25 Jul 2008 at 12:22pm July 25 (Bloomberg) -- W.R. Berkley Corp. may be the next family-run U.S. insurer to find a buyer after James Maguire agreed on July 23 to sell his Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. for $4.7 billion, KBW Inc. analyst Robert Farnam said. Farnam ...
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25 Jul 2008 at 10:27am Oil prices fell sharply Friday, dropping at times below $123 for the first time in weeks as investors questioned whether prices have cooled off enough to reflect deteriorating demand. Light, sweet crude for September delivery fell $2.33 to $123.16 a ...
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25 Jul 2008 at 9:59am TOKYO -- Honda Motor Co. posted a surprise 8.1% rise in net profit for the April-to-June quarter as strong demand for its fuel-sipping vehicles in the U.S. and increased sales to emerging markets helped offset the impact of higher raw-material costs ...
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25 Jul 2008 at 9:52am Ford Motor Co. is in deep trouble, just like General Motors and Chrysler. One big difference: Ford knows where it is going, and it has a strategy on how to get there. That is more than I can say for its two domestic rivals. Frankly, it does not ...
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24 Jul 2008 at 3:29pm NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of auto companies tumbled Thursday, after Ford Motor Co. announced its worst quarterly loss in its history. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Airline shares gave up some of their recent gains on Thursday amid broad stock market declines and ...
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23 Jul 2008 at 11:27am LONDON, July 23 (Reuters) - European shares ended more than 2 percent higher on Wednesday as banks enjoyed their best day in four months ahead of a vote on a U.S. housing market rescue bill, while autos gained on strong earnings and oil fell. The ...
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