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WASHINGTON (AP) — By boosting the power of Democrats in Congress, voters likely set in motion legislative efforts to lower the price of pharmaceuticals and rein in military spending.But with the two parties stalemated in the Senate, where it usually ...
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LOS ANGELES (Bloomberg) — Walt Disney Co. said fourth-quarter profit doubled on the box-office success of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” sequel and “Cars”.Net income rose to $782 million, or 36 cents a share, from $379 million, or 19 cents, a year ag...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Liz Claiborne Inc. said yesterday it agreed to buy luxury accessories maker Kate Spade LLC for $124 million, including debt, expanding its reach into high-end department stores such as Nordstrom Inc.Liz Claiborne, a leading US se...
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PRAGUE (Bloomberg) — Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., owner of the most popular Czech TV station and networks in five other eastern European countries, unexpectedly reported a third-quarter profit because of earnings from Slovakia.Net income ...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc., the world’s largest insurer, said third-quarter earnings more than doubled as the company passed the peak of hurricane season unscathed a year after Katrina.Net income increased to $4.22 billi...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) ? OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd., the biggest unit of White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd., saw its shares rise four percent on their first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
OneBeacon raised $600 million in an initia...
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Bermudian businessman Ramadhin (Rammy) Smith has joined forces with veteran insurance executive Arthur (Alex) Underwood to start ReSources (Bermuda) Ltd.
The company has taken an existing reinsurance services concept and made it into an initiative th...
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Two Bermudians have been promoted to positions in HWP?s cycle division ? Danny Johnson to service coordinator and Lorin Rubaine to cycle foreman.
Mr. Johnson joined HWP in 1999 as an apprentice through the National Training Board?s apprenticeship pro...
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Two Bermudians have been promoted to positions in HWP’s cycle division — Danny Johnson to service coordinator and Lorin Rubaine to cycle foreman.
Mr. Johnson joined HWP in 1999 as an apprentice through the National Training Board’s apprenticeship pro...
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BRUSSELS (Bloomberg) — ING Groep NV and Fortis, the largest Dutch and Belgian financial-services companies, said third quarter profits declined on lower earnings from banking.Net income at ING slid 16 percent to 1.57 billion euros ($1.97 billion), th...
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