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David Bell has been appointed chief operating officer of Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Ltd.
Mr. Bell, who will handle the company's global day-to-day operating activities, was one of several executive-level appointments announced by the com...
DATE: Oct 23, 2009
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Federal Reserve issued bank pay guidelines yesterday to curb the type of excessive risk-taking it said contributed to the crisis that nearly collapsed the financial system last year.
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DATE: Oct 23, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) - Investors encouraged by a good batch of earnings reports and forecasts jumped back into stocks after a two-day slide.
Stocks posted big gains yesterday after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it expects sales to grow this year and increase at...
DATE: Oct 23, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - AIG chief executive Robert Benmosche has moved to assure employees that recently appointed US pay czar Kenneth Feinberg will not attempt to claw back compensation.
"It is important that all of you know that the Special Master's j...
DATE: Oct 23, 2009
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Signs of recovery are popping up in many corners of the US economic landscape, but if you're the boss of a major airline, you're still reaching for that rainbow.
Quarterly results from Delta Air Lines and US Airways Group yesterda...
DATE: Oct 23, 2009
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LONDON - Britain's top share index closed one percent down, coming off earlier lows, as weaker crude and metals weighed on energy stocks and miners. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,207.36 points, down 50.49 or 0.96 percent.
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DATE: Oct 23, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial watchdog will take unspecified action against banks that channel profits into bonuses rather than build up capital, it said yesterday.
Banks will be required to update the Financial Services Authority in coming ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2009
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The Fairmont Hamilton Princess has branched off into the world of art with the opening of a new gallery and an inaugural show today.
The Windjammer II, which will display and sell original works by artists from across Bermuda, will be run by the team...
DATE: Oct 23, 2009
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Internet power player Google plans to launch a music search service.
According to people familiar with the matter, Google Inc. next week will launch music search pages that will package images of musicians and bands, album artwork,...
DATE: Oct 23, 2009
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A event-tracking application for young people, a game based on the morning greetings of Johnny Barnes and a tool for booking a restaurant were the winning entries in competition to design new applications for BlackBerry smartphones.
The Ministry of E...
DATE: Oct 22, 2009
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