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Blog gag B y Gail Ilagan 
Minda News - 1 minute ago
DAVAO CITY — Captured fugitive Capt. Nick Faeldon’s blog seems to be a most visited site, with many sources from all over citing its contents and providing directions to it. Having an idle five minutes last week, I checked it out. I was visitor number five hundred thousand something.Save to My Web

A.M. BEST AFFIRMS RATING OF MERITZ FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO 
Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance - Jan 29 4:46 PM
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Countrywide Reports 2005 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Results 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Jan 31 5:00 AM
Countrywide Financial Corporation today announced results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2005.Save to My Web

Council picks new manager 
Orlando Sentinel - Jan 31 3:32 AM
Before James T. Dinneen takes over as Volusia County’s next permanent manager in April, he’ll face the tough job of saying goodbye to close friends and a job he likes as manager of Dayton, Ohio. Save to My Web

UN TO SEIZE US$7 TRILLION TO REPLACE NATIONS WITH WORLD EMPIRE 
Indymedia Chiapas - Jan 30 10:13 PM
Now comes the UN, asking to “help” world problems because “the nation-state is an old-fashioned concept that has no role to play in a modern globalised world”.Save to My Web

Friendship Over Meals Yields Gift of Life 
The Ledger - Jan 31 3:02 AM
LAKELAND — Sassy Cassie’s restaurant will never be confused with a slick franchise directed by a distant corporate office. The Lakeland eatery is literally a mom-and-pop outfit, a homey place with photos of the owners’ three children taped up near the register.Save to My Web

Offshore insurers get OK to sell from Florida 
Sun-Sentinel - Jan 30 12:25 AM
Florida has given its first approval for an offshore company to sell life insurance and annuities to non-U.S. residents under a new law that aims to make the state an international insurance center.Save to My Web

Liberty Sells Australian Life Assurer 
AllAfrica.com - Jan 31 7:44 AM
LIBERTY Life had sold Australian business PrefSure Holdings to New Zealand’s Tower Limited in a deal that would net it about R380m after payments to minorities, taxes and other costs, it said yesterday. This was 5%-10% higher than the carrying value of PrefSure on its books, it said.Save to My Web

SBI Life ties up with Federal Bank for home loan insurance 
Kaumundi Online - Jan 31 9:28 AM
KOCHI : SBI Life Insurance, a joint venture between State Bank of India and Cardif SA of France, today signed a strategic tie-up with private sector Federal Bank Limited (FBL) to provide home loan insurance scheme for FBL customers.Save to My Web

Ameritas Life Insurance Sets Higher Customer Service Standard With Calabrio 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Jan 30 7:44 AM
Calabrio, Inc., a leading provider of contact center workforce management solutions, today announced immediate results from its second deployment with Ameritas Life Insurance Corp., a UNIFI company.Save to My Web

Results for Insurance 
Gomerasol.com - Jan 25 11:43 PM
Progressive Car Insurance : Official Site Named #1 insurance website by Watchfire. Get a free direct quote now. www.progressive.com - sponsored listingSave to My Web

VIA Technology Opens Development Center in Mumbai 
LinuxElectrons - Jan 26 9:54 PM
Mumbai , India VIA Technologies has said that the first VIA Technology Innovation Center will be established in Mumbai to develop new VIA pc-1 PHD computing and connectivity appliances that combat power, heat, dust and other environmental challenges in developing markets around the world.Save to My Web

Evacuee relief effort puts strain on Texas 
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Jan 29 5:11 AM
Officials predict the state will spend more than $121 million this fiscal year, with the federal government kicking in another $646.1 million, to care for the special needs of displaced hurricane victims still in Texas. 11:06 PM Save to My Web

Granholm vows to grow economy 
Lansing State Journal - Jan 26 1:12 AM
Thousands of Michigan workers could have access to new health insurance and retirement savings opportunities under plans laid out by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Wednesday night.Save to My Web

6-Bedroom Ship For Sale 
The Boston Channel - Jan 30 3:07 PM
BOSTON — The Nantucket Lightship spent more than three decades off the coasts of northern California, Maine and Massachusetts warning ships to navigate around sandbars.Save to My Web

Senators and climate 
Bangor Daily News - 1 hour, 16 minutes ago
Our senators have certainly been busy on climate change policy. Sen. Olympia Snowe co-chairs an international climate change policy group backed by George Soros. Sen. Susan Collins has junketed to the Arctic and Antarctic to highlight the issue.Save to My Web

The Hartford Reports Fourth Quarter 2005 Net Income of $474 million or $1.53 Per Diluted Share 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Jan 26 1:30 PM
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. , one of the nation’s largest financial services and insurance companies, today reported fourth quarter 2005 net income of $474 million, or $1.53 per diluted share.Save to My Web

Profits rise 120 percent at Granite 
The Sacramento Bee - Jan 30 5:59 AM
Granite Community Bank posted net income of $266,000 for the last quarter of 2005, up 120 percent over the same period a year earlier.Save to My Web

Evidence-based Uses 
ThirdAge - Jan 27 1:19 PM
Acupuncture has been part of the medical mainstream in countries such as China and Japan for centuries. It is also one of the most widely utilized forms of alternative therapy in the United States. More than 10 million acupuncture treatments are administered annually in the U.S. alone.Save to My Web

How To Get Pet Insurance For Your Dog
DogExplorer, CA - Jan 26, 2006 is no question that you should save your dog s life by any They may know well respected pet insurance companies that offer affordable pet insurance plans

