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CHICAGO (AP) — A sideways stock market has investors searching for other places to make a decent return on their money. And junk bonds, for better or worse, are starting to look like gems to many.
The appeal is easy to understand.
Junk bonds, known m...
DATE: Aug 02, 2010
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Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. scraped a $2.5 million profit in the second quarter, compared to more than $180 million in the same period last year.
The group, which comprises reinsurer White Mountains Re and insurers OneBeacon an...
DATE: Aug 02, 2010
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Net income: $2.5 million compared $180.3 million in the same quarter last year.
Earned premiums: $859.1 million compared to $898.3 million in 2009.
Combined ratio: 103 percent compared to 100 percent in 2009.
DATE: Aug 02, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, faces challenges to overseas expansion as developing countries tighten restrictions on mobile e-mail.
The United Arab Emirates, home to Middle East business hub Dubai...
DATE: Aug 02, 2010
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Greenspan: Modest economic recovery 'in a pause'
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says he thinks the economy is having a modest recovery, but right now ...
DATE: Aug 02, 2010
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Craig Lines was appointed a director of LOM with immediate effect at a meeting of the board of directors on Tuesday, July 27, the company announced.
DATE: Aug 02, 2010
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Premier International Ltd. has announced the resignations of Lynda Milligan-Whyte and Quinton Edness as directors and Arthur Hodgson as secretary of the company, with effect from 27 May, 2010.
The company has appointed Jozef Charles Hendriks and Ayot...
DATE: Aug 02, 2010
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Net income: $108.9 million compared to $110.4 million in the same period in 2009.
Gross premiums written: $545.4 million compared to $534.3 million last year.
Combined ratio: 86.9 percent compared to 87.7 percent in 2009.
DATE: Aug 02, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - A global accounting standard setter has proposed a new rule for measuring insurers' profitability, aiming to shine a light on a sector criticised by investors for being a "black box" that keeps them in the dark.
The International A...
DATE: Aug 02, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The euro rallied against the dollar for the first time in eight months as concern eased that the 16-nation region's sovereign-debt crisis will worsen and spread to the global economy.
The dollar dropped in July against all of i...
DATE: Aug 02, 2010
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