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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Oil fell nearly four percent yesterday to below $59 as investors put money into other commodities and waited for signs OPEC members would adhere to their pledge to cut crude supply.US light crude settled down $2.39 at $58.36 a ba...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — US consumers, helped by bigger pay cheques and lower gasoline prices, boosted their spending last month, according to a government report that may counter fears of a sharp economic slowdown. The Commerce Department said yesterd...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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(Bloomberg) — “We Think, They Sweat,” wrote author and former hedge-fund manager Andy Kessler in an article on Asian manufacturing and the US trade deficit for the Wall Street Journal two years ago. If “they” start thinking for us as well, maybe we a...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Many investment advisers tell future retirees to delay taking Social Security benefits as long as possible, so they can beef up their savings and their benefits, but that’s not always good advice.Some others, like Hermitage, Pe...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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(Bloomberg) Shares of Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. and Chubb Corp. led US insurance stocks down after analysts predicted competition would accelerate, lowering prices on property and casualty coverage.
Hartford?s stock fell $3.96, or 4.3 p...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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NEW YORK — Wall Street will get an avalanche of economic data this week that should give investors a better glimpse about the economy’s direction, including closely watched consumer confidence and unemployment numbers.Investors are looking for any ec...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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(Bloomberg) Shares of Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. and Chubb Corp. led US insurance stocks down after analysts predicted competition would accelerate, lowering prices on property and casualty coverage.Hartford’s stock fell $3.96, or 4.3 pe...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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Falls in financial stocks drove the The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index down 66.724 points last week to close at 4,883.53.
During a light week of trading, Argus fell $1.50 to close at $13 as 11,523 shares changed hands.
Butterfield Bank fe...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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Martin Merritt, the ex-controller of RenaissanceRe, settled fraud charges over his role in a "sham reinsurance transaction" that caused the company to file false financial statements in 2001 and 2002, US regulators said on Friday.
Mr. Merritt, who ne...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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(Bloomberg) ? Lloyd?s of London, the world?s biggest insurance market, is seeking to boost participation in its capital pools by Asian individual investors.
Fewer than 20 of some 2,000 individual members, called ?names? on the 318-year-old market, ar...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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