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HWP Group and Age Concern have joined forces to set up a new partnership providing seniors with discounts on buying a new vehicle and maintenance.
HWP signed the agreement to become Age Concern's latest LINK partner, which will provide seniors with p...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc said yesterday it expects to recognise a loss of about $1.4 billion on the sale of Nan Shan Life Insurance Co, its life insurance unit in Taiwan.
AIG agreed on Tuesday to sell the unit to two litt...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly all US working women believe that their professional appearance is crucial to success at work, and one in five female executives say they have withheld a promotion or a raise due to the way an employee dresses, according t...
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Enstar Group Ltd. yesterday announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Marlon Insurance Company Ltd., completed the previously announced acquisition of Copenhagen Reinsurance Company Ltd. from Alm. Brand Forsikring A/S for a purchase price of DKK149...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s third-quarter earnings more than tripled from the depths of the financial crisis as income from the company's trading operations offset a drop in its investment banking business.
Goldman's stock fell 2.5 per...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Older people who hold temporary or part-time jobs after retirement enjoy better physical and mental health than those who stop working entirely, according to a US study released this week. Those who continue to work in their orig...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index fell moderately yesterday on lower gold prices and disappointing US earnings news, but advances in the oil and gas group limited the decline.
Gold-mining shares were among the hardest hit. Barrick Gold l...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — US regulators should consider breaking up large financial institutions considered "too big to fail", former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said.
Those banks have an implicit subsidy allowing them to borrow at lower cos...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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Butterfield Bank's preference shares rose $35 (2.91 percent) on The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) yesterday.
A total of 352 shares were traded, closing on $235.
The bank also saw 300 common shares change hands, but their share price held firm at $4.85...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bruce Wasserstein, whose more than 30 years of deal-making earned him wealth, the envy of his peers and ultimately the top job at Lazard Ltd., has died. He was 61.
Lazard spokeswoman Monica Orbe confirmed his death. He was hosp...
DATE: Oct 16, 2009
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