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NEW YORK (AP) — The US property/casualty insurers collected record profits in 2006, a year after suffering record hurricane losses, industry groups reported yesterday.The industry’s net income rose to $63.7 billion in 2006 from $44.2 billion in 2005,...
DATE: Apr 19, 2007
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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — European Union regulators fined Heineken NV, Grolsch NV and Bavaria NV nearly $370 million yesterday for fixing Dutch beer prices.The fines, including a [EURO]219.3-million penalty to be paid by Heineken, pushes the total lev...
DATE: Apr 19, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Weightlifters who drink skim milk after a workout will build about twice as much muscle as those who rely on soy beverages, a new study suggests.What's more, milk is far cheaper than supplements specifically designed to he...
DATE: Apr 19, 2007
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Several hundred American Airlines employees protested yesterday against the company’s payment of stock to nearly 900 managers. The unions estimate the payments, based on yesterday’s closing price of shares in parent AMR Corp....
DATE: Apr 19, 2007
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It is not surprising that a widespread misperception among island residents is that the Bermuda Monetary Authority’s main function revolves around issuing the Island’s money.
At its inception in 1969 the Authority’s primary role was issuing Bermuda’s...
DATE: Apr 19, 2007
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — EBay Inc. reported yesterday that first-quarter profit surged 52 percent, trouncing Wall Street expectations thanks to big-spending shoppers overseas and scorching performance of its PayPal electronic transaction division.Despite...
DATE: Apr 19, 2007
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The Postimees, Tallinn, Estonia, on the weekend demonstrations in Russia:
It has been astounding to read the news of the crackdown on demonstrations by opposition forces in Russia. ...
While such events would not be considered unusual in Belarus, mas...
DATE: Apr 19, 2007
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The cancellation of the Rosie O'Donnell cruise was yesterday making headlines around the world.
Opposition by church groups to R Family Vacations' visit was reported as far as Russia, with Pravda running the headline: 'Cruise for gay and lesbian fami...
DATE: Apr 19, 2007
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Glyn Jones was yesterday named as the next chairman of Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. after the company announced that current chairman Paul Myners will retire from its board next month.
Mr. Myners has been chairman since Aspen was found...
DATE: Apr 19, 2007
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WASHINGTON — Switching from gasoline to ethanol, promoted as a green alternative at the pump, may create dirtier air and cause slightly more smog-related deaths, a new study says.Nearly 200 more people would die yearly from respiratory problems if al...
DATE: Apr 19, 2007
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