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If predictions hold up, next year's Super Bowl could bring more than $461 million to the Tampa Bay area. At least that's what Frank Supovitz, senior vice president of events for the National Football League, told tourism representatives Friday at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Club. It's not just the game attendees that boost the area's economics during ... [full story]
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It was a good to be the boss in 2007. The median compensation for top executives at the Buffalo Niagara region’s publicly traded companies rose almost three times faster than the average worker’s pay, according to a Buffalo News analysis. The median pay increase for the 50 top executives included in the analysis jumped by 9.4 percent last year ... [full story]
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Student loans, rent, gas, groceries…okay, yes, salary is important, but when it comes to deciding on a job, it is also important to evaluate your entire compensation package, including medical, retirement and other benefits. Sometimes, the benefits from one company are what set them apart from another company as your new employer. So, do your homework, and make sure you ... [full story]
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New research from Celent predicts that adoption of mobile banking is set to increase rapidly in the major markets in Western Europe over the next two years as banks look to take advantage of improvements in technology to provide new services. The study covered five Western European countries - Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the UK - and found ... [full story]
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As part of its commitment to bring in global standard banking services, country's one of the largest local private banks The City Bank Limited has centralised its Corporate and Investment Banking (C&I) business recently. From now on, corporate relationships for loans, deposits, equities and advisory services will be marketed and managed by the corporate teams stationed in Dhaka and Chittagong, ... [full story]
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A major legal brawl is brewing over how homes are appraised, at what cost, and by whom. The outcome could affect the price you pay for your next piece of real estate, and the amount of mortgage money you can obtain. The fight centers on an unusual agreement reached in March among Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, their federal ... [full story]
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Australia's quarantine system is lacking technical capacity and resources to prevent major disease outbreaks, like equine influenza, according to the National Farmers Federation. In its submission to a review of the country's existing quarantine arrangements, NFF president, David Crombie, said a breakdown in quarantine as seen with horse flu had triggered a lack of confidence in the system which ... [full story]
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Mainardo de Nardis has stepped down from his role as CEO and will be succeeded by Jerry Buhlmann, who also joins the board June 2. Buhlmann has been CEO of Aegis Media EMEA since 2003, and was CEO of Carat International from 2000 to 2003. The shakeup comes just weeks after David Verklin stepped down from his post as CEO ... [full story]
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The euro zone and Japanese economies got off to a healthy start this year despite a sharp U.S. slowdown, steep inflation and a credit freeze, but troubles are brewing that may soon derail growth. Economists think the euro zone grew by 0.5 percent in the first quarter, after a 0.4 percent advance in the final three months of 2007, ... [full story]
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The euro zone and Japanese economies got off to a healthy start this year despite a sharp U.S. slowdown, steep inflation and a credit freeze, but troubles are brewing that may soon derail growth. Economists think the euro zone grew by 0.5 percent in the first quarter, after a 0.4 percent advance in the final three months of 2007, ... [full story]
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