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The earnings season in the United States is largely behind us and the outcome has been quite pleasant for the investment crowd. Going into the season, analysts' estimates were pitched low enough to be handily beaten by the actual results.Still, some ...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street has been revelling in the interest rate standstill of the past nine months, and investors hope this week's data on consumer inflation and the housing market won't suggest things are about to change.The Dow Jones industrial...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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Bermuda reinsurer Validus Re will this week announce that it has bought Lloyd's of London's Talbot Underwriting in a $400 million deal, according to a UK newspaper.
The takeover, revealed by The Sunday Telegraph, will mark the first time that one of ...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange dropped by 0.25 percent (12.99 points) during last week, as $9.5 million shares were traded.
The index closed out at 5,141.62 points.
KeyTech shares were down 55 cents (3.54 percent) to close at $15 after 1,...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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Washington (Bloomberg) — A US House of Representatives panel is investigating firms that advise companies on executive compensation while providing other services to determine whether conflicts of interest contribute to excessive pay packages.Represe...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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Faced with ever increasing ship sizes, such as the quarter-of-a-mile long Emma Maersk container ship and luxury cruise ships worth $1 billion, marine insurance underwriters more than ever need to keep up-to-date with technological advances and the ch...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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Two leading reinsurance company chief executives from Bermuda are due to speak at the UBS Global Financial Services Conference in New York.
PartnerRe CEO Patrick Thiele, is scheduled to present at the conference at the Pierre Hotel this morning, foll...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A federal judge on Friday denied State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.'s request for a new trial in a Hurricane Katrina case that could cost the company more than $1.2 million.Judge L.T. Senter Jr. saw no reason to grant a new tr...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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BOSTON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Tyco International Ltd. threatened to take away the right of bondholders to approve its break-up plan after more than two-thirds of its debt investors refused to tender their securities because they say the offer is...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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The path to Omaha is not a straight line, but if you can get there, they say that the result is worth it. Earlier this spring, we made careful plans to attend the annual meeting of the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc in Omaha, Nebraska, the ge...
DATE: May 12, 2007
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