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NEW YORK (AP) - Even as Apple's iPad will likely energise electronic reading, the new device is undermining a painstakingly constructed effort by the publishing industry to make it possible to move e-books between different electronic readers.
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Bermuda-based Torus Insurance has appointed Carl Groth as group chief risk officer with immediate effect.
Based in New Jersey and reporting to chief executive Clive Tobin, Mr. Groth will drive the development of a comprehensive and integrated enterpr...
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Ace Arabia Co-operative Insurance Company (AACIC) has announced that it has now received product approvals from the Saudi Arabia Monetary Authority for the majority of the product lines it wishes to provide.
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A Bermuda insurance industry representative yesterday said the Obama administration's budget plans to increase taxes on some forms of reinsurance highlighted "a failure to understand insurance risk management".
Bradley Kading, president of the Associ...
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I enjoyed Roger Crombie's column last week in this newspaper on banning drivers from using their cells phones while on the road. He noted that research shows that use of such devices while driving increases by a multiple of 23 the likelihood of an ac...
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss private bankers say attacks on the country's treasured bank secrecy law turned 2009 into an "annus horribilis".
A fresh German offensive against tax cheats does not make 2010 look any better for the key guardians of Switzerla...
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new york (Bloomberg) — David Slaine, identified in court papers as a former Galleon Group LLC trader, was accused in a US Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit of improperly trading on tips from a UBS Securities LLC executive.
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LONDON (AP) — The union representing the cabin crew staff of British Airways PLC took the airline back to court yesterday in a bid to overturn changes to their pay and working conditions that sparked an acrimonious dispute.
The Unite union is seeking...
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LONDON (AP) — BP PLC, Europe's second-largest oil company, yesterday reported a net profit of $4.3 billion for the fourth quarter, up from a year-ago loss but short of analysts' estimates, due to weak earnings on refining.
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UPDATE 1-Madoff UK unit escapes British fraud charges
(Adds SFO comments, background)
LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirmed on Tuesday it will not pursue charges against the UK arm of Bernard Madoff's investment fir...
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