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SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg) — A Smith Barney broker in Florida and a former broker in Southern California joined a lawsuit against the investment firm, claiming it continues to discriminate against women after settling sexual harassment claims in 1997....
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. issued a sobering warning for the holiday shopping season yesterday, predicting its December same-store sales gain would be no better than 1 percent.The news, coupled with Wal-Mart’s expected announcement that it ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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MOSCOW (Bloomberg) ? IPOC International Growth Fund Ltd., a Bermuda-based mutual fund that owns Russian telecommunications assets, yesterday denied an Interfax report it plans to invest in OAO VimpelCom.
IPOC denied the report in a one-sentence state...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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Lloyd's of London insurer Amlin this week predicted full-year earnings were on track to come in much higher than forecasts after the benign 2005 hurricane season.
The London-listed insurer, which opened up a new operation in Bermuda earlier this year...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Much of American industry spent a good part of the past decade fighting demands that it count stock options as an expense that reduces earnings.It lost that battle after the stunning collapses of Enron Corp. and other corporate...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, invoking terms of bid-rigging settlements reached earlier this year, yesterday told Ace Ltd. and three other insurers that they must stop paying hidden commissions to brokers of automobi...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Lazard Ltd. and a group of its current and former managing directors raised $590 million by selling 13 million shares, more than originally planned, to help pay off debt and fund expansion.The investment bank run by Bruce Wasse...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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LONDON (Reuters) — UK insurers must improve their risk management, working harder to define and understand their strategy beyond procedure manuals, the Financial Services Authority said yesterday.The regulator, in an insurance sector briefing, said p...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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OSLO (Dow Jones) — Bermuda-based drilling firm SeaDrill ASA’s (SDRL.OS) shareholders will vote today on the company’s proposed NOK40 billion ($6.5 billion) share issuance — a move analysts said likely will lead to an acquisition by the company. The O...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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Lloyd's of London insurer Amlin this week predicted full-year earnings were on track to come in much higher than forecasts after the benign 2005 hurricane season.
The London-listed insurer, which opened up a new operation in Bermuda earlier this year...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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