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SEATTLE (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp., whose Office word- processing, spreadsheet and e-mail programs dominate the market, said it completed a new version of the software and will release it to businesses this month and consumers in January.Office 20...
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TOKYO (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp. posted a better-than-expected 44 percent rise in quarterly operating profit as robust sales, cost cuts and a soft yen offset higher raw materials prices, and it lifted its full-year forecasts.Toyota has grown rapi...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — L. Dennis Kozlowski, the imprisoned former chief executive officer of Tyco International Ltd., is selling his Colorado mountain mansion for $10 million to raise money for fines and restitution, court documents show.An unidentif...
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A Bermuda-based trader agreed to pay $1.6 million for improperly short selling shares of companies before 176 secondary stock offerings, the US Securities and Exchange Commission said.
Bloomberg News reported yesterday that James J. Todd, who managed...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) ? L. Dennis Kozlowski, the imprisoned former chief executive officer of Tyco International Ltd., is selling his Colorado mountain mansion for $10 million to raise money for fines and restitution, court documents show.
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MUNICH (Bloomberg) — Munich Re, the world’s second-largest reinsurer, reported a 45 percent increase in third-quarter profit and raised its full-year earnings forecast as damage claims plunged a year after Hurricane Katrina.Net income climbed to 715 ...
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ZUG, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss reinsurer Converium announced third-quarter net profits of US$54.3 million (euro42.75 million) yesterday, compared with a loss of US$6.9 million in the same period last year.“The results primarily reflect strong current-...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. said yesterday its president and chief executive, embroiled in an expensive UK divorce, intends to sell shares in the Bermuda-based insurer from time to time.Proceeds from John Charman’s stock sales wil...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Marsh & McLennan Cos., the world’s largest insurance broker, said vice chairman John Sinnott will retire at the end of the year after more than 43 years at the company.Sinnott, who was chairman of the company’s Marsh Inc. broke...
DATE: Nov 07, 2006
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Ltd., the UK's biggest customer-owned insurer, said sales rose 21 percent in the third quarter helped by pension products.New business rose to $1.57 billion ($2.98 billion), from $1.29 billio...
DATE: Nov 07, 2006
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