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Bermuda-based AmerInst Insurance Group Ltd. has seen its financial strength rating removed from under review and affirmed a rating of A- (excellent) and an issuer credit rating of "a-" by AM Best Co.
The outlook assigned to both ratings is stable.
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon, whose bank had promised to build a European headquarters in London, told UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling a 50 percent tax on bonuses would unfairly penalise the US lender, a...
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Indebted aluminium giant UC RUSAL has secured a member of the Rothschild family as well as one of southeast Asia's richest men as investors in an IPO that banks say could value the firm at up to $25 billion.
A US hedge fund that ma...
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What could be one of the reactions to the attempted terrorist bombing on a Northwest Airlines on Christmas Day? One reaction could be the banning of the in-flight use of electronic devices on international flights arriving in the US, according to som...
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SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. shares may advance next year after reaching a record yesterday as the maker of the iPhone and Macintosh computer sells more handsets and introduces new products, analysts said.
"Apple remains the best technology...
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LONDON - Britain's top share index gained 0.7 percent, reaching levels not seen since before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, as strength in heavyweight miners countered weakness in banks and oils.
At the close, the FTSE 100 was 35....
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LONDON (Reuters) – Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, said it would freeze value added tax (VAT) on thousands of products in the new year.
The retailer pledged to keep VAT at 15 percent on items including TVs, iPods, toys and bikes, resulting in £12 ...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index fell yesterday, led by a drop in the materials sector as shares of gold miners suffered from a slide in the price of bullion.
Potash Corp of Saskatchewan, the world's biggest producer of the fertiliser i...
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BERLIN (Bloomberg) — German consumer prices posted their highest annual gain in eight months in December after energy costs increased.
The inflation rate, calculated using a harmonised European Union method, rose to 0.8 percent from 0.3 percent in No...
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