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...By classifying drivers as independent contractors, Uber does not have to pay costs for benefits such as health insurance and sick leave that they must offer employees....
...I do eat out a lot and I use the internet to buy books, clothes and pet insurance. In terms of being a member of an attractive demographic for advertisers, I would like to think I am....
...It operates a buying group for more than 4,000 shops, including 500 pet shops and 1,100 that use its Best One fascia....
...(Financial Times) AIG agreed to pay $960m to resolve a shareholder lawsuit that had demanded compensation – potentially exceeding $100bn – for the collapse in the insurance group’s value when it was bailed...
...According to Packaged Facts, the market research group, revenue for US pet insurance plans is projected to hit $753m by 2014. Many expect consolidation in the future....
...and Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance are among the companies shortlisted to buy a minority stake in Indonesia’s Panin Life for about $200 million, sources said. http://reut.rs/UqGs3l China snubs Norway in...
...– notably Samsung Life Insurance, which owns 7.5 per cent of the company....
...In the months after [Greenberg] left, AIG amped up its bets on the housing market by writing what where, in effect, insurance policies on derivative securities backed by subprime mortgages....
...., Inc., which was formed in 1950 and focuses on highly specialized insurance lines; far more, we believe, have joined other, larger companies....
...LLC; Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.; Blackstone Capital Partners V L.P.; Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P....
...In the view of several present and former AIG executives, Mr Sullivan was a brilliant insurance man but the group had become much more than an insurance company and he lacked a deep understanding of the...
...ICICI’s managing director, K V Kamath, called the rumours “baseless and malicious”....
...Kindler, Chairman and CEO, Pfizer Inc., USA Klaus Kleinfeld, President and CEO, Siemens AG, Germany Mustafa V....
...Reprinted by arrangement with The Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Inc. Copyright (c) Alan Greenspan, 2007....
...insurance and internet shopping....
...True to his school A school in east London is celebrating the largesse of an alumnus who just happens to be the boss of the world’s biggest insurance company....
...Greenberg represented C.V. Starr & Co. Role reversal After years of serving as a top consultant to the world’s largest media groups, Michael Wolf is joining one....
...The company has given a one-off payment of $250 to all its employees who have been left homeless....
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