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A post-9/11 public-private insurance scheme offering coverage for US locations deemed most at risk of an international terrorism attack should be continued beyond its projected December 2007 cut-off point.
That’s the view of Evan Greenberg, president...
DATE: Feb 16, 2007
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A husband and wife who sued Allstate Indemnity Co. over Hurricane Katrina damages abruptly dropped their lawsuit that had claimed the insurance company underpaid them and acted in bad faith in handling their claims.It was the first...
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BOSTON (Bloomberg) — Home prices fell in half of US cities in the fourth quarter as a housing slump forced sellers to accept lower prices for their real estate, the National Association of Realtors said.The median price for a single-family home fell ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft Corp. chief executive Steve Ballmer said yesterday that Wall Street’s current expectations for revenue from its newest operating system may be too “optimistic.”“I’m really excited about how enthusiastic people are about Vist...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street extended its February rally, growing confident that interest rates will hold steady even as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke tempered his forecast of slowly cooling growth and inflation with a reminder that price pres...
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NEW YORK (AP) — As kids keep getting plugged into the internet, toy makers are following them online.At the annual American International Toy Fair this week, toy makers showed playthings like Power Rangers helmets which store secret missions found on...
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Confidence among US homebuilders unexpectedly rose this month to the highest since June, an industry survey showed yesterday, a sign the housing market may begin to recover this year.The National Association of Home Builders/...
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LONDON (AP) — Diageo PLC, the world’s largest producer and distributor of alcoholic drinks, reported a 23-percent drop in first-half profit on yesterday, but raised its full-year guidance for profit growth from existing operations.The London-based co...
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said the US housing slowdown may be coming to an end, citing sales of new homes.“I think the worst is behind us,” Greenspan, 80, told a Toronto conference, during a speech broadcast...
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GULFPORT (AP) Mississippi’s largest homeowner insurer said it has had enough of the “untenable” legal and political climate and is suspending writing new homeowners and commercial policies in a state still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina...
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