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Jericho-based Metropolitan Realty Associates announced that it has refinanced its Sunrise Business Center in Great River with a $35 million loan from Bank of America.
Putting in place the low-leverage debt culminates Metropolitan's five-year transformation of the 388,500-square-foot business park at 3500 Sunrise Highway that it purchased in September 2006 with long-time equity partner Angelo, Gordon & Co.
With no prepayment penalty, the debt arrangement will enable the owner to move quickly if it decides to sell the property in the future. Financing was arranged by Evan Pariser, managing director in the Manhattan office of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler.
"Conservative, low-leverage debt is a trademark of my business model," Joseph Farkas, president of Metropolitan Realty Associates said in a statement. "Conservative debt allows for the greatest market flexibility and continually preserves our partnership equity investment as we develop and lease our projects or prepare to monetize an asset."
Within two years of acquiring the Sunrise property, Metropolitan brought occupancy in its two buildings to 97 percent. The company razed a third structure and in June 2009 built a new two-story, 161,000-square-foot office building, which is now 100 percent occupied.
Metropolitan coordinated its repositioning plan for the property with the Islip Industrial Development Agency, implementing a 15-year payment in lieu of tax program designed to entice tenants to the property and preserve local jobs. The program has helped maintain and create about 2,500 jobs at the office complex.
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A fire suspected to be electrical in origin destroyed an operating room and an excimer laser at the National Ophthalmology Hos-pital in Port Mourant, Corentyne yesterday.
According to information reaching Stabroek News, at around 4am yesterday, hospital staff noticed a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) transformer sparking.
Subsequently, staff told investigators, between 4:30am and 5am, they saw smoke emanating from an operating room – Theatre Room 3 – located on the bottom flat of the medical centre and alerted the GPL emergency crew and the Guyana Fire Service.
The Rose Hall Town fire service responded promptly and began to fight the fire. Patients who were in the building were evacuated to safety. The firemen were later assisted by a crew from the New Amsterdam Fire Service.
Stabroek News was told that the excimer laser, which is used for conducting cataract surgeries, was significantly damaged. The destroyed machine is estimated to be worth over US$3000.
Sources said that the operating theatre was extensively damaged but could not give an estimate of the losses. Apart from the damage to the room, other equipment was also reportedly destroyed. At the scene yesterday, hospital officials were tightlipped and barred members of the media from the compound.
'B' Division Fire Chief Compton Sparman related to Stabroek News that after his station was alerted, they responded immediately treating the situation as a high-risk fire. Sparman recalled that after noticing the smoke emanating from the building, they called for backup from the New Amsterdam Fire Station and a crew responded promptly.
Sparman said that his team took over an hour to extinguish the fire as upon entering the building, they had to deal with the thick smoke while the layout of the building also posed difficulties.
He said that at that point, the origin of the fire is unknown and government electrical engineers are conducting their investigation and they would have to wait on the findings. He commended his crew and the police for a "job well done" noting that the lawmen did a great job in barring unwanted persons from encroaching on the scene.
It was noted that the fire service had received reports from persons stating that the GPL transformer was sparking and the wire had caught fire. Sparman said that such situations can be prevented and once persons notice such occurrences, they should contact the fire service as well as GPL.
Sources from the health facility told Stabroek News that from the moment they saw the transformers sparking, staff contacted the GPL emergency crew who showed up approximately three hours after the report was made. One source said that the person on the emergency crew who was contacted, related that he starts working at 7am. The emergency crew arrived at 7am and disconnected the building from the electricity grid.
It was observed that the crew was doing some work on the faulty transformer before reconnecting power to the building. Staff from AINLIM New Amsterdam also took precautions by removing gas cylinders from the medical centre until it was declared safe once again.
Sources at the hospital stated that they would be unable to proceed with any surgeries until further notice. However, clinics would resume as normal from today.
Stabroek News was informed that Ministry of Health and Regional officials including the Regional Chairman David Armogan and vice-chairman Bhopal Jagroo visited the scene. Investigations are continuing.
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BELLE CHASSE, La. — As Isaac's drenching rains and cooling winds drifted north of the Gulf Coast, heat and humidity moved back in — along with frustration, exhaustion and uncertainty.
People stuck inside stuffy, powerless homes were comparatively lucky. Thousands of others were displaced by floodwaters and had no idea where they would end up next. Some boarded buses to faraway shelters.
"I'm with my family, and my wife's with her family," said 35-year-old construction worker Jarvis Mackey as the couple and their two children boarded a bus to Shreveport, 5½ hours away from their Port Sulphur home, which lay underwater.
