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Total latest to make a play for US natural gas
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The race for the country's natural gas riches grew more crowded Monday with the announcement that France's Total SA would spe...
DATE: Jan 05, 2010
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MIAMI (Reuters) – A US judge yesterday upheld the prison sentence of a key informant in the tax fraud case against Swiss bank UBS AG and ordered him to start serving his 40-month term as scheduled this Friday.
The ruling by Fort Lauderdale Federal Ju...
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LONDON (Reuters) – The head of Britain's business regulator has hit out at Ryanair, saying in a newspaper interview it may act over the way the budget Irish airline almost taunts passengers with its payment system.
John Fingleton, chief executive of ...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) – Global reinsurance prices dropped six percent for policies renewed on January 1 after catastrophe damage fell and capital markets improved, Marsh & McLennan Cos. said.
"The overall level of catastrophe losses activity in the wo...
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NEW YORK, Jan 04, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Reinsurance rates across most lines of property catastrophe business declined at the January 1, 2010 renewal, according to a briefing released today by Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC. The report, Rates Retreat ...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - XL Capital Ltd., the Bermuda-based insurer, led the Standard & Poor's 500 Index this year with an almost fivefold advance as CEO Michael McGavick's cost-saving and asset moves led to a profit return.
XL climbed $14.71 to $18.41...
DATE: Jan 04, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Citigroup Inc. and Marshall & Ilsley Corp. were among the worst performing stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index this year, dragged down by souring commercial and residential property loans that may extend declines into 201...
DATE: Jan 04, 2010
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The last week of 2009 proved to be a busy one, with eight companies trading 22,912 shares worth BD$144,135.10 and 1,710 shares worth US$20,745 on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX).
The Index, as a whole, fell 22.21 points (1.07 percent) to 2,072.41, ...
DATE: Jan 04, 2010
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) - American International Group Inc. (AIG) has lost a top executive due to the government's limits on executive pay.
AIG said on Wednesday that vice-chairman and general counsel Anastasia Kelly has resigned, effective i...
DATE: Jan 04, 2010
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Bermuda Press (Holdings) Ltd.'s Board of Directors has appointed Jonathan Howes as its new CEO, effective from this year.
In the newly-created position, Mr. Howes, who was formerly the Group accountant, will oversee the operations of the company, inc...
DATE: Jan 04, 2010
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