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Anchor Investment Management has opened its new head office at Jardine House on Reid Street.
Anchor, which is also celebrating its tenth anniversary, said it has upgraded its communication and technology infrastructure at the new head office, which o...
DATE: Nov 24, 2006
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) — Insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson launched its first joint venture in China yesterday as it aimed to tap the country’s burgeoning insurance market, sources close to the situation said.The company earlier this year won regul...
DATE: Nov 24, 2006
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PARIS (AP) — Air France-KLM said yesterday that profit rose 26 percent in its latest quarter, but shares of Europe’s biggest airline tumbled after it announced tentative talks on a tie-up with Alitalia.Chief executive Jean-Cyril Spinetta said Air Fra...
DATE: Nov 24, 2006
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OTTAWA (Reuters) — Canada vowed yesterday to eliminate total government net debt in less than a generation, as it speeds up the reduction of the federal debt as a percentage of gross domestic product.In an economic and fiscal update, the minority Con...
DATE: Nov 24, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) — A traditional day of feasting with family could turn into a day of early holiday shopping for some, as retailers offered more options — both online and in stores — than ever this Thanksgiving.For the first time, BJ’s Wholesale Club In...
DATE: Nov 24, 2006
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SEOUL (Reuters) — US buyout fund Lone Star scrapped a $7.3 billion deal to sell Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) because of an escalating legal battle, denting foreign investor confidence in South Korea.The decision also leaves the buyer, Kookmin Bank, in l...
DATE: Nov 24, 2006
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — The 2006 hurricane season is ending on November 30 with US homeowners and insurers unscathed, but forecasters warn that the years ahead will not be so calm.While the first predictions for 2007 are due in early December, Risk Mana...
DATE: Nov 23, 2006
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Insurance group BF&M said yesterday its net income for the first nine months of the year dropped 5.4 percent, which the company attributed to start-up expenses for an international unit.
For the nine months to September 30, net income was $14.8 milli...
DATE: Nov 23, 2006
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Insurance group BF&M said yesterday its net income for the first nine months of the year dropped 5.4 percent, which the company attributed to start-up expenses for an international unit.
For the nine months to September 30, net income was $14.8 milli...
DATE: Nov 23, 2006
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — AM Best Co., an insurance company rating agency, placed its ratings of HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. and its affiliates under review yesterday with negative implications, meaning they could be downgraded.A.M. Best cited HCC’s annou...
DATE: Nov 23, 2006
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