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• (PRE) PartnerRe Acquires PARIS RE

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 459
  Bermuda based reinsurer PartnerRe Ltd. ( PRE ) announced that it has completed the acquisition of Switzerland-based diversified reinsurer PARIS RE. The process went according to plans and got completed on time. Announced in July 2009, the transaction costing $2 billion took place in a series of transactions and ...
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• Important News - Dec. 08

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  2009 Store Closings And Layoffs - The Latest Casualty Count 1) Crisis in sovereign, commercial debt seen “DANA POINT, Calif., Dec 7 (Reuters) - The credit crisis that rocked U.S. residential mortgages and corporate credit markets may roil commercial real estate and sovereign debt markets next, senior ...
  19 hours ago

• (PGR) The Progressive Corporation’s Credit Ratings Affirmed

  
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  The Progressive Corporation ( PGR ) and its subsidiaries’ ratings have recently been affirmed by A.M. Best Company. The rating agency has affirmed Progressive’s issuer credit ratings of “a-” as well as all of its debt ratings. Additionally, the agency has affirmed the financial strength ratings of A+ ...
  19 hours ago

• 2009 Store Closings And Layoffs - The Latest Casualty Count

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  STORE CLOSINGS AND LAYOFFS: By the end of Dec. 2008 as announced Circuit City Filed Bankruptcy, they promised to keep all stores open for the holiday season, but afterwards, they plan on closing 155 stores nationwide. Ann Taylor closing 117 stores nationwide. A company spokeswoman said the company hasn’t revealed ...
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• Bound

  
  Points of Light — Authority: 124
  At some point in the distant past, it was important for this wire to encircle this post. It set apart something of value from the wider world around it; it marked the personal property of the person who tied this and other strands of wire across the countryside. Not so anymore. The property is no longer, the post and ...
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• More Bad News For Dubai As Istithmar Loses Foreclosure Auction For …

  
  Dubai for Visitors — Authority: 155
  The WSJ reporting that Istithmar, the investment arm of Dubai’s royal family, has lost the foreclosure auction for the Union Square W Hotel, which as we pointed out a month ago was the most likely next CRE casualty. More:  More Bad News For Dubai As Istithmar Loses Foreclosure Auction For …
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• Britain loses 100th soldier of the year in Afghanistan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  London, Dec 8 (DPA) Britain lost its 100th soldier in fighting so far in 2009 in Afghanistan, the defence ministry reported Monday evening.The ministry said the soldier was killed in Helmand province in the south of the country.Prime Minister Gordon Brown expressed his condolences and said the “entire nation” ...
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• (BRKA) Berkshire Hathaway’s Buffett Sets Date to Split Shares

  
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  On December 4, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ( BRKA ), ( BRKB ) announced that it will consider its share splitting decision by shareholders vote in its special meeting on Jan 20, 2010. Warren Buffett, who had previously not considered splitting its Class A or Class B shares is now considering a 50-to-1 split of its Class ...
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• ($AIG) Insurance Industry – Industry Outlook

  
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  The turmoil in the financial markets has created a highly challenging environment for the U.S. insurance industry, forcing many companies to take immense write-downs. This trend is expected to continue at least through the first half of 2010, though there are some early signs of an economic recovery. Also, structural ...
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• 21 killed, 50 hurt in Bangladesh bus collision

  
  Pakistan News | News, Videos, Articles, Current Affairs, Politics, Entertainment, Technology | Geo TV | Dawn | The News | Ten Sports | Geo Super | India News — Authority: 457
  DHAKA: Two passenger buses collided head-on in southwestern Bangladesh on Sunday, leaving 21 people dead and 50 injured. The accident occurred in Faridpur district, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of the capital, Dhaka, local government administrator Helal Uddin said. Uddin had earlier said at least 15 people ...
  2 days ago

• Karaoke Club Blaze Kills 20 in Indonesia

  
  Firegeezer.com — Authority: 445
  A FIRE RAGED THROUGH A 3RD-FLOOR KARAOKE BAR in Medan, Indonesia, Friday night leaving at least 20 dead.
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• Death Toll Climbing in Russian Nightclub Fire

  
  Firegeezer.com — Authority: 445
  AN EXPLOSIVELY-MOVING FIRE IN A PERM, RUSSIA, NIGHTCLUB has killed at least 109 party goers and approx. 90 - 130 more are in hospi[...]
  4 days ago

• Military Casualty Report

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 489
  The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom: Sgt. Kenneth R. Nichols Jr., 28, of Chrisman, Ill., died Dec. 1 in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit using small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fires.  ...
  4 days ago

• Major fire at premier Lucknow hospital

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Lucknow, Dec 3 (IANS) A major fire broke out Thursday in the emergency ward of the well known Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) here destroying drugs worth over Rs.10 lakh, medical equipment and other documents. No casualty was reported, officials said.As many as 11 fire tenders were pressed into ...
  6 days ago

• Are pay increases the answer for the Afghan police?

  
  The Daily Clarity — Authority: 129
  There are about 93,000 Afghan police at present. It is a far more dangerous job than being a member of the army there, and the police have a terrible reputation for corruption. This is not a unique situation in the developing world. In many police forces in Asia continued sinecure is dependent on procuring a steady ...
  6 days ago

• Bomb Explodes in Seoul, 1 Dead

  
  MastiFunda.com — Authority: 159
  SEOUL: An explosion during a bomb test killed one person and injured five others Thursday at a government-affiliated testing site north of Seoul, officials said. Researchers were testing an experimental explosive when the bomb blew up, said Choi Joong-ki. One person was killed and five injured at the testing site ...
  6 days ago

• Bomb Explodes in Seoul, 1 Dead

  
  TrendPK.com — Authority: 462
  SEOUL: An explosion during a bomb test killed one person and injured five others Thursday at a government-affiliated testing site north of Seoul, officials said. Researchers were testing an experimental explosive when the bomb blew up, said Choi Joong-ki. One person was killed and five injured at the testing site ...
  6 days ago

• Driver who killed teens loses appeal

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A motorist who killed six teenage pedestrians in a crash near Mildura in north-west Victoria in 2006 has lost his application for leave to appeal against his jail term. Thomas Graham Towle was sentenced to 10 years jail with a minimum of seven over the crash at Cardross in which six teenagers died and four others ...
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• (RLI) RLI Corporation Increases Dividend

  
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  RLI Corp. ( RLI ) recently increased its fourth quarter cash dividend by 4% from the prior quarter level to 28 cents per common share. The dividend is payable on Jan 15, 2010, to shareholders of record on Dec 31, 2009. This is the not the first time that the company has increased its dividend in 2009. The second ...
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• (AMSF) Amerisafe Redeems All Outstanding Convertible Stock

  
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  Amerisafe Inc. ( AMSF ) said on Monday that it will redeem all of its 250,000 outstanding convertible stock of Series C and Series D, effective Dec 31, 2009. Amerisafe will pay $103.50 per preferred stock or a total of $25.9 million in redeeming all of the outstanding shares. The redemption will be funded by the ...
  1 week ago

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