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...Yet shares of insurers such as Allstate, Progressive and AIG are down between 3 per cent and 22 per cent this year, while the S&P 500 has climbed 16 per cent....
...US electric vehicle sales set a new record in May and accounted for nearly 7 per cent of light-duty vehicle sales, according to S&P Global Commodity Insights....
...Your firm's decision is likely to help inform our assessment of its culture. Hooray, says JP Morgan Caz: [O]verall we see this as a reassuring message to the UK insurance industry....
...We should also note this guy, who’s doing his thing: A reminder that Donald Trump, who despite everything remains The Actual President of the United States, tweeted on April 2 that a deal to end the oil...
...Insurance shares took a hit on Monday as officials warned on the “potentially catastrophic” impact of Hurricane Florence, a major storm that could hit the east coast of the US as early as Thursday....
...In the law school equivalent of a virtual sports league, FantasySCOTUS (short for the Supreme Court of the United States) invites law geeks to predict the outcome of some of America’s most important legal...
...Shannon Liss-Riordan, a lawyer for the drivers in O’Connor v Uber Technologies, the main case before the court, said she was considering appealing to the full Ninth Circuit, and urged drivers to take their...
...signal of a newly acquisitive mood at the Japanese electronics and content company....
...“Regulating services like Uber is entirely appropriate,” Mr Khosrowshahi told newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo, warning the bill could curb the work of Uber’s half a million drivers....
...United States of Japan, by Peter Tieryas, Angry Robot, RRP£8.99/$14.99 Sometimes you just feel the need for a story about giant robots, virtual reality and sumo wrestlers....
...She wrote articles for the United States, International and Europe sections, including one on European integration policies for refugees, for which she went on a reporting trip to Belgium....
..., managing director at RJ O’Brien....
...We’re also opening negotiations on a city deal with Edinburgh; we back the new V&A in Dundee....
...of extended warranties, credit life insurance and dealer-installed accessories into contracts.”...
...Analysts say the biggest hits will be taken by primary US insurers including Allstate, State Farm and Travelers. Yet even among these companies investors have been mostly cool-headed....
.... http://on.ft.com/RFLmwG Japan insurers shortlisted for Indonesia Panin Life stake Japan’s Dai-ichi Life Insurance and Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance are among the companies shortlisted to buy a minority...
...“With most insurance companies diversified both geographically and across various insurance sectors, this impasse should not cause significant risks to the underlying companies themselves.”...
...to the United States fromChina next year, Chief Executive Tim Cook said in remarks published on Thursday, in what could be a important test of the nascent comeback in U.S.electronics manufacturing. http...
...– notably Samsung Life Insurance, which owns 7.5 per cent of the company....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...He woke early and caught a seven o’clock bus a block from home....
...After all, from Bush v Gore (before he joined the bench) through Citizens United, many rulings had been music to conservative ears and anathema to the other side....
...markets, reinforcing efforts by the emirate to act as a launch pad for Asian companies seeking to move into the Middle East, the FT reports....
...- Felix Salmon proposes a modern art relative value trade… - Something different: live wind map of the United States....
...Allstate rose 8.5 per cent to $26.30. Bank of America was up 8.1 per cent at $8.39, after it announced the $8.3bn sale of half of its 10 per cent stake in China Construction Bank....
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