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Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc. Announces the Retirement of Its Founder (PR Newswire)

yahoo.com     9 hrs ago   2 related          

Friday September 5, 3:12 pm ET SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- News ) announced today that its Founder and Chairman, Merton J. Segal, will retire as an employee of the Company effective September 30,...                    

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PotashCorp Announces Private-Agreement Purchase of Common Shares Under Current Share Repurchase...

yahoo.com     9 hrs ago   1 related          

Friday September 5, 5:48 pm ET Listed: TSX, NYSE Symbol: POT SASKATOON, SK, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) announced that it today purchased for cancellation 500,000...                    

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Pansoft Company Limited Initial Public Offering of 1,200,000 Common Shares Priced at $7.00 Per...

yahoo.com     8 hrs ago   1 related          

Friday September 5, 3:47 pm ET JINAN, China, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pansoft Company Limited ("Pansoft") today announced that its initial public offering of 1,200,000 common shares is being priced at $7.00 per...                    

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Appellate Court Issues Key Rulings in OOIDA Lawsuit (PR Newswire)

yahoo.com     8 hrs ago   1 related          

Friday September 5, 3:21 pm ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- News ) a safety-first non-asset based provider of transportation capacity and logistics services, announced today that the United States...                    

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Ford Motor to lay off 600 Chicago workers

upi.com     5 hrs ago   5 related          

cuts costs at its Chicago assembly plant amid U.S. sales declines, the automaker says. An unspecified number of hourly and salaried employees also will lose their jobs, the Dearborn, Mich., company said. It is likely cuts...                    

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Equity markets end week with big losses

newdelhinews.net     11 hrs ago   12 related          

New Delhi News.Net Saturday 6th September, 2008 (IANS) Indian equity markets had a poor week despite a good start, thanks to weak global markets. The markets ended in the red in three out of four trading sessions. They...                    

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'Seasonal beggars' flock to Indonesia for Ramadan

hindustantimes.com     9 hrs ago   3 related          

Ramadan is prime time for Muslims to give charitable donations, so it's not surprising the Islamic holy month is the most lucrative season for beggars. Beggars, including many old people and women with young children, have...                    

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'Fruitful' talks but no deal to save India's cheap-car plant

yahoo.com     3 hrs ago   4 related          

Sunday September 7, 2008, 1:53 am to end violent protests over a factory in eastern India to manufacture the world's cheapest car ended Saturday with no breakthrough. But West Bengal's opposition Trinamool Congress party,...                    

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China: We understand India's nuclear needs

hindustantimes.com     1 hr ago   10 related          

We back India’s nuke ambitions: Chinese Minister Neelesh Misra, Hindustan Times Q1. Then, in January of this year, Prime Minister Singh paid a successful visit to China and the two sides signed A Shared Vision for the...                    

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ETA Star and OHI launch luxury township in Oman

gulfnews.com     39 mins ago   2 related          

Muscat: One more player from Dubai has arrived in Oman to fill the 'vast gap' for apartment units against the demand as Muscat keeps expanding in every direction. "In the last couple of years nearly 5,000 housing units...                    

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