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'Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression'. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
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DATE: Oct 01, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New US claims for jobless aid fell last week, while manufacturing in the nation's Midwest region grew faster than expected in September, supporting the view that economic activity picked up a bit in the third quarter.
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DATE: Oct 01, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks ended a month-long rally on a weak note, but still chalked up the best September in 71 years.
Indexes rose sharply at the open yesterday following some better news on the economy, but stumbled at midmorning and stayed lower the...
DATE: Oct 01, 2010
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XL Insurance, the global insurance operations of XL Group plc., has announced changes in its Chicago-based environmental underwriting team with the appointment of Mike LaRocca to central region underwriting manager.
Previously, Mr. LaRocca was XL Ins...
DATE: Oct 01, 2010
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China yesterday warned that a US House of Represenatives bill to penalise it for not letting the yuan rise faster could seriously affect bilateral ties.
In a relatively measured response, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said...
DATE: Oct 01, 2010
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Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Ltd. plans to move its holding company from Bermuda to Switzerland, the nine-year-old company announced last night.
In a statement, Allied said its board of directors had unanimously approved the redomesticatio...
DATE: Oct 01, 2010
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MADRID (Bloomberg) - Spain's top credit rating was cut one level by Moody's Investors Service, which cited a "weak" economic outlook and doubts that the nation will reach deficit- reduction targets.
The ratings company lowered Spain to Aa1 from Aaa w...
DATE: Oct 01, 2010
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Ocean Wilsons Holdings Ltd., in a filing to the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX), has announced that the company's principal operating subsidiary, Wilson Sons Ltd. has signed a $670 million financing agreement.
The financing agreement is between a subsid...
DATE: Oct 01, 2010
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TOKYO (Bloomberg) - Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan's largest brokerage, attracted 5.5 percent of a limit it set for a mutual fund investing in companies that benefit from spending by Chinese tourists.
The fund, which began operations yesterday, gathered...
DATE: Oct 01, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc. (AIG) and the US government laid out a plan for the insurer to repay its $182.3 billion taxpayer bailout, just over two years after it was rescued from the brink of collapse.
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DATE: Oct 01, 2010
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