"All we can do is pray — pray we come back home to something," Mackey said.
LaPlace resident Roshonda Girrad was staying in a state-run shelter in Alexandria, 200 miles from her home. She was waiting for the chest-deep waters in her neighborhood to recede.
The massive, beige, windowless shelter next to Louisiana State University's Alexandria campus is currently home to almost 1,600 evacuees who either drove themselves or were bused in from various parishes inundated by rain from Isaac and the rising water from Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas.
"The showers are horrible. The food is horrible," Girrad said. "I'm not from around here. I don't know what's going on. We're in the dark."
As the Labor Day holiday weekend got under way, so did what was certain to be a long, slow recovery for Louisiana.
Motorists ventured out as power came back on and businesses reopened, clogging intersections with no traffic lights and forming long lines at gas stations. The Mississippi River opened to limited traffic, and in New Orleans, the normally lively French Quarter awoke from its nearly weeklong slumber.
Isaac dumped as much as 16 inches of rain in some spots, and about 500 people had to be rescued by boat or high-water vehicles. Thousands remained in shelters late Friday. At least seven people were killed in the storm in Mississippi and Louisiana.
Isaac remained a powerful storm system carrying rain and the threat of flash flooding as it lumbered across Arkansas into Missouri and then up the Ohio River valley over the weekend, the National Weather Service said.
The storm knocked out power to thousands of people in Arkansas, and Ohio hotel operators said their holiday weekend business was already taking a hit as families canceled planned outings to theme parks.
Meanwhile, newly nominated Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited flood-ravaged communities, and President Barack Obama said he would arrive Monday — appearances this part of the country is all too familiar with after Hurricane Katrina in 2007 and the 2010 Gulf oil spill.
In Lafitte, a fishing village south of New Orleans, Romney saw waterlogged homes, roads covered with brown water and debris-strewn neighborhoods. The GOP-friendly community is outside of the federal levee system that spared New Orleans and it lies on an exposed stretch of land near the Gulf.
Romney met along a highway with fellow Republican Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, and they spoke about challenges facing the stricken area, which relies on fishing for its livelihood.
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BT Sport have dropped controversial former Premier League referee Mark Halsey from their live game coverage following the fall-out from his incendiary comments in a national newspaper column last weekend.
Halsey strongly criticised the standard of refereeing this season and called for the head of Professional Game Match Officials boss Mike Riley. Since then Halsey has been absent from his regular place in the commentary box for the three live games over the last seven days.
BT spokespeople insisted Halsey would be back in the TV booth as usual for today's Manchester United v Newcastle game. However, on Friday it emerged that Halsey would no longer be on the gantry at live matches but banished to a studio role.
Removed: Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey (left), pictured here with Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs, has had his role at BT Sport changed
The new BT line was: 'Mark Halsey is a regular contributor. This weekend he will feature on BT Sport panel, the Saturday morning chat show hosted by Tim Lovejoy.'
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The FA looked at the Tivoli Ecoresort complex in Bahia, an hour's drive from Salvador, as a possible hotel base for the World Cup before plumping for Rio.
The Tivoli is where the FIFA high command chose to stay this week, surrounded by monkeys, turtles and iguanas, rather than on the ridiculous holiday camp official draw resort site, Costa do Sauipe — although some of the super fussy FIFA ExCo were less than impressed with their rooms at the Tivoli.
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took place at the Tivoli, where there was a united view among over 1,000
global diners about how ludicrous it was to stage the draw in remote
Bahia in a £2m temporary tent.
It sums up all the craziness around FIFA — not least that the final say in holding the event in the Brazilian outback was with Ricardo Teixeira, the disgraced former overlord of Brazilian Football.
ITV Sport will have first pick of England games, ahead of the BBC, for their shared coverage of World Cup matches.
This follows a contract detailing the exact process for the alternate choices following a joint desire to end the months of wrangling between the two networks.
First choice: ITV are likely to broadcast England's World Cup opener against Italy (pictured)
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Neither station will have a knock-out stage game as their opening choice because of the doubts whether Roy Hodgson and his team will make it out of Group D.
England were waiting until Friday night's draw before fine-tuning their preparations for Brazil. And one possibility is still to play both warm-up games in Miami rather than the first one at a venue further north.
The potential opponents, United States, might not fit into manager Hodgson's plans now and it would cut down on pre-tournament flights when they face a gruelling travel schedule starting in Manaus for the three group games.
