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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — American International Group, the world's largest insurer, called its investments linked to the US housing market "manageable." The shares rose four percent.
Chief Executive Officer Martin Sullivan said at an investor presentat...
DATE: Dec 06, 2007
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Immigration Minister Derrick Burgess yesterday pledged normal practice would be followed in the appointment of a lab manager for Bermuda's new adult stem cell clinic.
Mr. Burgess insisted California-based Stemedica's decision to advertise overseas be...
DATE: Dec 06, 2007
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GENEVA (Bloomberg) — Hedge funds were unprepared and damaged by this year's collapse of the subprime credit market, according to an industry survey.
About 44 percent of those asked at the GAIMInvest conference today in Geneva said hedge funds were "d...
DATE: Dec 06, 2007
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) - Kraft Foods Inc., the world's second-largest foodmaker, said it is not in talks to buy Brazil's biggest food company, Perdigao SA.
"We don't typically comment on market rumors, but since these reports come at the same time as th...
DATE: Dec 06, 2007
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The United Bermuda Party has released a poll showing it has a slim lead heading towards election day – in contrast to an independent poll showing the Progressive Labour Party riding higher in terms of public opinion.
A Profiles of Bermuda commissione...
DATE: Dec 06, 2007
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pimp C, who spun searing tales of Texas street life into a key role in the rise of Southern hip-hop, was found dead in an upscale hotel on Tuesday. He was 33.
The rapper formed Underground Kingz with partner-in-rhyme Bun B while th...
DATE: Dec 06, 2007
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Bermuda's new Governor, Sir Richard Gozney and Lady Gozney will arrive in Bermuda next Tuesday.
Sir Richard is due to arrive on a British Airways flight from London and a "small and informal" reception is planned at the Airport, a Government spokesw...
DATE: Dec 06, 2007
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AM Best has assigned an issuer credit rating of 'a-' and affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (excellent) of Bermuda-based Bison Insurance Company Limited.
The outlook for the financial strength rating is stable, and the outlook assigned to t...
DATE: Dec 06, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The world economy will soon "recouple" with the US after proving immune to its slowdown this year, according to economists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Having previously said the world's leading economies were strong enough to s...
DATE: Dec 06, 2007
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DUBLIN (Bloomberg) — Irish Finance Minister Brian Cowen will rein in spending and shelve a tax cut to prevent slowing economic growth from hurting government finances when he announces his budget today, economists say.
Cowen said last month growth in...
DATE: Dec 06, 2007
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