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...The importance of productivity and efficiency have been eclipsed and companies must now place customers’ needs at the heart of problem-solving for growth and profitability — and even survival — to be assured...
...The failure of one of Drexel’s biggest clients, the Executive Life Insurance Company, destroyed the retirement incomes of thousands of Americans....
...“It is a repository of America’s cultural history,” Dorothy says. “The board and I felt this would be the best place for Roy’s history, and I agreed that Roy would have approved.”...
...Hartford Financial, a smaller rival, jumped more than 6 per cent to a fresh seven-year high of $44.19 and Travelers Companies rose 2.73 per cent to $99.30....
...At the end of 2013, Hamilton Insurance had a capitalisation of $800m....
...Bank of America and Mr Weill’s old company Citigroup....
...Barry Diller, the former head of Paramount Studios, also got his first break there; so did Ron Meyer, a founding partner at CAA and now head of Universal Studios....
...So if you don’t need money; if you own an office building and you have no debt and you want to borrow 40 per cent of today’s value there’s some insurance companies that will make that capital available....
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