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NEW YORK — At Showtime, the bosses are accustomed to having a very narrow window of opportunity.Like competitor and fellow premium service HBO, Showtime needs edgy, critically acclaimed series to convince customers they’re getting more than they woul...
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BERLIN (Bloomberg) — Thomas Cook AG’s Condor airline said some flights leaving German airports yesterday morning were delayed because workers of its Berlin unit went on strike.Flights from Frankfurt and Munich to Palma de Majorca, Spain, were delayed...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — When L. Dennis Kozlowski, the former chief executive officer of Tyco International Inc., sold his yacht, the Endeavour, to pay restitution, the new owner was somewhat of a mystery.The historic boat, a 1934 America’s Cup entry, ...
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canada’s Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index broke through 13,000 for the first time, as a rally in oil prices lifted energy companies including Suncor Energy Inc.Raw-materials producers advanced on speculation record metals p...
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A.M. Best Co. on Wednesday assigned a debt rating of ?bbb? to the $350 million of non-cumulative perpetual preferred securities issued by XL Capital sidecar Stoneheath Re, a Cayman Islands exempted company. The rating outlook is stable.
The issuer is...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) ? Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon Inc., operator of more than 260 restaurants, said shareholders approved a $600 million buyout by a private-equity firm.
The bid of $27.35 a share from Lone Star Funds LP was accepted by stockholder...
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ZURICH (Bloomberg) — Swiss Reinsurance Co., the world's largest reinsurer, said it completed the acquisition of the U.K. life insurance unit of General Electric Co. for $465 million ($913 million).The transaction was first announced by Swiss Re on Oc...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) Lloyd?s of London, the 300-year-old insurance market, is extending a plan it said is improving its competitiveness against Bermuda and Ireland.
The initiative, devised last year to make it easier and less expensive for insurance u...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) ? Chief executive of Allstate Corp. , the largest publicly traded US auto and home insurer, on Tuesday said the carrier is working to bolster auto sales, as it curtails sales of home policies in hurricane-prone, coastal areas.
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Aspiring models in Bermuda — and advertisers looking for the best faces and personalities to represent their products — should now benefit from a new one-stop shop to facilitate their coming together.
Over the years, JaKoMa Entertainment has put on a...
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