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Lunatone (Supreme Victors 32)
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Lunatone (Japanese: ルナトーン Lunatone) is a Psychic-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the Supreme Victors expansion.
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|Lunatone - Meteorite Pokémon
|3'03" (1.0 m)
|370.4 lbs. (168.0 kg)
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|Because it turns active on nights of the full moon, it is said to have some link to the lunar phases.
This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.
|This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
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Police advise holiday shoppers to guard against gift thefts
CTV Winnipeg
Published Friday, December 14, 2012 2:55PM CST
Last Updated Sunday, November 24, 2013 7:01PM CST
Winnipeg police said thefts from motor vehicles are a concern in December with many people out shopping for the holidays.
Police said gifts "can make a tempting target for thieves."
People should make sure to keep purchases out of sight and secure them in an area not visible from outside the vehicle, such as inside a trunk.
Personal electronics and GPS devices left in plain view are items commonly stolen from vehicles, said police.
Police advised people to:
- Park in well-lit areas and lock your vehicle at all times
- Do not leave GPS devices attached to windshields or dashboards
- Do not leave lap tops or other valuables inside your vehicle
- When shopping, do not leave packages inside your car instead;
- place them in the trunk or out of sight
Anyone spotting suspicious activity in parking lots should contact community police immediately.
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Not Much To Do for Kremlinologists
Yesterday's FOMC statement was, as so often, almost a carbon copy of the one preceding it. It takes note of the recent economic improvements and the fact that they don't amount to a whole lot yet, while continuing to promise ZIRP until 2014. The pledge not to allow the Fed's balance sheet to shrink has been renewed as well, and 'Operation Twist' is of course to continue. Once again, Jeffrey Lacker – the sole hawk with a vote on this year's FOMC board – has been the lone dissenter.
The statement in all it bureaucratese pablum glory can be read in its entirety here.
One perhaps noteworthy comment was the one on energy prices, contained in the snippet below:
"Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Committee seeks to foster maximum employment and price stability. The Committee expects moderate economic growth over coming quarters and consequently anticipates that the unemployment rate will decline gradually toward levels that the Committee judges to be consistent with its dual mandate. Strains in global financial markets have eased, though they continue to pose significant downside risks to the economic outlook. The recent increase in oil and gasoline prices will push up inflation temporarily, but the Committee anticipates that subsequently inflation will run at or below the rate that it judges most consistent with its dual mandate.
To support a stronger economic recovery and to help ensure that inflation, over time, is at the rate most consistent with its dual mandate, the Committee expects to maintain a highly accommodative stance for monetary policy. In particular, the Committee decided today to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent and currently anticipates that economic conditions–including low rates of resource utilization and a subdued outlook for inflation over the medium run–are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate at least through late 2014.
(emphasis added)
It's not that we necessarily disagree that the rise in the price index due to higher energy prices will prove 'temporary' – this may well turn out to be correct. The point we want to make is merely this: central banks on a mission to pump always have excuses ready when prices rise as to why that is 'meaningless' or 'temporary'. The history of past central bank interventions is replete with similar examples. In reality, this is just a guessing game however. The Fed can not predict the future demand for money and hence can not predict when the vast increase in the money supply it has engendered will impinge on the so-called 'general price level'.
Moreover, it is in any case vain to focus on a specific type of 'consumer price index' (the Fed watches the PCE, the 'personal consumption expenditure' index, which perhaps not surprisingly is the price index displaying the lowest 'inflation rate' of all the currently extant price level measurement attempts). High energy prices are in fact a symptom of the inflationary policy, no matter how strenuously the Fed may deny it. What happens when a highly inflationary policy is pursued is what Ludwig von Mises called a 'price revolution'. It is the entire structure of prices in the economy that is altered in a manner that would not have been evident absent the inflationary policy.
Illusory Prosperity and Capital Consumption
This 'price revolution' – the alteration of relative prices within the economy – has very real effects. As we have pointed out numerous times in these pages on the occasion of previous Fed decisions, on the surface, these effects will often register as an 'economic recovery' or as 'economic growth'. The data the government collects, such as GDP growth and unemployment data will show an improvement. However, as the bulk of this economic improvement has been 'bought' with money from thin air (as opposed to genuine savings out of preceding production), what we are really witnessing is capital consumption masquerading as 'growth'. There was no better example illustrating this concept than the housing bubble. All those who were calling the economic upswing a dangerous illusion in the period 2004-2007 were derided as curmudgeons and even cranks. And yet, who can doubt for even a moment in hindsight that they were correct, and that the boom in fact consumed scarce capital, instead of, as the Fed and the economic mainstream maintained 'creating wealth'?
