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TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) — Allstate Corp.'s subsidiaries can resume selling new car insurance and other policies in Florida after the insurer turned over documents showing how it sets homeowners rates, the state said on Friday.
Insurance Commissione...
DATE: May 19, 2008
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" dethroned "Iron Man" as ruler at the box office, pulling down $56.6 million, according to studio estimates yesterday.
The Walt Disney Co.'s action sequel took in less domestically in its o...
DATE: May 19, 2008
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BEIJING (Bloomberg) — China's deadliest earthquake in 32 years has caused "severe" damage to agricultural production in the nation's third-most populous province of Sichuan, the Ministry of Agriculture said.
The 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck M...
DATE: May 19, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel knows how to deliver an industry joke with some sting, as he proved to advertisers getting a first look at ABC's fall schedule last week.
"Here at ABC we are very excited about both of our new shows," Kimmel said to knowi...
DATE: May 19, 2008
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A New York hedge fund manager intends to create a $145 million "ultra-luxury resort" on the site of the old Lantana cottage colony.
Lawrence Doyle said he had bought out the previous owners of the 9.6-acre Somerset site, Lantana Resort Ltd. and Great...
DATE: May 19, 2008
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SANTIAGO (Bloomberg) — The volcano that has erupted in southern Chile for the first time in 9,000 years is causing a special problem for North Face Inc. founder Douglas Tompkins and his wife Kristine. They own it.
The Chaiten volcano sits on the sout...
DATE: May 19, 2008
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc., the world's biggest insurer by assets, may have credit ratings cut at some of its units, Moody's Investors Service said.
The third-highest insurance financial strength rating of Aa2 may be cut...
DATE: May 19, 2008
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BEIJING (Bloomberg) — The most powerful earthquake in China since 1950 shows the nation's insurance industry is decades behind those of the world's other biggest economies.
Just five percent of the more than $20 billion of damage from the quake in Si...
DATE: May 19, 2008
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Bermuda Commercial Bank saw the biggest fall on the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) in a week in which the Index fell below the 5,000 mark.
The BCB fell $1 (10 percent) to close the week on $9, on the trading of 5,000 shares. Butterfield B...
DATE: May 19, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financial firms that had hoped to swallow their sub-prime mortgage pain and move on are finding the hangover is lasting longer than expected.
Bonds of banks and insurers that have been crushed as their sub-prime losses surged sti...
DATE: May 19, 2008
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