She begins pulling away physically and cannot bring herself to tell him--until she is faced with the prospect of couples counseling. When they finally do have sex, she discovers that he is under-endowed to the point that she cannot enjoy herself.

James (James Goodwin) is a man Samantha meets while out by herself at a jazz club, she makes a conscious effort to not sleep with him until she gets to know him first. Robert and Miranda have lots of fun and great chemistry, but when the time comes, she is unable to declare her love for him. He is the seemingly perfect man: successful, sexy, and utterly devoted to her. Robert Leeds (Blair Underwood) is a sports medicine doctor who moves into her building during season six.

They decide to raise the child (Brady Hobbes) together, separately, but are back together towards the end of Season Six, they have a small intimate wedding ceremony and he convinces her to move to a house in Brooklyn. In season four, he opens his own bar, called Scout (alongside Aidan) and gets Miranda pregnant (despite losing a testicle to cancer and Miranda having only one functioning ovary). Over the course of the show, Miranda puts Steve through the wringer quite a bit, but he looks beneath her cynical exterior and finds her softer side, while at the same time, choosing his battles carefully. Their differences in income, aspirations and status, as well as their attitudes about living together and having kids are the catalysts for their break ups.

Having been stood up by Carrie, she meets him unexpectedly at the bar at which he works, what she thinks is a one night stand but turns into dating. Steve Brady (David Eigenberg) is a bartender who has an unconventional on-again, off-again relationship with Miranda. They date for a short time, before Miranda breaks up with him due to "being in different places". From the moment they meet, Skipper is enamored with her, but Miranda is unimpressed and irritated by him.

Skipper Johnson (Ben Weber) is a geeky, sensitive twenty-something web designer whom Carrie introduces to Miranda. In the end, they are approved for a Chinese adoption. After her conversion to Judaism and one big argument that sends them in separate directions for a few weeks, the two marry and begin trying to have/adopt a child. She is not attracted to him, but tries to pursue a sex-only relationship with him, which leads to one of exclusivity and love.

Harry Goldenblatt (Evan Handler) is Charlotte's divorce lawyer who is incredibly attracted to her from the beginning. Eventually, their disagreements on whether or not to pursue in vitro fertilization leads to divorce. After a brief separation, they reunite with a healthy sex life only to discover that Charlotte will have difficulty getting pregnant. Trey MacDougal (Kyle MacLachlan) fits Charlotte's knight in shining armor archetype to a tee; a Scottish American heart surgeon from family money, their whirlwind engagement and a fairy tale wedding stop cold with a sexless honeymoon, brought on by Trey's impotence.

After spending some time there, she realizes that he will never reciprocate the level of emotional involvement that she offers because his life and career will always come first. When he's preparing to return to Paris for a solo exhibit he invites Carrie to come live with him, which she does, after several deliberations (and one fight) with her friends. Her relationship with him brings up all sorts of questions in Carrie's mind about finding love past "a certain age" and whether or not she wants children. He sweeps her off her feet with huge romantic gestures and shows her the foreign pockets of New York that she has never seen before.

Aleksandr Petrovsky (Mikhail Baryshnikov) is a famous Russian artist who becomes Carrie's lover in season six. Carrie learns, when it comes to relationships, Berger's talk is just that; after they agree to try and make things work, he breaks up with her through a post-it note. Theirs was a relationship of witty banter and common thoughts, but everything falls apart when his defeated attitude clashes with her contented state. Jack Berger (Ron Livingston) was Carrie's intellectual counterpart, a sardonic humorist writer whose career is cooling down just as Carrie's is heating up.

It is revealed that Aidan married another furniture designer named Cathy. Carrie and Aidan unexpectedly see each other on the street; Aidan holding his baby son Tate. In season three, Aidan ends "it" when she comes clean about the affair, they get back together a year later, eventually move in together and she accepts his marriage proposal before the break up for the second and final time. At first, Carrie is put-off by their seemingly perfect relationship and over time works through her issues of emotional unavailability, but ultimately, she cannot meet his needs and they break up for good.

Big's emotional opposite. He is a sweet, good natured furniture designer and Mr. Aidan Shaw (John Corbett) is Carrie's other long-term boyfriend. At the conclusion, we discover that Big's name is actually John.

In the end, the two prepare for an open, honest relationship in New York. He doesn't give up, and, after the blessing of Charlotte, Samantha and Miranda, tries to re-claim her love one last time in Paris. In the end of the series, he returns to tell Carrie he is ready to commit to her, but is brutally rebuffed. He eventually moves to the Napa Valley in California, but is visited once by Carrie, while on her book tour and he returns to New York a year after that for an angioplasty.

After divorcing Natasha, Big and Carrie become friends, with their sexual history always lying just beneath the surface. Within seven months of his marriage he begins to pine after Carrie and starts to have an affair with her, until Carrie breaks it off. Big marries a twenty-something socialite Ralph Lauren executive named Natasha (Bridget Moynahan). After two years of commitment issues and emotional unavailibility, Mr.

Carrie and Big's on again, off again relationship begins and ends in season one and then a second time in season two. A wealthy financier (Samantha calls him "the next Donald Trump" in the pilot), who is based on New York publisher, Ron Galotti. Big (Chris Noth), referred to by Carrie and her friends simply as "Big", both excites and eludes Carrie throughout the run of the show, as she always believes he is the man for her, but many times, he's not able to fulfill her emotional needs. Mr.