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Commercial insurance rates are set to climb by late next year, heralding that start of a longer-than-average hard market, according to insurance industry experts Advisen.
That analysis, published in an Advisen report entitled 'The Hard Market is Comi...
DATE: Dec 31, 2008
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) - Canadian stocks rose for a second day, helping the main index rise to the highest in a month, after the US provided $6 billion to General Motors Corp.'s (GM) finance unit, increasing efforts to keep the carmaker solvent.
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DATE: Dec 31, 2008
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britons injected more equity into the housing market in the third quarter of this year than at any time since records began in 1970, Bank of England figures showed yesterday.
The figures highlight the extent to which credit is bein...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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Here's what we already know we can expect in 2009: Chintzy raises, more lay-offs, a weak economy — and a new president with a stimulus package in his back pocket.
What we don't know is how it will all play out, and what kinds of investment bets to ma...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings Inc, Aioi Insurance Co and Nissay Dowa General Insurance Co are in merger talks, a company source said, aiming to survive an economic downturn that has battered demand for car and hou...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) - Canadian stocks rose the most in three weeks, led by commodity producers, as prices of bullion and crude oil increased on escalating tensions in the Middle East and the declining US dollar.
Barrick Gold Corp. climbed 10 percent,...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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Age: 28
Role: Associate, Conyers Dill & Pearman
What is your job? I am an associate at Conyers Dill & Pearman in their corporate department. I do a variety of work, primarily general corporate and insurance.
What is the favourite part of your job? Th...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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Matching people with jobs is not an easy thing to do. Britt Reiss enjoys the challenge of the role so much that she's been doing it for 16 years. The president of The James Partnership spoke with The Royal Gazette's Alex Wright about her life in the ...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Todd Pierce recently put his job on the line.
To meet the computing needs of 16,300 employees and contractors at Genentech Inc., Pierce took a chance and decided not to rely entirely on business software from Microsoft, IBM or an...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) — The collapse of a major joint venture between Dow Chemical and a state-owned Kuwaiti company raised questions yesterday about Dow's continued willingness to pay $15.3 billion for Rohm & Haas Co.
The shares of both US companies plunged...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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