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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Being exposed to certain types of surface materials at work appears to increase adults’ risk of developing asthma, a new study shows.“These findings underline the need to consider the health aspects of materials used in fl...
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OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd. could raise $600 million when its shares are floated on the New York Stock Exchange today.
Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. said last night it had priced the 24 million shares its subsidiary is offeri...
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LONDON (AP) — A judge yesterday dismissed a class-action lawsuit that Lloyd’s of London investors filed against the British government for big financial losses they suffered during the 1980s and 1990s.More than 1,000 underwriting “Names” had sought t...
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — People with diabetes who have suffered a heart attack or episode of severe angina — collectively known as “acute coronary syndrome” (ACS) — benefit just as much from treatment with a so-called statin drug as those without ...
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Sunny skies weren?t enough to dry out a rain-soaked Nairobi Gymkhana ground yesterday after heavy overnight rain rendered the pitch unplayable for a second successive day and forced umpires to declare Bermuda?s Intercontinental Cup clash againsts hos...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President George W. Bush was left weakened and more isolated by Tuesday’s Democratic thumping of Republicans. He offered Democrats gestures of reconciliation — and capitulated to demands for Defence Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld’s re...
DATE: Nov 09, 2006
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ROCKVILLE, Maryland — Convicted sniper Lee Boyd Malvo was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for six murders in Maryland that were part of a three-week shooting spree that terrorised the Washington, DC area in 2002.The Maryland trial in Montgomery...
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Four crew onboard a drifting and damaged yacht 138 miles from Bermuda are attempting to ride out an Atlantic gale battering them with 20ft waves and near storm-force winds.
A tanker that diverted between Boston and Trinidad to help the stranded crew ...
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Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd., which placed all but its Lloyd’s of London business into runoff last year, reported a net profit of $3 million in the third quarter of 2006 compared to a loss of $59 million in the same period in 2005.
For the nine month...
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