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September 08, 2006

Promina First-Half Profit Falls

Promina First-Half Profit Falls 5.7% on Lower Prices (Update5) 
Bloomberg.com - Aug 28 11:42 PM
Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Promina Group Ltd., Australia's second-largest auto and home insurer, said first-half profit fell 5.7 percent as competition cut prices, higher interest rates reduced investment returns and a cyclone added to claims.Save to My Web

(AFX UK Focus) 2006-08-15 09:16 GMT: Asian shares close mixed ahead of US price data 
Interactive Investor - Aug 15 1:47 AM
HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Shares across the Asia-Pacific region closed mixed with investors on the sidelines ahead of the release of the US producer price index (PPI) later today and of the US consumer price index (CPI) tomorrow, dealers said.Save to My Web

Stock investment likely to begin to pick up late this year 
MCOT - Aug 29 6:38 PM
BANGKOK, Aug 30 (TNA) - Investment on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is expected to be sluggish until September and will begin to pick up late this year, according to a top executive in the securities business.Save to My Web

China to lift insurers' stock investment ceiling (AFX) Updated: 2006-08-21 15:18 
China Daily - Aug 21 12:42 AM
China will raise the limit on stock investments by insurance companies to 15 percent of their assets in the previous year, the China Business Post reported, citing an unidentified official with the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC).Save to My Web

Funny Money 
The Motley Fool - Aug 25 8:43 AM
Lest you be focusing on just the more serious stories in the financial press, such as IBM 's (NYSE: IBM) purchase of FileNet (Nasdaq: FILE) , or how Sprint Nextel 's (NYSE: S) selection of WiMAX for its new wireless Internet network system is very good news for Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) , here's a brief recap of some weird financial news.Save to My Web

Posted by auctionbullet at September 8, 2006 04:24 PM