In hindsight we know for instance beyond a shadow of doubt that the vast accounting profits recorded by real estate developers and banks were merely masking the losses that would later be realized. The reality of the matter is that these accounting profits were a fiction: numbers that had no meaning, as economic calculation had been falsified by the Fed's easy monetary policy. Why would anyone think that today is any different? Are our memories that short?
The ratio of spending on business equipment (capital goods) vs., spending on consumer goods production. It has never been more out of whack than today. Note that the economy tries to adapt whenever recessions hit – the ratio tends to decline during downturns, as the production structure is shortened again – click chart for better resolution.
The chart depicted above is the best way we can illustrate what we have said above. The price revolution has led to resources increasingly being allocated – on a relative basis – to the production of capital equipment while being withdrawn from the production of consumer goods.
Of course this is only a very rough way of looking at things. Since these are aggregations (we don't know which capital goods are produced, or the production of which consumer goods precisely is being neglected), they tell us less than we would like to know.
However, as a rough guide this ratio chart remains quite useful: it conveys the information that the productive structure has been lengthened due to the credit and money supply expansion and the low interest rate environment the Fed has engendered. Since this lengthening of the production structure has not been supported by an increase in real savings, it will prove unsustainable: in all likelihood more final goods are now tied up in production than this altered production structure can actually provide.
You will notice on this chart that the ratio tends to make peaks close to the beginning of recessions. Since its current peak is above even the year 2000 and year 2007 peaks, the economy is likely dangerously imbalanced. In short, the balance between savings, investment, production and consumption is discoordinated due to the Fed's easy money policy.
Market Reaction – Risk Remains High
Titles to capital – i.e., stocks – tend to 'like it' when this happens. Their prices rise sharply, which is yet another effect of the 'price revolution'. It would be a serious error however to interpret this as evidence that the economy is truly improving on a structural level. It is simply an off-shoot of the same effect that leads to the misallocation of capital depicted above.
Nevertheless, the stock market 'broke out' yesterday following the FOMC announcement, the publication of the 'bank stress test' (which saw 15 of 19 TBTF banks tested pass, which will enable them to raise their dividends and increase share buybacks) and a 'better than expected' reading of economic confidence data in Germany. Moreover, European credit markets continued to enjoy easier conditions, in conjunction with Fitch upgrading Greece's government debt to 'B-' from 'restricted default' following the PSI deal.
Economic confidence in Germany increases, with the 'ZEW' index rising a better than expected 16.9 points in March – the highest level since June 2010.
The S&P 500 index breaks out above the lateral level of resistance established in 2011. However, the rally continues to be marred by the fact that trading volume has been steadily declining – click chart for better resolution.
Gold once again sold off – and as can be seen below, platinum has returned to trading at a slight premium over gold, which signifies an improvement in economic confidence. In turn, improving economic confidence is regarded as a negative factor for gold, as it reduces the likelihood of more monetary pumping. So it is currently held, anyway (we actually don't believe the likelihood of more monetary pumping has been significantly reduced, as the increase in economic confidence will likely prove ephemeral).
The platinum-gold ratio: platinum once again trades at a premium over gold, a sign that economic confidence is waxing – click chart for better resolution.
As a result of these developments, gold stocks have become the worst performing sector of the stock market, in spite of enjoying record profit margins. It seems the market expects further declines in the price of gold, as gold stocks are about to break below the lateral support line of an 18 month long consolidation:
Gold stocks are headed for their lowest weekly close in 18 months – click chart for better resolution.
Whether this assessment will prove correct remains to be seen – as noted previously, sentiment on the gold sector is extremely bearish at present and usually this means that a medium term low is not too far away. However, it is what it is for now – from a technical perspective, the sector looks very negative and sentiment after all simply follows prices to a certain degree.
A breakdown below the support that has been established over the past 1 ½ years would look very negative – it would likely signify that the consolidation period was really an extended distribution top.
The US dollar meanwhile – likely based on similar considerations, namely that US economic performance is strengthening relative to that of other nations – continues to rally. It sports a very constructive chart picture at the moment, but there remains a fly in the ointment, namely the fact that futures traders remain very much 'net long' the dollar.
The dollar index resumes its rally and the chart continues to look constructive – click chart for better resolution.
The bond market is also slowly beginning to reflect waxing economic confidence and rising inflation expectations, in spite of the distortions introduced by 'Operation Twist':
US treasury note: beginning to break down? – click chart for better resolution.
