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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Confidence among US homebuilders unexpectedly rose this month to the highest since June, an industry survey showed yesterday, a sign the housing market may begin to recover this year.The National Association of Home Builders/...
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LONDON (AP) — Diageo PLC, the world’s largest producer and distributor of alcoholic drinks, reported a 23-percent drop in first-half profit on yesterday, but raised its full-year guidance for profit growth from existing operations.The London-based co...
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said the US housing slowdown may be coming to an end, citing sales of new homes.“I think the worst is behind us,” Greenspan, 80, told a Toronto conference, during a speech broadcast...
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GULFPORT (AP) Mississippi’s largest homeowner insurer said it has had enough of the “untenable” legal and political climate and is suspending writing new homeowners and commercial policies in a state still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina...
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Bermudian attorney Michelle Hunt has launched her own legal firm with the philosophy that it’s better, cheaper and less painful to talk things through than to fight.
ELM will specialise in employment law and on helping employers and employees resolve...
DATE: Feb 16, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — A former top executive of the company that runs the Monster job search web-site admitted in court yesterday that he illegally backdated millions of dollars in employee stock option grants — a practice that cheats shareholders.Myron Ol...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Marsh & McLennan Cos., the world’s largest insurance broker, is raising the pay for its non-executive directors to at least $200,000 a year in cash and stock, saying their pay has fallen behind what similar companies offer.The ...
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KANSAS CITY (AP) — Buying a greeting card for someone’s birthday, anniversary or if they’re feeling under the weather is pretty straightforward.But what if they’re undergoing chemotherapy or struggling with depression?
“Get Well Soon” probably won’t ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2007
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A post-9/11 public-private insurance scheme offering coverage for US locations deemed most at risk of an international terrorism attack should be continued beyond its projected December 2007 cut-off point.
That?s the view of Evan Greenberg, president...
DATE: Feb 16, 2007
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Bermudian attorney Michelle Hunt has launched her own legal firm with the philosophy that it?s better, cheaper and less painful to talk things through than to fight.
ELM will specialise in employment law and on helping employers and employees resolve...
DATE: Feb 16, 2007
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
