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I have written before that we really only rent software for a time, but do you know the same is true for hardware?
For software, the argument is thus. We may pay for a new version of Windows or Apple's Mac operating system, thinking that we own the s...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Ltd. has announced a number of senior-level promotions, effective from this month.
In its Bermuda office, Tracey Gibbons was promoted from vice-president, casualty treaty reinsurance to senior vice-president, s...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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BC-EU--EU-Hedge Funds, 4th Ld-Writethru,
EU postpones hedge funds reform amid UK resistance
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BRUSSELS (AP) -- European Union countries called off Tuesday talks on new rules to oversee hedge funds, saying they ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Hiscox Ltd., the second-biggest Lloyd's of London insurer, said it estimates a net loss of about £100 million ($150 million) from the Chilean earthquake and windstorm Xynthia.
Hiscox's estimates are based on overall...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank chief executive Josef Ackermann got 70 percent of his 9.55 million euro ($13 million) pay for 2009 as performance-related compensation, reflecting a change in the way banks reward executives likely to be mirrored e...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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ZURICH (Bloomberg) — Natural disasters may cost insurers as much as $110 billion worldwide in 2010, five times more than last year when the US escaped hurricane damage, Swiss Reinsurance Co. said.
"We have already seen significant events in 2010," Th...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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Climate change could provide an opportunity for growth in the re/insurance industry — but only if pricing levels keep pace with increasing risk levels.
That is the view of Barney Schauble, managing principal of Bermuda-based investment fund Nephila C...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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A Bermuda-based businesswoman has relaunched a financial trading website offering up-to-the-minute information on the markets.
Jill Dequincy, who runs derivative instrument company Armadillo, has set up the newly-revamped www.nakedtrader .com, which ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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LOM will be running a series of free financial seminars to help investors make the most of their money, kicking off with a talk on saving for further education.
The discussions, which are entitled 'Saving For College - It's Time for a Plan', will be ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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ATHENS (Reuters) - OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria yesterday called on EU finance ministers to show strong support for Greece, saying it deserved to be helped now that it had presented a comprehensive deficit-cutting package.
Greece's socialist g...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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