As to the recent stock market strength, we want to point out the following: in spite of the impressive move higher, there are a number of things that should concern bulls. Apart from frothy sentiment, there continues to be a Dow Theory divergence, as the Transportation Average fails to confirm the new highs in the Industrial Average. Even bigger divergences exist with overseas stock markets. Europe, Australia, Canada as well as the MSCI World index all fail to confirm the breakout in the SPX.
Contrary to the SPX, the Australian All Ordinaries index not only has failed to break out, but actually looks like it's about to break down – click chart for better resolution.
The IEV Europe 350 ETF – it too fails to confirm the breakout in the SPX – click chart for better resolution.
The Transportation Average fails to confirm the breakout in the Industrial Average – click chart for better resolution.
We conclude that in spite of the breakout in the SPX and the impressive stock market rally following the FOMC decision, risk in the stock market remains extraordinarily high. This is no time for complacency, even though the breakout will likely produce some 'follow through' buying on technical grounds.
Caveat Emptor.
Charts by: StockCharts.com, ZEW, St. Louis Federal Reserve Research
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Sarkozy's campaign is alleged to have accepted funds from France's richest woman, 90-year-old L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt.
If found guilty he could face a maximum three-year jail term and a hefty fine.
Euronews Paris correspondent Gianni Magi concluded: "This is the second time that a former president of the French Republic has been put under an official investigation. The first was Sarkozy's predecessor Jacques Chirac, who was convicted in 2011 of embezzling public funds during his time as mayor of Paris. He was given a two-year suspended prison sentence."
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Hoganrise Over Mount Rushmore
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We clear up the BREXIT for confused Americans wondering why the global economy is collapsing this time.
BEEP! BOOP! ZAP! Video games aren't for my dad anymore! Because he's dead.
Insanely twisted and messed up stick figure families... holy sh*t...
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C# Developer - Ware - £30-35k
A C# Developer is required for a software client based in Ware who have just started the process of looking for a developer. C# Developer / C# Programmer / C# Engineer - £30-35k... C# Developer - the role: This is a full stack role in a strong team that works very well together.....
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X4 Group
Salary: £30k - 35k per yearPosted: Yesterday
.NET Developer - Hertfordshire - £40,000 + benefits.
The Ashdown Group has been engaged by a highly prestigious organisation in the education sector to assist them in their search for an experienced .NET developer. The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience programming in C# and ASP.NET and will have good knowledge of working with databases using SQL...
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Ashdown IT
Salary: £40000 per annum + benefitsPosted: 11 hours ago
.Net Developer
A .Net developer role working at an established award-winning business with a great company culture... The development team are knowledgeable & experienced and will offer a great environment for a .Net developer to take their understanding of Microsoft stack to the next level... What you'll need to succeed Your...
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annumPosted: 17 days ago
Senior Developer (C#/MVC) - Cambridge - £50,000
Key Skills: C#, ASP.NET MVC, An innovative company based in Cambridge are looking an experienced Senior .Net Developer to join their growing and exciting business!... As a creative .Net developer you will be involved in the design and development of their exciting product releases on their core websites using...
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Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + competitivePosted: 20 days ago
Software Developer .Net - PE19 - £45,000 DOE
Role - Software Developer... Location - Peterborough PE19 - Cambridge. Key Skills:- C#, ASP.NET, MVC, CSS, Javascript, SQL Server, HTML, Jquery. Key Responsibilities: * Ensure key developments are professionally designed and implemented experiences in-line with the business specifications that also comply with the department standards and practices. * Work closely with all members...
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Computer Futures
Salary: £32000 - £45000 per annum + competitivePosted: 20 days ago
Web Developer - Huntingdon - £50,000 DOA
Role - Web Developer... You must be enthusiastic and committed with a real passion for the role and want to have a direct impact on a company's future. I am currently working with clients paying up to £55,000. Key Skills. C#, .NET, VB.NET, ASP.NET, SQL SERVER, MVC,...
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Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + competitivePosted: 23 days ago
Software Developer - Peterborough (PE4)
35,000 - £45,000 DOE. Peterborough PE6. I am currently recruiting for a Software Developer to join a SME Software House in Peterborough PE6. You will be part of a agile team environment working on multiple projects delivering clients expectations. You will need to have strong back end development Knowledge...
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Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + competitivePosted: 20 days ago
C# Developer
The successful developer will have a proven commercial experience developing, ideally web hosted, applications using C# with ASP.NET. You will be able to demonstrate commercial experience of designing relational database structures and be responsible for designing product features, writing code and unit tests and ensuring tight deadlines are met...
