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XL executives remain on alert to any further deterioration within the US subprime mortgage sector, but for now are confident the company's $1.2 billion of exposure remains a sturdy segment of its multi-billion business.
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DATE: Jul 27, 2007
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ATLANTA (Bloomberg) Midwest Air Group Inc., a regional carrier fighting a takeover by AirTran Holdings Inc., said second-quarter profit fell 45 percent on fare competition and legal expenses. The shares dropped as much as 9.3 percent.
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DATE: Jul 27, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) Wall Street suffered one of its worst losses of 2007 yesterday, leading a global stock market plunge as investors succumbed to months of worry about the mortgage and corporate lending markets. The Dow Jones industrials closed down more ...
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LONDON (Reuters) ¿ Near record oil prices are expected to keep most investors keen, even though one of the Dutch pension funds that helped to lead an inrush of financial players is reviewing its exposure.
ABP, one of the world's largest pension funds...
DATE: Jul 27, 2007
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Emily Epstein has travelled the world teaching conflict management ¿ and one of her favourite places is Bermuda.
Ms Epstein, who is currently working alongside co-founder and president of Insight Partners, David Seibel, teaching students at the Bermu...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A new wave of investors is scooping up stakes in films from private equity and hedge funds that have poured $10 billion into Hollywood but are losing patience with long wait for profits, industry watchers say.
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DATE: Jul 27, 2007
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Two teenagers are about to embark on university and college education courses in North America with the help of an equal share in a $15,000 scholarship from the HWP Group.
Elkeisha Caisey and Cyniqua Anderson, both 18, have been given the perfect sta...
DATE: Jul 27, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) Exxon Mobil Corp. and Europe's Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Eni SpA and Repsol YPF SA posted declines in second-quarter output, the latest failures by major oil producers to boost crude and natural-gas supplies.
All but Shell, which wa...
DATE: Jul 27, 2007
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IPC Re expects to be hit by a further $60 million of losses as a result of the latest UK flooding events, which occurred last weekend in central and southern parts of England. That figure matches exposed losses the company estimates from flooding of ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2007
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Transport co-ordinator Larry Jacobs believes the imminent major cutback in the number of cruise ships docking in Hamilton may have a positive impact on business in the capital.
Cruise visitors who arrive at Dockyard and take a ferry to Hamilton were ...
DATE: Jul 26, 2007
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