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ST GALLEN, Switzerland (AFX) - Helvetia Patria Holding reported a first half net profit of 162.9 mln sfr, up from a restated figure of 116.4 mln last year, beating the consensus forecast, driven by continued growt...

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NEW YORK - Despite several factors stacked against them, U.S. Hispanics suffer less from cancer than white Americans do, a major new study found.

Hispanics, who make up 13 percent of the U.S. population and are the fastest-growing demographic group, are disproportionately poorer an...

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Improved CRM by online directories provide a model and inspiration for newspaper publishers -- and taxonomy management is the key.

Verint Systems Inc., provider of analytic software-based solutions for security and business intelligence, announced that Answer Financial has selected ULTRA and its Analytics suite to optimize its sales processes and enhance customer service. ULTRA will provi...

East Bay > News Subscribe to East Bay Business Times This is State Farm's second request ... State Farm seeks 10.6% rate reduc

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This is State Farm's second request for a rate decrease in two years. Last year State Farm, the largest home owners' insurer nationwide and in the Golden State, reduced rates by 6.2 percent in California, said local State Farm spokesman Bill Sirola.

State Farm's request is in sharp contrast to Allstate Insurance Co. 's reques...

Johannesburg - South Africa's second-biggest insurer Sanlam increased first-half headline ea... Sanlam lifts earnings by 3

Johannesburg - South Africa's second-biggest insurer Sanlam increased first-half headline earnings per share by 35% but did not expect a similar performance in the second-half, the company said on Thursday.

Headline EPS - which excludes non-trading, capital and certain extraordinary items - was 138.4 cents per share while core earnings rose marginally to R1.582bn, Sanlam said in a st...

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lorida has one the strongest building codes in the country when it comes to protection from hurricane-force winds. But it is worth noting that the code sets the threshold, not the pinnacle, for building safety. That is, the state's building code is the minimum acceptable safety standard for ...

"In 2005, more than 500,000 FHA loans were made nationwide -- and 2005 was a slow year for the FH... Mortgage Lenders Plus.com

"In 2005, more than 500,000 FHA loans were made nationwide -- and 2005 was a slow year for the FHA program," says Peter G. Miller, author of The Common-Sense Mortgage and a columnist syndicated in more than 80 newspapers.

"The surprising thing about the FHA program is that while borrowers make ongoing insurance payments, some of that insurance money can be refunded to borrowers," Miller e...

An article that ran in a recent Journal Star asked if Nebraskans are leaving the state because of... Letters, 9/3: Nebraskans m

An article that ran in a recent Journal Star asked if Nebraskans are leaving the state because of high taxes. The answer is yes. My parents lived in Nebraska for 72 years. Then, they had to decide whether to risk outliving their retirement income in Nebraska, or move to a more senior-friendly state.

They moved, and left all family and friends, to live in a state where they pay $500 i...

There is no magic wand which one could use to provide energy security. However, a key element in ... Energy Independence and Gl

There is no magic wand which one could use to provide energy security. However, a key element in finding a solution is to understand the magnitude of the problem. Perhaps most fundamentally, we must integrate the energy, environmental and foreign policy tracks of our national security. For too long these have been separate, and the energy, environment and foreign policy worlds have hardly spoke...