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After Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm Katia Poses Next Threat (ALL, TRV, CB, ALL, BRK-B, RE, PRE, CRD-B, LOW, HD)

Posted: August 30, 2011 at 10:50 am

The worst part about hurricane season is that one bad hurricane has no impact on whether or not another hurricane, or series of hurricanes, can be coming back down the ...
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Counter-Intuitive: Insurance Stocks Rising After Hurricane (ALL, TRV, CB, HIG, BRK-B, RE, PRE, CRD-B)

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 9:56 am

Any time a hurricane hits, it can cause billions of dollars in damage to homes, cars, businesses, and other properties.  The estimates for Hurricane Irene were growing higher and higher ...
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Dividend Watch: Reinsurance/Insurance Managing Japan Risk Just Fine (ACE, RE, PRE, BRK-A)

Posted: May 18, 2011 at 1:20 pm

It was just on May 4, 2011 that ACE Limited (NYSE: ACE) released its quarterly earnings and when it outlined its costs pertaining to that catastrophe in Japan.  It appears ...
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December’s $30B+ Buybacks Set Stage for 2011 Bonanza (BBBY, PRE, T, BAX, CB, CSC, BEN, HD, BEN, HD, INTC, TEVA, GE, CSCO)

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 7:30 am

Share repurchase programs, or stock buybacks, have been and may always be a more questionable method of returning capital to shareholders than dividends.  Many even disagree with the effect of ...
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In Defense of Reinsurance (ACGL, AXS, RE, PRE, RNR, TRH, XL)

Posted: May 19, 2010 at 9:39 am

If you want to know who is ultimately on the hook for the biggest part of catastrophic losses from natural (and man-made) disasters, look no further than reinsurers.  They are ...
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If Palm Is Still Around, It Has An AT&T Deal

Posted: March 22, 2010 at 9:58 am

Palm (PALM) has set a deal to sell its handsets though AT&T (T) Wireless. Unfortunately, the relationship does not begin "for a few months." Palm will market its Palm Pre ...
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Media Digest 4/29/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 29, 2009 at 2:52 am

According to Reuters, the days of the CEOs of Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup (C) may be numbered. Reuters reports that a deal has been reached to cut Chrysler's ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (RE, FIG, PRE, SGEN, TROW, AUY, NT, RICK, RDS.A, X)

Posted: October 27, 2008 at 6:50 am

These are ten of the top analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen this Monday morning with about 2 hours to the the open:Everest Re (RE) to Outperform at Wachovia.Fortress ...
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