The California Department of Insurance and other state insurance regulators have signed a settlement agreement with ING over its improper use of the Social Security Administration's Death Master database. In order to settle the charges, ...
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Nigeria’s Bank of Industry (BoI) has announced that about N56.48 billion of the N100 billion Cotton, Textiles and Garmenting (CTG) Revival Fund allocated by the Federal Government has been distributed till date. This was ...
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The Uganda Development Bank (UDB) has embarked on a loaning scheme to cotton farmers in the Eastern and Northern parts of Uganda. The bank has taken the initiative in order to revive the production of cotton in the country, which has ...
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The Covered California health insurance exchange has accepted Health Net Life Insurance’s bid to provide healthcare coverage to eligible small businesses for all 58 counties in the state. Health Net Life Insurance is a wholly owned ...
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The Government of India has raised the rate of interest subvention for credit obtained by exporters from the present 2 percent to 3 percent, in view of persistent demand to both increase the rate of subvention and also to widen the ...
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HSBC and Zurich Insurance have launched a new wealth product named SavingsPlus in the Middle East, as part of their 10-year partnership agreement to distribute life and general insurance products. The new product is expected to address ...
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Chinese banks' recent credit crunch has impacted the LED industry. More than 100 LED manufacturers have defaulted as a result in Eastern and Southern China this year. Taiwanese LED manufacturers have emerged as the beneficiaries of the ...
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Have you ever wondered how those beautiful plastic goods you see in shops and homes are made? Chances are you have, but never cared to find it out. Plastic is a general term used to refer to materials that can be shaped by raising their ...
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Suppliers of scrubbers, absorbers, adsorbers and biofilters will generate revenues of $7.5 billion in 2017. This is the latest forecast in Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets from the McIlvaine Company. The largest investment will ...
US-based health care benefits company Aetna is planning to stop issuing health care products to individual consumers in California at the end of 2013. The health insurer, which notified California's insurance regulator about its impending ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has been granted a power purchase ...
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Emerging markets and lower prices will push worldwide smartphone shipments close to the billion-unit level this year, according to the latest forecast by IDC. That company is predicting total smartphone sales of 958.8 million for the ...
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French automobile manufacturer Renault has received a loan of EUR400m from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The automaker is planning to invest the loan to complete the development of its third-generation car that will replace the ...
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Market reports that China's National Energy Administration is considering a proposal to outlaw the import of some grades of lower calorific thermal coal has been greeted with a mixture of consternation and disbelief by participants in the ...
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The sharemarket rose for a third-consecutive session after the dollar weakened further overnight. Non-resources companies with US dollar income remained in demand, although commodity price falls restrained the resources sector. The ...
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