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Business briefs: USAA bank earns top customer rating
San Antonio-based USAA Federal Savings Bank achieved the top customer satisfaction ranking in the 2006 J.D. Power and Associates study of mortgage service providers.
USAA Federal achieved a satisfaction index score of 897 on a 1,000-point scale, 36 points better than the second-place finisher, BB&T Corp. of North Carolina, and 87 points better than the industry average.
The study measures customer attitudes in four areas — account administration, billing, payments and the process of contacting the mortgage company. The 2006 Primary Mortgage Servicer Study received comments from 12,799 homeowners.
St. Mary's lauded for business school
The Bill Greehey School of Business at St. Mary's University has been rated an outstanding business school by The Princeton Review and will be listed among the best in the nation this fall.
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Emaar Properties acquires UK realtor Hamptons International for AED 563 million
Global real estate major, Emaar Properties (Emaar) has signed a Share Purchase Agreement with Singapore mainboard-listed Wheelock Properties (Singapore) Ltd (Wheelock Properties), a property investor and developer with a focus on luxury residences, to acquire its UK-based subsidiary, Hamptons International (Hamptons) in an all-cash deal worth AED 562.45 million (US$153.05 million / UK Pound Sterling 82 million).
Hamptons, UKs premier realtor and property management consultant, is a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of Wheelock Properties. Hamptons has more than 1,000 staff and sells, lets and manages over 15,000 properties every year. The acquisition covers Hamptons UK offices and its joint venture with CB Richard Ellis Hamptons International in the UK and Hamptons International Oman.