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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s investment bank slashed their compensation in the fourth quarter, responding to political pressure that will probably persist as details of bonuses for their t...
DATE: Jan 26, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's top share index closed lower for a fourth straight session, dragged down by miners and energy stocks on continued market unease over the uncertain demand outlook. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,260.31 points, down 42.68 or 0.8 percent.
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DATE: Jan 26, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's worst recession in more than 50 years will soon be confirmed as over, if economists' forecasts for fourth-quarter GDP data due today are right, but the strength of any recovery looks less certain.
Britain entered recessio...
DATE: Jan 26, 2010
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Entrepreneurs and small businesses were celebrated at the Economic Empowerment Zones Agency's (EEZA) For The People event held in North East Hamilton.
The four-hour event, which is in its second year, was staged in Court Street to recognise the contr...
DATE: Jan 25, 2010
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Paris Re Holdings Ltd., a Switzerland-based reinsurer acquired by Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. last year, has seen its financial strength rating upgraded to A from A- by AM Best.
The New Jersey-based credit rating agency said the upgrade reflected th...
DATE: Jan 25, 2010
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An agreement to settle the tax debts of the Hamiltonian Hotel and Island Club Ltd. is expected to be finalised this week.
The Ministry of Finance has applied to appoint the Official Receiver as provisional liquidator of the Pembroke resort, arguing t...
DATE: Jan 25, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - US commercial insurance rates fell 5.6 percent in the fourth quarter, a smaller decline than in the three months ended September 30, according to the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers.
Large accounts, generating more than...
DATE: Jan 25, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Willis Group Holdings plc., the third-largest insurance broker, extended the contract of CEO Joseph Plumeri until July 2013.
His previous agreement was set to expire in April 2011, the London-based company said on Friday in a s...
DATE: Jan 25, 2010
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White Mountains Re Ltd. has agreed to buy Nebraska-based Central National Insurance Company of Omaha from Drum Financial Corporation for about $5 million.
In run-off since 1989, Central National has been operated under an order of Rehabilitation in ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2010
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ZURICH/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A client of Swiss bank UBS won an appeal to prevent her account data from being given to the US as part of a US probe into possible tax evasion among wealthy bank customers.
The case raises doubt about the future of the ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2010
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