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| Insurers help communities by buying municipal bonds |
| On 06-08-2007. |
The insurance industry receives significant amounts of money through premium payments and earnings on investments.
These investments are beneficial to insurance companies, and, when the investments are made in municipal bonds, vital to the communities that offer them.
The funds help communities build new schools and roads and expand utilities, transportation and health care. ... |
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| The Long Case for Devon Energy |
| On 02-08-2007. |
| Davy Bui submits: Devon Energy is one of the largest US independent oil & gas exploration and production (E & P) companies. Their resource mix is 64% gas / 36% liquids, with the bulk of assets in onshore North America. Devon is one of the biggest domestic natural gas producers with the largest position in the Barnett Shale. They also have one substantial stake in the prospective deepwater Gulf of Mexico play. ... |
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| BinSina Pharmacy wins Dubai Service Excellence Scheme Award ... |
| On 29-07-2007. |
- Middle East pharmaceutical market to be worth AED 44 billion by 2010
BinSina Pharmacy, the recognized pharmacy chain in the UAE, has announced that it has recently been awarded one Dubai Service Excellence Scheme (DSES) Award, honouring the company’s high levels of customer satisfaction.
The company, which has been operating in the region for more than 40 years, received the award based on its success in ... |
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| Insurers Face 2 bn Bill |
| On 25-07-2007. |
Insurers are bracing themselves for one bill of up to 2 billion to cover claims from the spate of summer floods.
An ABI spokeswoman said: "With June and July combined, we could see losses in excess of 2 billion. It could well be our biggest year therefore far. At the moment it isn't but we are only in July." ... |
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| Retiree health |
| On 21-07-2007. |
DETROIT-- No matter how much of the $96,000 hospital tab Don Hartman has to pay for quintuple bypass surgery, he’s still grateful for his health insurance from General Motors Corp.
But just who pays the health care tab for Hartman and thousands of others like him is likely to be the major issue as contract talks open between Detroit’s three automakers and the United Auto Workers union. ... |
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| Business Executives Relieve Personnel Migraines With Extra ... |
| On 17-07-2007. |
| A typical day in the life of todays harried technology company executive is filled with meetings, client calls, brainstorming sessions and one long list of other action items. Add to that one hefty dose of daily personnel-management headaches, and the glamour of being one high-tech entrepreneur can quickly lose its allure. ... |
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