Bermuda-based insurer Everest Re Group has reported a net income of $214.6m, or $4.08 diluted earnings per share, for the second quarter of 2012, compared to $131.3m, or $2.41 diluted earnings per share, for the same period in 2011. For ...
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The Export-Import Bank of the United States(Ex-Im Bank)has renewed a 12-month export credit insurance policy for Wells Fargo to enable the export of American cotton to a large textile firm in Turkey,Menderes Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret ...
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US liability insurance carrier for the accounting profession CAMICO registered a gain of $2.2m in policyholders’ surplus for the year ended 31 December 2011. As per the details published in its Insurance Company's 2011 Operations ...
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Kidnap and ransom insurance provider HCC Specialty has signed an agreement with Unity Resources Group (Unity) to offer crisis response services to its policyholders worldwide. Under the agreement, Unity along with its partner iJET ...
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Microsoft has revealed to many of its partners a price increase that will see user client access licences (CALs) rising by 15 per cent. From December 1 2012, Microsoft will increase the price of user CALs, which allow an individual user ...
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On the Chinese New Year, families in China decorate their front doors with poetic couplets of calligraphy written with fragrant India ink, expressing the feeling of life's renewal and the return of spring. It is said that spring ...
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One of the more interesting forms of Chinese charms is the lock. This type of charm is based on the traditional Chinese device used to safeguard possessions and property. The charm, however, is flat and of one piece with no moving parts. ...
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Qantas will deploy wide-body Airbus A330s on all weekday Sydney-Perth and Melbourne-Perth services. A new Qantas A330, which landed in Sydney this week from the Airbus factory in Toulouse, will become the ninth A330 flying on the Qantas ...
A2 Corporation (A2C) has appointed China State Farm Holding Shanghai Company (CSF) as the exclusive distributor of brand infant formula in the Peoples Republic of China. CSF is a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Agriculture ...
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Insurance products and services provider for physicians'The MGIS Companies(MGIS)has appointed William Lawrence as director of Underwriting. With 26 years of experience in professional Group and Individual Disability and Life ...
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LAS VEGAS—International Market Centers today announced strategic modifications,including promotions,lateral moves,and new appointments,to streamline its gift and home decor team.The changes,which are effective immediately,will create ...
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Mike Gibbons,CIO of building materials company Aggregate Industries,talks to Computer Weekly about why regulatory intervention made the company realise the importance of its data assets,and the reason investment in IT is more important now ...
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Long serving Billabong International Limited Board member and former Company Chairman Ted Kunkel has retired from the Board. Mr.Kunkel announced his intention to formally step down from the Board at the Company's Annual General Meeting on ...
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The Apparel Human Resources Council (AHRC) and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) are happy to announce the renewal of the Career Focus Program. Applications must be received by November 29th, 2012. The program will ...
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Taipei, Oct. 29, 2012 (CENS)--Countering high fuel prices, China Airlines, Taiwan's flag carrier, will renew its fleet by decommissioning at least 30 passenger planes including 10 long-term planes and 20 short-term planes, with total ...
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