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In addition, since Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC acquired Metal Bulletin Plc in October 2006, Ms. Alfano has managed the MARHedge business. As Managing Director, Ms. Alfano oversees more than 90 employees in New York, London, and Hong Kong with responsibility for every aspect of the business, including sales and editorial content as well as the marketing, client services, and logistics functions. Since 1987, she has supervised new product development for the division, which conducts business in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East with annual revenues of more than $40 million. Her division is the largest and most profitable business group within Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. Prior to joining Institutional Investor in 1984, Ms. Alfano was a Sales Account Executive with the Burroughs Corporation from 1979 to 1983.
Mystery as humps get bumped off
Two years ago, the council announced more than 100 speed bumps across Edinburgh would be ripped up following a deluge of complaints about the effect they were having on cars. One in Valleyfield Street at Tollcross was also removed after residents complained that the noise of cars scraping over the hump was keeping them awake at night. .
Moving lots of money fast is Job. 1 for MasterCard exec
Entering MasterCard's campus in the newly built-up area in St. Charles County east of Highway 40 (Interstate 64) is more complicated than clearing security at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport or entering secured government offices. Guards require a visitor to drive over spikes that can rise up and puncture the rear tires if the driver suddenly hits reverse. Walking into the large reception hall means having futuristic sliding glass walls do a dance as they dip and move out of the way to allow a visitor to pass through. The Pentagon could hardly be more secure, but that is understandable, since MasterCard processes purchases in 210 countries. Roy Dunbar's office, on the other hand, is a simple room. Behind his modest desk were stacks of documents. We talked at a small conference table nearby.
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