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The world is hurtling head-long towards an energy crisis so severe that major economies will be under threat of collapse and the resulting tensions could spark a global war in the next decade.
The graphic warning comes from Matthew Simmons, a self-ta...
DATE: Nov 08, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street suffered its second big drop in a week yesterday, with investors worried about spreading fallout from the credit crisis at banks and about a dollar that just keeps getting weaker. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more...
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Bermuda-based CastlePoint Holdings saw its profits almost double in the third quarter 2007, based on higher net premiums written and strong product demand.
The company, whose subsidiaries CastlePoint Reinsurance and CastlePoint Management provide rei...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index tumbled more than 250 points yesterday as financial and raw material shares in particular were stung by resurgent fears over the health of the US economy.
Banks and other financial services ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2007
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BELCO Holdings Ltd. illuminated the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
The utilities company boosted its share price by 50 cents (2.4 percent) to close at $21.50, with 224 shares traded.
But, Butterfield Bank's share value dr...
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Mr. Shettle has also worked for the giant Swiss Re group.
"John is a highly-regarded financial services executive with over 25 years of insurance experience, and we are delighted to be working with him," said Donald Marron, chairman and CEO of Lighty...
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CRM Holding, a product and service provider for the workers' compensation insurance industry, more than doubled its profits for the third quarter from $3.3 million in 2006 to $7.2 million this year, largely due to expanding its portfolio of business....
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - American International Group, the world's largest insurer, said third-quarter profit fell 27 percent as the housing recession contributed to losses in its mortgage guarantee and credit protection businesses.
Net income fell to ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2007
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Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. saw a steady increase in third quarter profits of almost $45 million from last year due to the success of its US business margins holding.
The Bermuda-based international underwriter of specialty insurance and r...
DATE: Nov 07, 2007
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NEW YORK — It's getting lonelier at the top for black CEOs.
Only four blacks will be left running Fortune 500 companies after Stan O'Neal's abrupt retirement from the top spot at Merrill Lynch & Co. last week and Time Warner Inc. Dick Parsons' announ...
DATE: Nov 07, 2007
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