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MUNICH, May 22 (Bloomberg) — Hannover Re, the world's fourth-biggest reinsurer, had its credit outlook raised to "stable" from "negative" at Standard & Poor's, which cited the company's strong operating performance.Standard & Poor's affirmed its cred...
DATE: May 23, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe's largest bank by market value, plans to sign new joint ventures worldwide to increase insurance profit."We don't want to have one strategic provider," said Clive Bannister, HSBC managing director of ins...
DATE: May 23, 2007
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DALLAS (Bloomberg) — Skybus Airlines Inc. started service yesterday with some tickets as low as $10 for a four-hour flight across the US. The new carrier's goal is to charge even less."We're sort of embarrassed our fares are as high as $10," chief ex...
DATE: May 23, 2007
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EVERETT, Washington (AP) — The forward and centre fuselage sections of Boeing Co.'s first 787 look lonely at one end of the sprawling factory. There are no overhead cranes that lower pieces of the plane into position, no huge fixed tools scattered ac...
DATE: May 23, 2007
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More than 100,000 shares in LOM (Holdings) were traded on the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange, with the index closing 10.39 points (0.20 percent) down at 5,141.35.
The biggest volume of shares that changed hands was 109,000 of LOM stock, which...
DATE: May 23, 2007
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Risk and insurance service firm Marsh has established a Renewable Energy Team.
The team will work closely with the firm's Global Marine and Energy Practice and the Power and Utilities Industry Practice to help clients address and find upside in the w...
DATE: May 23, 2007
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STOCKHOLM (Bloomberg) — Sweden's Financial Supervisory Authority fined eight Swedish insurance brokerages as much as 500,000 kronor ($73,070) after finding some employees hadn't been adequately trained for their job.Companies including Transcom AB an...
DATE: May 23, 2007
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Two months after it averted possible bankruptcy, Bermuda-based Scottish Re has announced two senior executive changes.
The shake-up comes in the wake of a difficult spell for the global reinsurance company, which had faced going into bankruptcy if it...
DATE: May 23, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street reached another milestone during a muted session when the Standard & Poor's 500 index briefly passed its record close of 1,527.46 for the first time in more than seven years.The S&P 500, considered by market professionals ...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese stocks rose Monday after a two-day decline, with buying centred on shipping and steel shares on expectations for solid earnings in the current fiscal year.The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index added 157.29 points, or 0.90 percent...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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