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Bond insurers Assured Guaranty Corp. and Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp., both subsidiaries of Bermuda-based Assured Guaranty Ltd., have announced that Mary Francoeur will lead the company's project finance and utilities group.
James Doyle, a member...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Amazon.com, which has dominated the young but fast-growing electronic book market for the past few years with the Kindle, could get its biggest threat Saturday, when Apple releases its iPad multimedia tablet.
The Kindle starts at...
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The Association of Bermuda International Companies chairman David Ezekiel and XL Capital Ltd.'s CEO Mike McGavick have been named among the winners for the Bermuda Insurance Institute's (BII) 12th Annual Insurance Industry Awards next month.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index went for a wobbly ride yesterday and ended slightly higher as gains in its heavyweight energy and financial sectors were offset by weaker gold and technology shares.
The energy sector, up 1.1 percent, wa...
DATE: Mar 31, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's top share index ended 0.67 percent lower, dragged down by banks, which extended the previous session's losses, in thin trading ahead of the Easter break. The FTSE 100 index ended down 38.34 points at 5,672.32, having closed above t...
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Oil Casualty Insurance, Ltd. (OCIL) announced net income of $125 million at its annual general meeting of shareholders last week.
Rick Lines, the mutual insurer's chief financial officer, said that in the year ending November 30, 2009, the company re...
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Staff training and development are of high importance to the Argus Group - and it has just been reclassified with an Investors in People (IIP) standard award to prove it.
The certification was awarded following a review by an independent consultant f...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market moved closer to closing out another strong quarter with a modest advance yesterday.
The Dow Jones industrial average added 12 points for its fourth straight gain.
The mood in the market was upbeat after a report that ...
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YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Nissan Motor Co. said its new electric car, the LEAF, will be sold for 3.76 million yen ($40,000) in Japan, less expensive than other zero-emission vehicles but still out of reach for many drivers who may also balk at its limit...
DATE: Mar 31, 2010
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Bermuda-based MS Frontier Re (MSFRe) has today acquired its Dublin-based sister company Mitsui Sumitomo Reinsurance (MSRe).
The transaction is part of a a reorganisation of the global reinsurance strategy of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group (MSIG), of...
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