Mittal tries to ease Arcelor bid concerns
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Prudential Mortgage Capital Company Announces Appetite for More
Finanzen.net, Germany - 15 hours ago mezzanine, structured financing and interim/bridgelending; affordable housing loans of products and services, including life insurance, mutualfunds, annuities

MAF Bancorp Reports Increase in Fourth Quarter Earnings Per Share
Market Wire (press release) - 19 hours ago check losses and lower costs related to the Bank's affordable housing investments to lower earnings from tax-advantaged bank-owned life insurance investments in

United States: Estate Planning Resolution for 2006 
Mondaq - Jan 30 11:16 AM
It is time for your 2006 estate planning resolutions - 12 of them, one for each month. These are the simple, basic, first steps.Save to My Web

Woman in court over fake death 
The Australian - Jan 29 5:30 PM
A SYDNEY woman accused of helping her estranged husband fake his own death as part of a life insurance scam has appeared in a Sydney court today. Sheila Gordon, 55, has been charged with two counts of obtaining money by deception.Save to My Web

State of the Union ‘Bush-Care’ Is Junk Health Care Plan, Widow & Consumer Groups Say 
[Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Jan 30 9:26 AM
The health plan that President Bush is expected to announce in Tuesday’s State of the Union address, “isn’t worth a dime because it allows insurance companies to sell junk policies that don’t protect patients when they are sick,” according to a widow whose husband was insured under the type of limited benefits policy being promoted by Bush, but owed a half million dollars in medical Save to My Web

IN YOUR CORNER: Take the time to understand your coverage 
Kansas City Star - Jan 29 12:09 AM
The three biggest sources of complaints from consumers against their insurance companies last year were delays, denials of claims and unsatisfactory settlement offers.Save to My Web

China Life Insurance searching for global partner
Xinhua, China - Jan 12, 2006 13 — China Life Insurance Co, overtaken by rivals in a race for foreign investors, is accelerating its search for a global partner nearly three years after a

Demystifying life insurance premiums
Sify, India - Jan 24, 2006 Individuals have conventionally bought life insurance plans mainly for investments, tax benefits and the life cover they offer.

Woman in court over fake death
Advertiser Adelaide, Australia - 17 hours ago A SYDNEY woman accused of helping her estranged husband fake his own death as part of a life insurance scam has appeared in a Sydney court today.

HK PRESS: China Life Parent Seeks Dazhong Insurance Stake
Yahoo! News - Jan 3, 2006 HONG KONG (Dow Jones)–China Life Insurance (Group) Co., the state-owned parent of China Life Insurance Co. (LFC), is in talks to

Insurance Consolidation: Appeal for Support
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 17, 2006 It was catogorised as N2b for Life Insurance Companies, N3 billion for Insurance is build on trust and invariably on prompt settlement of claims.

Jury in Boney case break for the night
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - Jan 24, 2006 murders in exchange for a promised cut of insurance-settlement money from total of Kimberly Camm's death benefits, including life insurance policies, remaining

The South Financial Group Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year
MSN Money - Jan 19, 2006 Mortgage banking income 7,434 6,106 21.7 Bank-owned life insurance 11,608 11,215 derivative activities (1) (335) 3,209 (110.4) Net cash settlement of certain

Other Income
Forbes - Jan 17, 2006 Accelerated Death Benefits Certain amounts paid as accelerated death benefits under a life insurance contract or settlement before the insured's death are

Universal Life settles with New York for $2 mln
Reuters - Jan 5, 2006 Jan 5 (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the state's insurance regulator reached a $2 million settlement with Universal Life Resources, a

Tower Financial Corporation Reports Record 2005 Earnings Per Share
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Jan 18, 2006 of securities (33,694) 136,125 (33,694) 154,338 Insurance Settlement - 860,000 - 860,000 2,802,189 1,969,610 Bank Owned Life Insurance 10,462,402 3,205,785

Medical Interpretative Services is a Civil Right
Pacific News Service, CA - 20 hours ago services to their patients, regardless of insurance status. poses a public safety threat in life or death This case was resolved through a settlement with the

First Federal Bankshares, Inc. Announces Earnings and Declares
MSN Money - Jan 24, 2006 period ended December 31, 2004 was inflated due to a loss on real estate owned totaling $94,000 and a charge of $68,000 for a credit life insurance settlement.

Greater Community Bancorp Reports 2005 EPS of $1.11
Business Wire (press release), CA - Jan 18, 2006 LLC subsidiary, and also offers title insurance and settlement services through 2,835 OTHER REAL ESTATE OWNED 549 849 BANK-OWNED LIFE INSURANCE 15,005 14,503

St. Bede announces fund drive
MyWebTimes.com, IL - 21 hours ago Such a gift may be of appreciated stock or real estate, or it may be a deferred gift in the form of a bequest or gift annuity or life insurance policy.

The Hartford Reports Fourth Quarter 2005 Net Income of $474
MSN Money - Jan 26, 2006 and losses (net of tax and the effects of deferred policy acquisition costs The Hartford is a leading provider of investment products, life insurance and group

Space scientist hopes to spark interest in stars
Shreveport Times, LA - 5 hours ago that Earth moves in.' It's not that much money to put into place an insurance policy against leaving the 'Who wants to be the first person to find life in the

Now, money will zip through post
Daily News & Analysis, India - Jan 25, 2006 has introduced children s postal life insurance scheme whereby children in the age group of five to 20 years of age can be covered. The policy can be