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NEW YORK — The chauffeur accused of trying to extort $2 million from Yoko Ono was indicted yesterday on a charge of first-degree attempted grand larceny and jailed without bail because the judge said he is a potential flight risk.Koral Karsan, 50, na...
DATE: Dec 20, 2006
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — New York Governor-Elect Eliot Spitzer has nominated Eric Dinallo as superintendent of insurance, reuniting with a former deputy whose probes of Wall Street research helped Spitzer gain prominence as attorney general.Dinallo, 43...
DATE: Dec 20, 2006
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Ian Roger Heap, the first chairman and chief executive officer of XL Insurance Company Ltd., has died at the age of 81, following a short illness. Brian O?Hara, CEO of what is now known as the XL Capital group of companies, has expressed his profound...
DATE: Dec 20, 2006
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — A former senior banker at HSBC Holdings Plc lost his appeal of a gay discrimination case against the lender, in the largest UK lawsuit of its kind.
Peter Lewis, HSBC’s former global head of equities trading, brought a $5 million ...
DATE: Dec 20, 2006
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(Bloomberg) — Carnival Corp., the world’s largest cruise operator, said it will buy a $739.9 million vessel to expand its flagship cruise line.The company exercised an option to build the 130,000-ton, 3,652-bed ship for its Carnival Cruise Lines bran...
DATE: Dec 20, 2006
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BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi authorities executed 13 men by hanging after they were convicted of murder and kidnapping, lining them up in hoods and green jumpsuits with their hands bound behind their backs.In a rare move that came amid chaotic violence swee...
DATE: Dec 20, 2006
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IPSWICH, England — Police pursuing the killer of five prostitutes arrested a second suspect yesterday and seized a car that a neighbour said the suspect had been constantly cleaning.A court gave police permission to hold the first suspect, who was ar...
DATE: Dec 20, 2006
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A new player in the burgeoning Bermuda reinsurance industry was unveiled yesterday, as Harbor Point Limited announced the formation of retro vehicle New Point Re Limited.
New Point, a Bermuda Class 3 reinsurance company, will be capitalised with appr...
DATE: Dec 20, 2006
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SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazil’s Supreme Court yesterday suspended a controversial 91 percent congressional pay raise that lawmakers gave themselves last week, saying the vote to approve it was unconstitutional.A chorus of critics had called the raise ex...
DATE: Dec 20, 2006
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Willis Group Holdings Ltd., the world’s third-largest insurance broker, was sued for gender bias by a former vice-president who says women were paid less than men and denied high-profile assignments and promotions.Adrianne Cron...
DATE: Dec 20, 2006
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