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PARIS (Bloomberg) ? Axa SA, Europe?s second-biggest insurer, had an eight percent increase in third-quarter revenue as it sold more life and savings products in France and the UK and boosted assets under management.
Revenue rose to 17.9 billion euros...
DATE: Nov 09, 2006
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Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd., which placed all but its Lloyd?s of London business into runoff last year, reported a net profit of $3 million in the third quarter of 2006 compared to a loss of $59 million in the same period in 2005.
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LONDON (Bloomberg) ? UK insurer Standard Life Plc said third-quarter sales rose 41 percent, driven by pensions in its home market. The shares fell after the company said it will review provisions for pension-policy cancellations.
New business rose to...
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PARIS (Bloomberg) — Axa SA, Europe’s second-biggest insurer, had an eight percent increase in third-quarter revenue as it sold more life and savings products in France and the UK and boosted assets under management.Revenue rose to 17.9 billion euros ...
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PXRE Group Ltd. yesterday said its net income before paying convertible preferred share dividends was $4.5 million in the third quarter of 2006 compared to a net loss of $317.3 million in the same period in 2005.
PXRE, which ran into financial diffic...
DATE: Nov 09, 2006
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LONDON (Bloomberg) ? Cable & Wireless Plc, the UK?s second-biggest phone company, will probably say today that fiscal first-half profit fell as costs to restructure the company dragged down results and profit margins shrank.
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DATE: Nov 08, 2006
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Bermuda-based corporate finance and consulting firm ISIS Ltd. announced yesterday that it is establishing an Australian subsidiary, ISIS (Asia Pacific) Pty. Ltd., which will be headed up by ISIS chief executive Audette Exel.
ISIS Asia Pacific is in t...
DATE: Nov 08, 2006
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Marks & Spencer Group Plc, the UK’s largest clothing retailer, yesterday reported its highest first-half profit in nine years, sending its shares to a record close.Net income for the six months ended September 30 rose 32 percent ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2006
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DETROIT (Reuters) — General Motors Corp. said yesterday its third-quarter loss was a bit smaller than it had announced due to a late loan sale by its finance arm.The world’s largest automaker, in its quarterly filing with the US Securities and Exchan...
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