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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's largest book retailer Barnes & Noble posted a nine percent rise in quarterly profit on yesterday, helped by higher sales of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the final book in the popular series.
The company als...
DATE: Aug 24, 2007
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Assured Guaranty's president and chief executive officer Dominic Frederico, and chief financial officer Robert Mills are scheduled to present at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2007 Insurance Conference in New York on September 5.
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DATE: Aug 24, 2007
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Following yesterday's article about General Electric's new CFL light bulb we have been asked to point out that Danny Ramirez, not Martinez, is pictured and that CFLs save people 65 to 75 percent off their energy bills, not consumers are spending, on ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2007
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The subprime mortgage crisis could trigger more claims on Directors and Officers policies, according to one of the world's largest insurance brokers.
D&O policies protect executives and members of a company's board from liability in the event of a la...
DATE: Aug 23, 2007
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Bermuda's six-year work permit term policy can be altered if it starts to cause a problem for domestic and international companies, but there is no evidence at present that it needs to be changed.
That was Labour and Immigration Minister Derrick Burg...
DATE: Aug 23, 2007
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Max Specialty Insurance Company in Richmond, Virginia, has announced that Michael Miller has joined Max Specialty as chief underwriting officer of its newly formed Marine Division.
Max Specialty is the US-based E&S platform of Bermuda's Max Capital G...
DATE: Aug 23, 2007
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Container ship company Frontline more than doubled its profits following a successful second quarter's trading.
The Hamilton-based company reported a net income of $189.1 million compared to $68.6m the same time last year.
They also made a total gain...
DATE: Aug 23, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Golden Ocean Group Limited, a commodities-shipping line led by Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen, said second-quarter profit more than doubled as freight rates soared.
Net income rose to $25.6 million, or 9 cents a share, fro...
DATE: Aug 23, 2007
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POZA RICA, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Dean flooded a major Mexican oil city yesterday, but there was no known damage to any of the country's production facilities on shore or in the Gulf of Mexico, the state-owned company said.
Petroleos Mexicanos, know...
DATE: Aug 23, 2007
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Partner Re has announced it will be consolidating its European business under its Partner Reinsurance Europe umbrella.
The subsidiary of Partner Re, which is based in Dublin, Ireland, will from the start of next year be the principal reinsurance carr...
DATE: Aug 23, 2007
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