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...In 2009, an Iowa-based insurer called American Equity Investment Life (AEL) was looking to hive off some of its annuity policies....
...However, the election result did not greatly surprise the chief executive, who lives with his wife in New York but spends much of his time in Des Moines, Iowa, where Principal is headquartered....
...Mr Steyer’s group on Thursday said it would target Senate races in Colorado, Michigan, New Hampshire and Iowa, where current Democratic seats are in danger of flipping to Republicans trying to retake control...
...The company’s investments include some new carriers for dry bulk commodities such as coal....
...While most oil and agricultural products are actively traded, producers continue to sell most of their coal, LNG, metals and minerals through long-term contracts....
...Mr Loeb said the five most profitable positions for the fund during the quarter were in Yahoo, AIG, Virgin Media, Herbalife, and a bet on Japan’s economy....
...Meanwhile, reduced copper and coal earnings saw pre-tax profits at Xstrata drop from $8.1bn to $2bn, including nearly $978m in writedowns and a further $636m in one-off costs....
...Iron ore and coal miner Cliffs Natural Resources was among the best performers in the benchmark index, rising 6.4 per cent to $41.68....
...Both men traded commodities together at the Drexel Burnham Lambert investment bank in the 1980s and AIG Trading Corp, a former unit of the insurer, in the 1990s....
...Prudential came under fire from investors after it tried to spend $35.5bn in cash on snapping up the Asian assets of AIG, the US insurer....
...Bush found themselves campaigning just blocks away from each other along the banks of the Mississippi River at Davenport, Iowa....
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