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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Developer Erik Robbins got an unexpected discount when he recently renewed a property insurance policy on a “green” office building he owns in San Francisco.Robbins got a discount of about $1,500 on his $40,000 premium for a ware...
DATE: Mar 26, 2007
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New York law firm Milberg Weiss & Bershad is investigating possible illegal conduct in proposed class action lawsuits filed by certain other law firms on behalf of investors in Bermuda-registered Quanta Capital Holdings.
Since last summer Quanta’s no...
DATE: Mar 26, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) — The seesaw volatility that has become the trademark of the Toronto Stock Exchange this year has market watchers worried that it could foreshadow a market downturn.Observers warned of choppy trading at the start of 2007, but three ...
DATE: Mar 26, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The US dollar gained versus the euro last week, rebounding from a two-year low, as signs of a recovering housing market reduced speculation the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates.The US currency touched its lowest since Ma...
DATE: Mar 26, 2007
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Gosling’s Family Reserve Old Rum has been awarded a double gold at the 7th Annual San Francisco Spirits Competition, which ranks it as one of the best rums in the world.
The double gold was awarded by a unanimous decision of an expert panel of judges...
DATE: Mar 26, 2007
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Aspen Insurance Holdings’ own catastrophe risk management tool, known as “CATman,” has been judged the best use of information technology in insurance.
That is the opinion of Financial Sector Technology Magazine which has given its 2007 award for the...
DATE: Mar 26, 2007
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CastlePoint Holdings became the first of Bermuda's "Class of 2005" reinsurance companies to go public when it released shares on the Nasdaq stock exchange on Friday and showed an immediate result for investors as the shares jumped in value by 11.38 p...
DATE: Mar 26, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — An initial public offering by Blackstone Group LP could allow insurer American International Group Inc. to make nearly a 20 times return on its stake in the investment banker.Blackstone, best known for taking public companies pri...
DATE: Mar 26, 2007
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The Royal Gazette Bermuda Stock Exchange Index rose 82.5 points or 1.32 percent last week, after stocks jumped more than 100 points on Tuesday in an otherwise quiet week.
Tuesday's 108.3 point surge was driven by KeyTech, whose shares rocketed just o...
DATE: Mar 26, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rose modestly securing the Dow Jones industrials’ best week in four years after a surprise jump in home sales eased concern that frailty in the housing market will hurt economic growth.Existing home sales rose by the bigge...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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