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Two leading reinsurance company chief executives from Bermuda are due to speak at the UBS Global Financial Services Conference in New York.
PartnerRe CEO Patrick Thiele, is scheduled to present at the conference at the Pierre Hotel this morning, foll...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A federal judge on Friday denied State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.'s request for a new trial in a Hurricane Katrina case that could cost the company more than $1.2 million.Judge L.T. Senter Jr. saw no reason to grant a new tr...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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BOSTON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Tyco International Ltd. threatened to take away the right of bondholders to approve its break-up plan after more than two-thirds of its debt investors refused to tender their securities because they say the offer is...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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The path to Omaha is not a straight line, but if you can get there, they say that the result is worth it. Earlier this spring, we made careful plans to attend the annual meeting of the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc in Omaha, Nebraska, the ge...
DATE: May 12, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street resumed its advance as investors interpreted a government report of milder inflation as a signal that the Federal Reserve might consider cutting interest rates later this year. The Dow Jones industrial average soared more ...
DATE: May 12, 2007
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Last week's column on boom and bust produced a single e-mail, from Bob Stewart. You have to love this guy. He doesn't just think differently from most people; he's loud and proud, as they say. Here's what he wrote:"I thought I might point out that I ...
DATE: May 12, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index closed above the 14,000 mark for the first time Friday, boosted by tame US inflation data and strength in commodity prices.The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 150.69 points, or 1.1 percent...
DATE: May 12, 2007
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The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange slipped 12.99 points (0.25 percent) to end at 5,141.62.
The only shares that improved in price were those of Bermuda Commercial Bank, which announced it is in the final stages of talks with a buyer. The BCB ...
DATE: May 12, 2007
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WE may have life and liberty. But the pursuit of happiness isn't going so well.As a country, we are richer than ever. Yet surveys show that Americans are no happier than they were 30 years ago. The key problem: We aren't very good at figuring out wha...
DATE: May 12, 2007
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LONDON (AP) — Britain's business sector is awaiting the crowning of Gordon Brown as the country's new prime minister with some trepidation — much of the Treasury chief's manifesto remains a mystery but his "big bang" entry into his current position h...
DATE: May 11, 2007
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