The case is equipped with a payment technology called Near Field Communication (NFC), which allows customers to make safe and secure purchases with U.S. Bank Go Mobile at thousands of participating retailers that accept Visa payWave.

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In finance, standards can take years to define as working groups from banks, securities firms and depositories meet repeatedly to hash out what needs to be in a message and ways to make it machine-readable so the communication can be handled by computers with straight-through processing (STP) and not require any expensive, time-consuming and error-inducing human intervention.

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Once you establish communication with that person, make yourself available to answer their questions about the industry and be a source for them.

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They enjoyed a greater degree of communication and role-sharing with their spouses, and were more likely to make joint decisions on matters such as birth control and child discipline.

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Therefore, when you practice it daily, make it a discipline, and apply it in every communication encounter, you consistently show key stakeholders that you are equipped with the most sought-after competency in the workplace today.

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