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LOS ANGELES/DETROIT (Reuters) - US safety regulators and Toyota Motor Corp dispatched investigators to San Diego yesterday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier.
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said ...
DATE: Mar 10, 2010
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PartnerRe Ltd. may face more than $300 million in claims emanating from the earthquake that caused billions of dollars worth of damage in Chile and tens of millions more from a European windstorm.
The company's shares fell 2.2 percent to $77.43 yeste...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock market index fell for a second straight session yesterday as weaker oil and gold prices pulled resource shares lower, while most bank stocks also dropped.
The index's materials sector, home to mining and ferti...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Marsh & McLennan Cos., the world's second-biggest insurance broker, received an offer for its Kroll security unit that values the subsidiary at $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion, said a person familiar with the matter.
The bid came ...
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A Bermuda re/insurance industry group has written to a US House of Representatives committee to oppose a bill that proposes a federal catastrophe reinsurance fund.
The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) said the proposal would mean...
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp. will launch 3D televisions in June, entering an increasingly crowded market that is betting the revolutionary TV will become the next hot product in the electronics industry.
The maker of Bravia flat TVs hopes 3D models t...
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Bermuda-based insurer Kinsale Capital Group Ltd. yesterday announced the formation of a new US specialty insurer.
Kinsale Insurance Company, Inc., based in Richmond, Virginia, carries a rating of A- (excellent) from AM Best.
KIC underwrites commercia...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Continental Airlines Inc., after calling off a merger with United Airlines two years ago, would resume consolidation efforts to remain competitive, chief executive officer Jeff Smisek said.
Continental, the fourth-largest US ca...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The much-anticipated iPad tablet computer from Apple Inc. will start hitting US store shelves on April 3, slightly later than originally planned.
When Apple unveiled the touch-screen device Jan. 27, the company said the first iPads wo...
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LONDON - Britain's top share index closed a touch lower, as a weakening in banks after a cautious research note from Credit Suisse slightly outpaced buoyant oil issues and drugmakers. The FTSE 100 ended down 4.42 points, or 0.08 percent, at 5,602.3, ...
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