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DMS Computer Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £50,000 per annum £30-50k pa + benefitsPosted: 17 hours ago
C# Developer / Support
The person will be a highly motivated individual with at least 2 years experience in programming with C# - ASP.NET and software support... Good telephone manner (particularly when supporting external clients) 2 years minimum experience with programming in C# (ASP.NET) 2 years minimum experience with relational database systems, preferable...
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DMS Computer Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum £30-35000 pa + benefitsPosted: 17 hours ago
Software Developer - Peterborough PE2 - £45,000
Your experience with agile methodologies will utilise a range of development languages and platforms including C#.NET, jQuery, Microsoft SQL, MVC and HTML5... Skills/ experience for the role are:- * Microsoft framework (C#, ASP.net, MVC) * Microsoft SQL server experience (2008, 2010, 2012) * Extensive Windows Desktop experience * Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 &...
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Computer Futures
Salary: competitivePosted: 20 days ago
PHP Developer
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Pro-Quest Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 Per Annum + benefitsPosted: 16 hours ago
C# ASP.NET MVC Developer - Watford / London - £400 - £435/day
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Reco Group
Rate: £350 - £435 per dayPosted: 8 days ago
.Net Developer
Senior .Net developer role in Norwich working with cutting-edge Microsoft stack paying up to £45,000 Your new company As a leading provider this organisation keep technology and development at the heart of what they do, creating complex internal and external business critical systems. They promote a very modern...
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annumPosted: 14 days ago
C# Developer - Microsoft, ISEB and Agile Training!
As a C# Developer you will join their growing development team working on ASP.NET MVC web applications and you will have the opportunity to learn and develop your skill sets with: Microsoft Certification. ISEB Qualification. Agile Training... The successful C# Developer will have the following: Experience of .NET Web...
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Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent Training + BenefitsPosted: 11 days ago
.NET MVC Developer
A Senior C# MVC Developer is required for a 3 month contract based in Peterborough for my Ecommerce client. Working in a small development team you will be expected do have strong MVC skills and be a good team player. Skills required: C# ASP.NET. MVC5. JQuery. SQL Server... HTML,...
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X4 Group
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BOSTON, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/04/13 -- Retail banks that achieve operational excellence throughout their organizations also deliver superior financial results, according to a report released today by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
The report, titled "Operational Excellence in Retail Banking: Committing to Customers in the 'New New Normal,'" details the findings of BCG's third annual benchmarking survey of the global retail-banking industry. The survey covered 18 of the 35 top retail banks in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific, collectively referred to as "premier-league" banks.
The survey found that the operationally strongest retail banks in the premier league outperform their peers financially. Banks that excelled on a wide range of operational measurements had low cost-to-income ratios (CIRs), a key measure of efficiency and profitability. The leading financial performers achieved top ranking in at least two, and frequently three, of the four levers of operational excellence identified by BCG.
The survey also revealed that the operating models of the premier-league banks as a whole have become more productive. The banks achieved these efficiency gains even as they focused more staff time and resources on meeting the needs of customers.
The leading banks exhibited five key trends in the way they improved their operations, the survey found. All five trends contribute in some fashion to enhancing customer services. The trends are: strengthening the customer experience, increasing sales performance, improving end-to-end productivity, enhancing organizational efficiency, and reducing complexity.
"Customer-centricity has been seen as a best practice for a number of years," said Robert Sims, a partner in BCG's Toronto office and coauthor of the report. "But now -- in the 'new new normal' environment -- it has become absolutely essential as far as the world's top banks are concerned."
The drive for customer-centricity was exemplified by operational changes made by premier-league banks to reduce the number and complexity of their products, the survey found. Offering fewer products and making them easier to understand minimizes customer confusion and also simplifies bank operations.
At the same time, the leading banks have improved data-mining techniques -- allowing them to create more personalized customer services while improving sales performance.
Customers, meanwhile, have become more demanding, expecting banks to provide simplified interaction processes across multiple channels, when and where the customer prefers. For banks, providing a truly integrated multichannel customer offering is now just the minimum table stakes in the competition to win business, the research found.
"Taken together, the findings demonstrate how capable and resilient the world's leading retail banks are," said Michael Grebe, a partner in BCG's Munich office and coauthor of the report. "In today's challenging financial-services environment, that is a rare positive message."
A copy of the report can be downloaded at www.bcgperspectives.com.
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