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Want to predict if 2007 is going to be a bad one for hurricanes? You might as well toss a coin.
It probably wasn’t the message staff of Validus Re and invited guests were hoping for as they listened to Dr. Kerry Emanuel, a leading voice in the scienc...
DATE: Jan 30, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices fell by more than a dollar to $54 a barrel Monday, after a rally lost steam and traders took profits, brushing off worries about OPEC reducing production further.
Prices had rallied above $55 a barrel last week, largely due...
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NEW YORK (AP) — “Wow” hasn’t tended to be a big part of Bill Gates’ vocabulary, but to hear him speak in the hours before Microsoft Corp.’s planned launch of the long-awaited Vista operating system, you’d never know it.“This ‘Wow’ thing is a great wa...
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Concern that lengthening delays in the planning process and issuing of building permits are now impacting the Island’s construction sector needs to be addressed urgently with an overhaul of bureaucratic procedures, according to Shadow Environment Min...
DATE: Jan 30, 2007
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Bermuda’s Everest Re Group Ltd. last night announced record 12-month net income of $840.8 million for 2006 — a billion-dollar improvement from the hurricane-induced losses of the previous year.
Everest was the first of Bermuda’s major reinsurers to p...
DATE: Jan 30, 2007
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Bermuda-based XL Capital Ltd. has said it will pay a quarterly dividend of 38 cents per share.
The dividend will be distributed on March 30 to shareholders of record on March 15.
XL will also pay a dividend of 50 cents per share on April 2 to its Ser...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — The dollar hit a four-year high against the yen yesterday as expectations of strong US economic data this week supported the view that the Federal Reserve may not have to cut interest rates in the near future.But the US currency ...
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TORONTO (Reuters) — Toronto stocks ended lower yesterday as energy issues fell with oil prices, and financial shares weakened, but the announcement of a merger of timber producers Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and Bowater Inc. gave the market some buoyan...
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Bermuda-based global property and casualty insurance and reinsurance company Endurance Specialty Holdings? UK subsidiary is reaching out beyond the confines of London to create a relationship network with brokers who work in the various regions of th...
DATE: Jan 30, 2007
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