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Max Re will cut its investments in hedge funds after it took a $31 million investment loss in the third quarter.
The investment loss cut into a strong underwriting result for the company, which last month said it would restate five years of earnings ...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) ?Federal prosecutors in New York yesterday added a new charge to a pending criminal indictment against former Refco Inc. chief executive officer Phillip Bennett, accusing him of lying to the company?s auditors.
Bennett already fa...
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Hannover Re is not bidding for troubled Bermuda reinsurer Scottish Re ?for the time being?, Germany?s third largest reinsurer said yesterday.
During a conference call with analysts after releasing its results, Hannover Re chief financial officer Elke...
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Bermuda-based TBS Shipping Ltd. has taken delivery of the M.V. Seminole Princess (ex M.V. Clipper Flamingo), bringing the company's fleet to 32 ships.
The 29,516 deadweight ton ship was built in 1997 at the Dalian Shipyard.
TBS said expects to take d...
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Max Re will cut its investments in hedge funds after it took a $31 million investment loss in the third quarter.
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You would think that Mark Glackin didn’t like PowerPoint at all. Ask the advertising vice president his thoughts about Microsoft’s tool, which he’s used to spruce up his presentations for the past 12 years, and you get an impassioned, 1,200-word scre...
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I keep hearing about RSS feeds on Web sites. What are they and how can I use them?
RSS feeds are a very simple and convenient way to receive updated items from Web sites that you like, so you don’t have to go trolling around to each site to see what’...
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) — Homeowners in hurricane-weary Florida should be able to get bare-bones property insurance, coverage for only part of their home’s value or even a policy that doesn’t cover hurricane damage, according to draft recommendatio...
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — The US is risking its economic prosperity by failing to properly measure its successes, in areas from grade-school testing to the balance of foreign trade, a corporate advocacy group warned.The Council on Competitiveness, iss...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? The incoming chairman of a key US Senate committee said yesterday he wants to take early action on a permanent solution to insuring terrorism risks rather than another temporary fix.
Connecticut Democrat Sen. Chris Dodd, who is...
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