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      <title><![CDATA[Gates Foundation among MediaNews lenders 
    (AP)
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 06:22:33</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation was among a few dozen banks,  insurance  companies, mutual funds and other entities that loaned $350 million to MediaNews Group Inc. for its purchase of four newspapers from publisher McClatchy Co.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Berkshire Hathaway profit up 62 pct on investments 
    (Reuters)
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      <pubDate>2006-08-05 00:23:36</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - Warren Buffett's  Berkshire Hathaway  
Inc. (BRKa.N)(BRKb.N) said on Friday its second-quarter profit 
rose 62 percent, helped by higher  insurance  premiums and 
investment income.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart wins Maryland health-care lawsuit 
    (Reuters)
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      <pubDate>2006-07-20 02:05:41</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - In a victory for  Wal-Mart  Stores Inc. 
, a federal judge on Wednesday struck down a new 
Maryland law that required the giant retailer to provide health 
 insurance  for its employees in the state.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Several Boat Businesses Leaving Florida For Other States]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?122838</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-07-17 12:15:59</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Florida's marine industry has been a lucrative business in the state until recently. Several boat building businesses have decided to relocate their companies out of the state of Florida due to rising labor costs, skyrocketing  insurance  costs, shortages of skilled labor and the push for more...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Swiss Re to cut 2,000 jobs in wake of GE unit buy 
    (Reuters)
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      <pubDate>2006-07-11 06:41:06</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - Swiss Re  will cut 2,000 jobs 
by 2007, or 17.5 percent of its global workforce, through 
layoffs and attrition in the wake of its &#36;7.4-billion takeover 
of U.S.-based GE  Insurance  Solutions, the company said on 
Tuesday.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart, Others Press FDIC To Allow Special Bank]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?116153</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-06-30 14:13:41</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Wal-Mart has been joined by 13 other companies that are demanding that federal regulators approve the establishment of a special bank. According to reports by Federal Deposit  Insurance  Corp., the number of companies with applications pending before it at the same time is a record....]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Allianz cuts 7,500 jobs, restructures Dresdner 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?110700</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-06-22 06:41:26</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - Allianz  will cut nearly 
7,500 jobs as part of a far-reaching restructuring plan 
designed to boost earnings, Germany&#039;s largest  insurance  group 
said on Thursday.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sheila Bair To Head The FDIC]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?107559</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-06-16 20:04:54</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate has approved Sheila Bair as the next head of the Federal Deposit  Insurance  Corp. (FDIC).
                    
                
                
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      <title><![CDATA[Fendi sues Wal-Mart over fake handbags 
    (Reuters)
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      <pubDate>2006-06-10 07:01:17</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - Italian fashion group Fendi S.R.L. 
sued  Wal-Mart  Stores  in U.S. federal court on Friday, 
accusing the world&#039;s largest retailer of selling counterfeit 
handbags and passing them off as genuine at its Sam&#039;s Club 
warehouse stores.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart lawsuit against AIG, Hartford revived 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?103227</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-06-09 17:54:17</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters -  Wal-Mart  Stores Inc. , may 
pursue its fraud claim against AIG Life  Insurance  Co. and 
Hartford Life  Insurance  Co. that it suffered more than &#36;100 
million of losses from sham  insurance  policies, the Delaware 
Supreme Court ruled.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[N.H. issues cease-and-desist order vs. ING 
    (AP)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?103023</link>
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      <pubDate>2006-06-09 10:49:36</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[AP - State securities officials have issued a cease-and-desist order against ING Financial Advisors and ING Life  Insurance  and Annuity Company for their handling of state employee's 401(k) retirement plan.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[State Farm Responsible For Cheating Tornado Victims]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?96274</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-27 12:10:05</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[ The  insurance  firm, State Farm, has been found responsible of handling  insurance  claims "recklessly," and "with malice." 
