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This year the annual Black Investor Survey conducted by Ariel Investments and Charles Schwab didn't get much attention.
When the market is at historic lows, it's hard to get publicity for wagging your finger at African-Americans for not investing in ...
DATE: Nov 01, 2008
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The one thing that stands out clearly from the 'new new experience' in this our latest volatile market cycle is, that during market ascendance, it appears to be so easy to make money. It is so easy to be right. It is so easy that everyone thinks that...
DATE: Nov 01, 2008
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Q. I am happy with my shares of General Mills Inc. but wonder how long they can continue to do so well. — LJ, via the Internet
A. With the stock market trying to be logical these days, nothing is more logical than food.
The giant US packaged-food fir...
DATE: Nov 01, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The worsening US economy is leading more Americans to curtail saving for retirement, a new TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. study said.
The economy was cited by 50 percent of those who said they had stopped or reduced contributions ...
DATE: Nov 01, 2008
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has affirmed its BBB- counterparty credit ratings on Bermuda-based insurer Max Capital Group Ltd. and Max USA Holdings Ltd. The outlook on both companies remains positive.
"The counterparty credit rating on Max Cap...
DATE: Oct 31, 2008
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Watlington Waterworks shares gained 5.9 percent yesterday in trading on the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange.
The company's shares closed at $11.65 — up $0.65 — after 804 changed hands.
Argus shares also rose slightly — $0.10 or 0.9 percent — aft...
DATE: Oct 31, 2008
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Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Ltd. has appointed John Telenko as vice-president of health care.
Mr. Telenko, who will be based in Bermuda, will be charged with developing the company's portfolio of North American hospitals, health care orga...
DATE: Oct 31, 2008
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Bermuda-based Signet Jewelers Ltd., the world's largest specialty retail jeweller, yesterday announced the appointment of three independent directors.
Thomas Plaskett, since 1991, has been chairman of Fox Run Capital Associates, a private consulting ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2008
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Life reinsurer Scottish Re Group Ltd. announced yesterday that it intends to voluntarily withdraw its common stock from listing on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) on Monday of next week "in keeping with the company's present objectives". The company...
DATE: Oct 31, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., the insurer that got an investment from Germany's Allianz SE this month, reported its first unprofitable quarter in five years as it wrote down the value of stakes in financial firms.
The...
DATE: Oct 31, 2008
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