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...Stephanie Horton is our contributing producer. Topher Forhecz is our executive producer. Sound design and mixing by Sam Giovinco. Special thanks to Jessica Dye....
...Stephanie Horton is our contributing producer. Topher Forhecz is our executive produce. Sound design and mixing by Sam Giovinco. And special thanks to Arash Massoudi....
...A recent blog post by the economist John J Horton observed that potential employers using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk service were offering a rate of $1.38 an hour....
...Tamara Ingram, chief executive of J Walter Thompson, insists the right political TV ad can still resonate “with the whole nation”....
...Shares in PulteGroup rose 1 per cent to $19.06, DR Horton added 3 per cent to $21.82 and Lennar gained 3 per cent to $38.80. Overall US equities were stronger....
...“There may be more large losses for the insurance industry yet to come in 2011,” Mr Horton said....
...DR Horton shares rose 4.5 per cent to $10.17, while homebuilder Pulte Group rose 8.8 per cent to $4.58....
...Mr Horton said: “Depending on how our trading goes, we will look to continue returning capital through share buy-backs.”...
...If they were born with longer names, they make them shorter: Jeffrey becomes Jeff (Immelt); Robert becomes Bob (Nardelli, Horton); and Christopher becomes Chris (Gent)....
...Mr Horton said Beazley would still deliver good returns to shareholders based on its 90 per cent combined ratio, or premiums versus expenses and claims....
...“We thought this [10 per cent increase] would be a major move that would be interesting to Hardy and its shareholders,” Mr Horton said....
...“We are surprised to see them initiate a buy-back,” said Andrew Horton, Beazley chief executive. “I think this is to support their shares if we withdraw our offer....
...Andrew Horton, Beazley chief executive, said his company was surprised and disappointed by Hardy’s rejection....
...Mr Horton said the company had also seen investment returns of £56.1m compared with an investment loss of £25.8m in 2008 as the company benefited from the rebound in markets....
...However, Mr Horton added that a large amount of the jump in premium volumes was due to the tumbling value of sterling in the early part of the year as 75 per cent of the group’s business was written overseas...
...Additional reporting by Paul J Davies and Joanna Chung in London...
...“It makes sense that financials are bearing the brunt of the S&P ratings review story,” said Doug Peta, strategist at J&W Seligman....
...Asset Management Limited Halifax (Sue Concannon would like to see the response before agreeing) Heartwood Wealth Management Limited Hitchens, Harrison CO PLC Hoodless Brennan Insinger de Beaufort J...
...The letter was written to Donald J. Ryder, the army's provost marshal general, who is leading an investigation into the treatment of detainees at US facilities in Cuba, Afghanistan and Iraq....
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