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Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings of XL Capital and its property/casualty (re)insurance subsidiaries, including the 'A+' issuer default rating for XL, and 'AA-' insurer financial strength ratings of XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd and XL Re Ltd.
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DATE: Jun 26, 2007
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LONDON - Britain's leading shares rose on breaking their worst losing streak for seven months, as gains in shares of oil producer BP and a sharp rally on Wall Street offset declines in mining and financial stocks. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,588.4 point...
DATE: Jun 26, 2007
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LONDON (Reuters) — Private equity-owned motoring services firm The AA is uniting with Saga Holdings Ltd, which sells holidays and financial products to people over 50, to create a UK group worth $6.15 billion ($12.3 billion) with 11,100 employees.The...
DATE: Jun 26, 2007
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TORONTO(Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks declined for a fourth time in five days, led by such energy and raw-materials producers as EnCana and Teck Cominco, after prices for natural-gas fell to a three-month low and gold futures declined.Energy, metals a...
DATE: Jun 26, 2007
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It is likely to take a terrorist attack of the magnitude of 9/11 to bring US government financial "backstop" support to group life insurance policies for victims caught in such an event.
That is the view of rating organisation AM Best, which has rele...
DATE: Jun 26, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bear Stearns on Friday said it would provide up to $3.2 billion in financing for a struggling hedge fund it manages, raising concern about other funds that invested in bonds linked to subprime mortgages.The biggest bailout since ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2007
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Got a propeller that's not giving enough your boat enough "ummph," is dragging down fuel efficiency or is adding bad vibrations to your sailing days? Then it's time to call on brothers Terry and Lloyd Fray.
The pair have set up a state-of-the-art pro...
DATE: Jun 25, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc.'s iTunes digital music store rose to third place in US music sales in the first quarter with a 9.8 percent share of the market.Apple moved up two places to third behind first-place Wal-Mart Stores, which had a 15.8 p...
DATE: Jun 25, 2007
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Stedman Graham, Oprah Winfrey's partner, was in Bermuda last week to host two events for the Family Centre: a golf tournament at the Belmont Hills Golf Course and a leadership seminar at Bermuda College.
The overall sponsor for the events was Tokio M...
DATE: Jun 25, 2007
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The latest in the Blackberry range of cell phones has made its debut in Bermuda, courtesy of Digicel, which held a golf day to thank its corporate customers and presented each player with a Blackberry Curve to trial for a month and keep if they liked...
DATE: Jun 25, 2007
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