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Bank Systems & Technology June 26, 2006 Maria Bruno-Britz	Lands of Opportunity The international opportunities for U.S. banks with the right IT and know-how can be huge, provided they follow the appropriate strategy.
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Bank Systems & Technology December 15, 2007 Nancy Feig	Mortgage Losses Lead to Bank Layoffs Several banks are planning massive layoffs in the wake of the mortgage crisis, and technology professionals in the lending arena probably will not be spared.
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The Motley Fool February 4, 2009 Morgan Housel	First, Fire All the Bad Bankers One thing that most see eye to eye on is that management of bailed banks should be thrown out. And why not? Most employees can be fired for showing up late, while bank CEOs are still employed after obliterating hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth. It's appalling.
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Fast Company May 2010 D. Heath & C. Heath	Does Top-Notch Employee Talent Transfer to Other Jobs? You should grow your next generation of talent, not recruit it.
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