 A jury in the District Court of Grady County, Oklahoma, found State Farm hired Haag Engineering, to...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[AIG approved to sell group insurance in China 
    (Reuters)
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      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-26 10:54:57</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters -  American International Group  Inc. 
 said on Friday that one of its units had received 
approval from local Chinese regulators to provide group 
 insurance  there, as the world&#039;s largest insurer makes a push to 
boost its business in the world&#039;s most populous nation.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart says to sell S. Korean retail business 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?92202</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-22 01:34:16</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters -  Wal-Mart  Stores Inc. said on Monday 
South Korea&#039;s Shinsegae Co. had agreed to buy  Wal-Mart &#039;s South 
Korean  retail  business for 825 billion won, or &#36;882 million.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Unemployment Rises]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?90134</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-18 10:57:32</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[ According to the Labor Department, new applications filed for unemployment  insurance  shot up by a seasonally adjusted 42,000 to 367,000 for the week ending May 13. It was the highest level of claims since early October. 
 The department's...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guardian Takes Majority Stake In RS 
    (Investor's Business Daily)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?89686</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-17 19:47:26</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Investor's Business Daily - Guardian Life  Insurance  Co. of America bought a 65% interest in San Francisco-based RS Investments, an employee-owned boutique mutual fund family, both companies announced Wednesday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[FL Homeowners' Insurance: Either Huge Increases or Dropped]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?87694</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-15 14:12:58</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[ Florida homeowners are getting dropped or slammed with huge price increases again this year due to the recent hurricanes and related damages.  Insurance  companies are also blaming their increases on the coverage that they need to purchase in order to...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[AIG posts lower earnings in first quarter 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?84668</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-10 16:56:33</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters -  American International Group  Inc. 
, the world's largest  insurance  company by market value, 
said on Wednesday that first-quarter earnings fell as expenses 
increased.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Berkshire Hathaway 1st-qtr profit rises 70 pct 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?82942</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-05 17:45:48</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters -  Berkshire Hathaway  Inc. (BRKa.N) 
(BRKb.N), the  insurance  and investment company run by 
billionaire Warren Buffett, on Friday said first-quarter profit 
rose 70 percent, helped by increasing revenue.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Spitzer files bid-rig suit against Liberty Mutual 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?82827</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-05 14:58:30</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - New York Attorney General Eliot 
Spitzer on Friday charged Liberty Mutual Group, the sixth 
largest U.S. property casualty insurer, with rigging bids and 
making payoffs to steer business its way.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[India Seeks NRI Investment]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?77130</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-04-27 12:40:32</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[ During his meeting with Indian nationals in Uzbekistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India announced his government's decision to help Indians settled abroad to invest in sectors like  insurance  and  real estate .
 He also mentioned...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dramatic Increase In The Rate Of Americans Without Health Insurance]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?76700</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-04-27 00:01:59</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[ A new study finds the number of working Americans with moderate to middle incomes who do not have health  insurance  increased to 41 percent last year.
 The Associated Press reports this is a major increase from the 28 percent who did not have...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart And Community Banks Transact War Of Words AT FDIC Hearing]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?65760</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-04-10 12:04:14</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[ America's Community Bankers is urging the FDIC at the first ever public agency hearing on Monday to disapprove the application of  Wal-Mart  Bank for FDIC deposit  insurance  at this time.
 Kenneth J. Redding, a member of ACB's Government...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Almost 1,000 Allstate Employees Accept Buyout]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?64272</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-04-07 11:34:20</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[ Nearly 1,000  Allstate  Corp. employees have accepted a voluntary buyout offer, which is hundreds more than the  insurance  company expected when it announced the offer months ago. 
  Allstate  is the second-largest U.S. personal-lines insurer...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Berkshire takes long-term $14 bln bet on stock mkt 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?61904</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-04-04 14:50:50</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - Warren Buffett&#039;s  Berkshire Hathaway  
Inc. (BRKa.N) has made a 20-year bet on the stock market.  ]]></description>
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