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Insurers Are Among Companies Praised For LGBT Work Equality Policies
The Hartford CourantA number of insurance companies received a perfect score from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for having policies and practices that provide an equal workplace for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. A total of 252 companies across the...Tags: ING Group, Minority Groups, Politics, MetLife Incorporated, Insurance
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For the record
Pilates gear: In the Dec. 8 Saturday section, two photos with an article about yoga and Pilates equipment were switched. The photo with the item about the PeakPilates PilatesStick Basic Kit Package, a door-mounted exercise system, was actually of the...Tags: Phil Angelides , FedEx Corporation, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Robert B. Reich: How Wall Street is trying to avoid U.S. oversight
While all eyes are on the Supreme Court and Obamacare, a quieter battle is being waged against the president's other major initiative, the Dodd-Frank financial reform act. Wall Street has already watered down or delayed most of Dodd-Frank. Now it wants...
Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Deutsche Bank AG, Politics, Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Travelers Estimates $650 Million In Sandy Losses, After Tax, Reinsurance
The Hartford CourantHurricane Sandy is estimated to cost The Travelers Cos. $650 million after the company accounts for tax and reinsurance. Reinsurance is insurance for insurers, covering insured costs if the dollar amount reaches a certain level. Before tax and...Tags: Chubb Corporation, Transportation Industry, Insurance, Allstate Corp., Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Bank of America voted least popular; satisfaction at 11-year low
Customers last year were not pleased with Bank of America and its many fees, giving the institution its lowest satisfaction score since 2000. The score of 66 on a scale of 100 is 3% lower than the bank’s tally in 2010, according to the American...
Tags: Banking, Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Incorporated
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The Hartford Completes Sale Of Woodbury Financial Brokerage To AIG
The Hartford CourantThe Hartford Financial Services Group said Monday it has completed its sale of Woodbury Financial Services to American International Group Inc. The Hartford said in August it reached a deal to sell Woodbury Financial for $115 million — $25...Tags: Career and Workplace, Insurance, Employees, Enfield, The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.
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The Hartford To Sell Woodbury Brokerage For $115 Million To AIG
The Hartford CourantThe Hartford announced late Tuesday it has an agreement to sell the Woodbury Financial Services brokerage to American International Group, Inc., for $115 million. The agreement is expected to close at the end of this year. Proceeds from the sale...Tags: Deutsche Bank AG, Sales, Insurance, Simsbury, Hartford Financial Services Group Incorporated
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Stock buybacks fall for second consecutive quarter
American companies are getting a bit hesitant about buying back their own stock. Share repurchases by large companies fell in the first three months of this year, the second consecutive quarter of declining buybacks, according to Standard & Poor’...
Tags: Buyback, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Exxon Mobil Corporation, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Cut Medicare and Social Security? What's the rush?
The question that normally comes to mind when someone claims to know the future is why he's out hustling rubes for pennies with his purported clairvoyance, instead of using it to make a fortune and retiring to the South Seas. Of course, the answer is...
Tags: Google Inc., Medicare, Fiscal Cliff, Federal Reserve, Lloyd Blankfein
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Ten Maryland banks remain in TARP, while Treasury winds down program
Delmar Bancorp has no regrets about taking a $9 million investment from the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program, even though some banks have rushed for the exit. "We did it as an abundance of caution," said Ed Thomas, president of the parent of Bank of...
Tags: F.N.B. Corporation, Ellicott City, Delmar Bancorp, Annapolis, Cecil Bancorp Incorporated
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Attorneys to settle mudslide lawsuit
The Pasadena law firm that defended Glendale in lawsuits stemming from a 2005 mudslide that cost the city nearly $15.4 million has agreed to pay $98,500 to settle a malpractice lawsuit, according to a City Council announcement this week. Glendale sued...Tags: Avalanches and Landslides, Litigation, Technology, Judges, Google+
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Will Wall Street prevail?
Corporate-sponsored groups have launched a campaign of litigation in the lower federal courts challenging the legality of the second major piece of President Barack Obama's legislative program, one that received a lot of attention in last week's first...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Financial Markets, Stephen Breyer, Housing and Urban Planning, Corporate Crime
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Oct 8, 2012
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