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LONDON - Britain's top shares closed lower, with Barclays leading banking shares lower after it posted first-half numbers, and as investor sentiment was dampened by downbeat US weekly jobless claims data. The FTSE 100 closed down 20.38 points, or 0.3...

WRAPUP 2-European insurers spring back to life ZFS, Aviva, Delta Lloyd, Generali life sales up Aviva shares up 6 percent, outperforming flat index Life sales following more positive trend - analyst (Adds Generali results, analyst's comment, updates s...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Air Canada and WestJet reported stronger quarterly operating results yesterday, as Canada's two biggest airlines benefited from more traffic, especially on international flights. Air Canada, the country's No. 1 airline, posted a q...

LONDON (AP) — British bank Barclays PLC said yesterday that its net profit rose by 29 percent in the first half to 2.4 billion pounds ($3.9 billion) as investment banking gains tripled and provisions for bad loans fell by a third. Revenue was up eigh...

LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England said yesterday it is keeping its base rate at an all-time low of 0.5 percent amid fears that Britain's economic recovery may falter in coming months. The bank's Monetary Policy Committee said it was extending the rat...

First-half pre-tax profit: $98.6 million cmpared to $148.2 million. Q2 gross premiums written: $232.1 compared to $241.9 million. Q2 combined ratio: 51.5 percent compared to 35.4 percent in 2009.

LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London insurer Lancashire Holdings beat forecasts with its first-half pretax profit as it escaped a big hit from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, while rates for energy-sector insurance rose. A record number of catastrophes...

Entrepreneurs will be shown how to identify new business opportunities at the Bermuda Small Business Development Corporation's latest breakfast seminar held this month. The event, which will be hosted at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess on Wednesday Au...

XL Group plc has no plans to relocate senior executives from Bermuda to Ireland, following the move of the company's holding company to Dublin. The global business insurer's chief executive officer Mike McGavick told The Royal Gazette that there was...

NEW YORK (AP) - Reassuring signs on employment and growth in the service industry got the stock market back on an upward trajectory yesterday. Major indexes rose moderately after reports showed private sector hiring and services activity both grew mo...