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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Security Capital Assurance Ltd., under pressure from Fitch Ratings to come up with $2 billion, said it won't raise new capital.
"The unprecedented uncertainty and instability affecting our industry make it impract...
DATE: Jan 24, 2008
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Kudos to Surf Side
December 27, 2007
Dear Sir,
My wife and I spent three days of Christmas at the Surf Side Beach Club on the South Shore in Warwick. I highly recommend it for its ambience, excellent service and good food and wine. I thought that Sur...
DATE: Jan 24, 2008
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index rebounded from early losses to end slightly higher yesterday, as the financial sector posted a late turnaround amid talk of capital infusions for US bond insurers.
The heavyweight financial ...
DATE: Jan 24, 2008
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Super Bowl-bound Antonio Pierce has dismissed the injury fears of New England Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady as a nothing more than a "psychological plot".
Brady was photographed outside the Manhattan townhouse of his model girlfriend Gisele Bun...
DATE: Jan 24, 2008
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XL Capital Ltd. announced last night that it expects to post a loss of at least $1 billion for the last three months of 2007 — one of the biggest quarterly losses ever made by a Bermuda company.
The insurer and reinsurer has been hit hard by exposure...
DATE: Jan 24, 2008
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NEWARK, New Jersey (Bloomberg) - American International Group Inc. (AIG) bypassed its normal risk review in what prosecutors say was a sham transaction to inflate loss reserves by $500 million, a witness testified at the trial of five insurance execu...
DATE: Jan 24, 2008
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TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) - Health care products maker Johnson & Johnson's profit rose almost 10 percent in the fourth quarter as revenues jumped by double digits despite sales drops for two key product lines.
The New Brunswick, New Jersey-based maker...
DATE: Jan 23, 2008
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The parents of 15-year-old Dakarai Tucker's continued their call for prayers yesterday, saying doctors can do nothing for their son at the moment.
Tonight a special prayer service will be held at the Seventh-day Adventist Hamilton Church from 6.30 p....
DATE: Jan 23, 2008
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A babysitter accused of breaking a baby's leg is "not a monster" according to her lawyer. Urging a Supreme Court jury to acquit Betty Jean Steede of causing grievous bodily harm to five-month-old L'Naiye Simmons, Victoria Pearman acknowledged: "It's ...
DATE: Jan 23, 2008
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An extreme skier died yesterday from injuries he sustained after jumping off a cliff for a scene in a documentary film.
Billy Poole was flown by helicopter from the backcountry of Big Cottonwood Canyon to University of Utah Hosp...
DATE: Jan 23, 2008
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