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OSLO (Reuters) ? Bermuda-based oilfield services firm Seadrill has agreed to sell its West Prospero rig to shipowner Ship Finance International for $210 million and to lease it back for 15 years.
?Seadrill has under the arrangement several options to...
DATE: Jan 15, 2007
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? The chairman of Lloyd?s, the world?s biggest insurance market, warned on Friday of $100 billion natural disasters in the United States and urged a ?radical rethink? of public policy in response to global warming.
At the same time, L...
DATE: Jan 15, 2007
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The company didn?t disclose how many shares will be offered, nor did it provide an estimated price range for the offering, but it said the offering could be up to $50 million in common shares.
CastlePoint is a Hamilton-based holding company organised...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s fixation on economic data turns into a craving for profit news and forecasts this week as a slew of corporate earnings reports arrive.Investors will receive their first big batch of reports from the final quarter of 2006...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The dollar climbed to a 13-month high against the yen this week and the strongest since November versus the euro as signs the US economy is quickening cooled speculation the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates.Traders bou...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Catlin Group Ltd. said the loss of 2007 underwriting revenue resulting from its acquisition of Wellington Underwriting Plc was “significantly lower” than expected.“We have been very encouraged during our important J...
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LONDON (Reuters) — Ever wondered why official inflation figures bear little relation to the things that you buy? Now is your chance to find out.Britain’s national statistics office is launching an online “personal inflation calculator” to show how an...
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Q: How does the future look for my shares of General Mills Inc.? It has so many popular brands I would think it would do even better than it has. — R.L., via the internet
A: As one of North America’s largest packaged-food companies, it is indeed a co...
DATE: Jan 15, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Gold may rise for a second week on speculation that Russia and oil-producing nations in the Middle East will shift reserves away from the dollar, boosting the appeal of the precious metal as an alternative.Twenty-two of the 31 ...
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WHAT is it about the relationship around money? Is it control? Is it different temperaments? Is it for shoring up a fragile ego? Or is it complete indifference to what money can do for you?
Ever watch a couple shopping? The body language is fascinati...
DATE: Jan 14, 2007
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