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Silicon Valley Loses Grip On Tech Firms

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And just weeks earlier, Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced it was moving its headquarters to Houston, Texas from Silicon Valley. Among the reasons for corporate relocations cited by the WSJ and San Jose Mercury News in articles about the moves are cost-of-living disparities and differences in personal income taxes.

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Remote Tech Employees Face Pay Cuts In San Fran

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“In an era where companies rain free food, massages and yoga studios on their software engineers, the cold rationality of geography-based pay risks alienating employees used to being courted,” the WSJ article states. Houston is third, at $145,807. The top federal pay location is San Francisco. Los Angeles and Washington D.C.-Baltimore

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Easy Ways BSA Officers Can Get Their Required Training

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Due to the heightened knowledge and expertise required for BSA officers, their training requires resources beyond reading periodicals and online articles and/or completing general staff training,” the Minneapolis Fed’s newsletter said. One option that makes it easy for BSA officers to complete required training is to attend regional meetings.

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Credit unions continue to see growth in auto lending

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In a recent article from Credit Union Times , 71 million consumers had an auto loan in the first quarter of 2015, the most since the recession and an increase of 1.2 Regionally, Southern credit unions continue to dominate in total new vehicle loans, with more than $39 billion reported for the period ending December 31st.

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