Within months they had seized distressed borrowers' assets, sorted them into one of several companies formed by industry or location, and hired industry experts to manage them.
As far as developers are concerned, this is just an evolution of the growing industry of location based applications.
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Prospective employers can list vacancies by industry, location, and skill, and there's already a bunch of recruitment sites on board, including BranchOut, DirectEmployers Association, Work4Labs, Jobvite and Monster.com.
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How much cash it includes will vary by industry, by location and company, but payments have grown stingier during the past decade, Outten says.
Testing in finance can be fairly ad hoc, said Steve Wilcockson, industry manager for financial services at MathWorks, and it varies by location and industry segment.
Your years of experience in an industry, particular position, company, location, and how good you are at your job all contribute to how much commission you can earn.
Apple is way behind here and Nokia has some of the best location software and databases in the industry from its 2007 Navteq deal.
The stores set the retail industry on its ear by defying logical rules for location and profit models.
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Eventually, in 1981, the Irish Film Board was founded by the government to both promote both the national film industry and Ireland as a destination for on-location shooting.
However, once athletes transcend into diversified industry brands, their endorsement dollars are truly global in location.
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Conveniently placed between east and west, the Gulf's geographic location has been a major factor in these industry-reshaping developments.
Garmin's broad range of in-vehicle electronics for the automotive industry includes infotainment and telematics systems, navigation software, location-based services, and integrated portable navigation systems.
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The new devices, which are tightly integrated with enhanced Ovi services and apps, reinforce Nokia's vision of a mobile industry that is increasingly being defined by socially connected, location-based devices and experiences.
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Tim will take a trip through the mean streets of New York City on the Grace One electric bike and Brian will pop by Frog's Manhattan location to take a look at the company's latest industry-defining designs.
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In the world of travel industry product placement, few boons are better than having a movie shot on location.
The standard location offset has been 16.5 percent, though the film industry is lobbying for it to be raised to 30 percent.
Investigate trends within your company by function, manager, role or location, and then directly compare you practices with other business within your industry or against businesses across the entire country.
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The typical electronic legal invoice format captures information such as legal process, practice area, industry, law firm timekeeper (associate vs. partner), law firm size and location.
Location-based shopping app provider shopkick has been quietly making huge inroads in the retail industry.
Tech industry websites have different versions of the story, details are limited and hazy, and even the physical location has yet to be disclosed.
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