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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Assured Guaranty Ltd.'s plan to buy competitor Financial Security Assurance Inc. from Dexia SA was approved by the Oklahoma Insurance Department, marking the final regulatory step for the transaction.
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DATE: Mar 30, 2009
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DEAR DR. GOTT: My son, who is in late 50s, had perfect health all his life. Now, suddenly, he has developed what his doctors call "pancreatitis."
More than a year ago, he started having attacks of incapacitating, excruciating abdominal pain about eve...
DATE: Mar 30, 2009
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UK banking group The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has entered into an agreement with Transamerica Life Bermuda to offer Transamerica's universal life insurance products in Singapore.
The Banking Business Review website quoted RBS saying the relations...
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If Chris Estwanik wasn't already a clear favourite to defend his title in this year's May 24 Marathon Derby, then the odds have certainly gone down after his convincing victory in yesterday's annual Cornerstone 10-mile road race.
The former top US tr...
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A divorce lawyer has been accused in court of "confiscating" child maintenance payments from an indebted client to the tune of $5,000.
KJAZ 98.1FM owner Leo Trott claimed in Supreme Court that Keren Lomas had no business taking the monthly payments h...
DATE: Mar 30, 2009
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Everest Re Group Ltd. has completed of its cash tender offer to buy any and all of its $400 million principal amount of 6.6 percent fixed to floating rate long-term sub-ordinated notes (LoTS(SM)) due in 2067.
Everest Reinsurance Holdings Inc., a whol...
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The global economy is still struggling, and will continue to do so in the first half of the year. But the newsflow is now somewhat less than unrelentingly bad. Generally, the data coming out of the US and China represent a few glimmers of light among...
DATE: Mar 30, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - Dragon Oil posted a 21 percent increase in annual profit on Friday and announced plans to create a Bermuda-incorporated holding company under a corporate restructuring.
Under the proposal, the holding company will own 100 percent o...
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Energy use dropped 500 kilowatts during Earth Hour on Saturday night.
Organisers say the conservation awareness raised by the initiative is more important than the relatively slight amount of energy that was saved between 8.30 and 9.30 p.m.
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DATE: Mar 30, 2009
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Bermuda 219-8; Namibia 221-4
Namibia's dominance over Bermuda continued at Willowmoore Park in a World Cup qualifying warm-up game over the weekend.
Leading the charge was all-rounder LP van der Westhuizen who claimed three for 43 and blasted a bound...
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