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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group's Christopher Swift is departing the bailed-out insurer to take the top finance job at Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., another company that got government funds.
Swift is the former vice cha...
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LONDON (AP) — Royal Bank of Scotland PLC said yesterday that its joint-venture commodities unit RBS Sempra Commodities has sold its metals, oil and European energy businesses to investment bank J.P. Morgan for $1.7 billion.
RBS, which is 84 percent o...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Signs that the economy is indeed strengthening gave investors a surge of optimism and sent stocks sharply higher.
The Dow Jones industrials soared almost 170 points yesterday on upbeat earnings reports and corporate deals. Investors w...
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Whether you're old or young, expert or just a normal user, you too can be a Broadband buddy to someone in the neighbourhood.
Launched by BBC Two's Working Lunch business programme, the Broadband Buddy Challenge dares you to be simple with someone you...
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Bermuda-based insurer Ironshore Inc. announced that Jordan Gantz has been appointed senior vice-president and chief underwriting officer of the US Specialty Casualty unit.
Mr. Gantz is currently the senior vice-president at Ironshore Risk Agency, res...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays Plc beat forecasts with a near doubling of profits in 2009 to £11.6 billion ($18.20 billion), cheering investors with an improved balance sheet and boosting shares across the sector.
Shares in the bank, the first UK lender...
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Watlington Waterworks Ltd. rose 26.81 percent ($2.95) to $13.95 on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
The utilities company traded 1,000 shares during the day.
The Ascendant Group Ltd., however, fell 10.86 percent ($1.95) to $16, as 600 shar...
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Sedgwick Chudleigh has announced it is set to move offices to the historic EW Pearman Building at 20 Brunswick St. in Hamilton next month.
Built in 1816 by famous Bermuda silversmith George Hutchings, the building was converted into office space in 1...
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Net income: $71.5 million compared to a loss of $75.6 million in 2008
Gross premiums written: $123.7 million compared to $95.2 million in 2008
Combined ratio: 73.3 percent compared to 75.9 percent in 2008
DATE: Feb 17, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg) - The pace and size of acquisitions in the technology industry will return to "robust" levels this year after the value of deals dropped by more than 50 percent in 2009, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
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