| Fri 3 Sep 2010 |
BestWeek: Munich Re Passes Swiss Re at No. 1
Insurance Newsnet | Berkshire Hathaway has slipped to fifth place in A.M. Best Co.'s ranking of top 50 global reinsurance groups based on gross premiums written, according to an exclusive A.M. Best report appearing in BestWeek U.S./Canada. Berkshire was displaced for ... |
Greater clarity on climate finance at 46-nation forum
Yahoo Daily News | GENEVA (AFP) – Forty-six countries gained a clearer view on Friday of what it may take to secure a deal worth hundreds of billions of dollars in climate aid, an issue that threatens hopes for a treaty on global warming. | A two-day informal m... |
Protein test ups diabetes diagnoses in some races
Yahoo Daily News | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Efforts to adopt a more accurate test for diagnosing diabetes may have hit a snag. Comparing the age-old oral glucose tolerance test to the newer hemoglobin A1c test confirms earlier evidence that race may influenc... |
Looting Matters: An Attic Krater in Minneapolis
PR Newswire | , Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- David Gill, archaeologist, reflects on the Athenian wine-mixing krater in the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA). | In 1983 the Minneapolis Institute of Art acquired an Athenian red-figured krater. The outside was p... |
Mexico's foreign minister dampens hopes of Cancun climate deal
The Guardian | Patricia Espinosa says success of talks should not be measured by whether countries agree on a new legally binding text Patricia Espinosa speaks to journalists after climate talks in Geneva. Photograph: Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA | Mexico's foreign min... |
Where the jobs are now, and where they'll be next
CNN September 3, 2010: 12:26 PM ET | FORTUNE -- U.S. companies modestly added jobs in August, easing concerns that the nation might slip back into a recession. The latest jobs report released by the Labor Department today showed employment in the private... |
Bed Bugs May Bite Insurers, But Won't Dog Industry
Insurance Newsnet Copyright 2010 MarketWatch.com Inc.All Rights Reserved | MarketWatch | September 2, 2010 Thursday 7:27 PM EST | NEWS & COMMENTARY | 833 words | Bed bugs may bite insurers, but won't dog industry | Alistair Barr, MarketWatch . | Alistair Barr is a... |
Concern over deportations of Iraqis from Europe
Middle East Online GENEVA – The UN refugee agency on Friday objected to the continuing forced returns of Iraqi citizens from Western European countries soon after 61 people were flown back to Baghdad. | Spokesman Adrian Edwards told journalists in Geneva that UNHCR was... |
Mexico FM dampens expectations for Cancun talks
The Boston Globe | GENEVA-Mexico's Foreign Minister has dampened hopes for a breakthrough deal at the Cancun climate change talks in November. | Patricia Espinosa says the success of the talks doesn't depend on countries reaching agreement for a new legally binding t... |
President Okays PIC For GFA
Peace FM Online President John Evans Atta Mills on Wednesday returned from Switzerland and gave an assurance that proper steps would be taken by his administration to establish the Public Interest Committee (PIC) to oversee the disbursement of funds invested in foot... |
GLOBAL: New two-hour TB test
IRINnews web | JOHANNESBURG, 3 September 2010 (PlusNews) - A new, accurate, easy-to-use test can diagnose tuberculosis (TB) - including drug-resistant strains of the disease - in less than two hours. It has the potential to save thousands of lives in developi... |
Nine booby-trapped parcels sent to Swiss bankers: report
Yahoo Daily News | GENEVA (AFP) – At least nine bankers in western Switzerland have received booby-trapped parcels containing highly corrosive liquid, a Swiss newspaper reported on Friday. | Quoting sources in local police and justice, Tribune de Geneve said th... |
President okays PIC for GFA
Joy Online President John Evans Atta Mills on Wednesday returned from Switzerland and gave an assurance that proper steps would be taken by his administration to establish the Public Interest Committee (PIC) to oversee the disbursement of funds invested in foot... |
Nations meet on climate change cash
Independent online | By Alister Doyle | Geneva - About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming. | Environment ministers an... |
Pharma giant Roche starts cost-cutting programme
The Times Of India ZURICH: Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said on Friday it was launching a cost-cutting programme which could lead to job cuts. | The company said in a statement that "mounting pressures to curb healthcare costs" in the United States and Europe were ... |
Gaddafi keeps people guessing 41 years on (News Feature)
m&c | Tripoli - When the Libyan head of state, Muammar al-Gaddafi takes his place behind the podium anything is possible. | Either he will only say a few cheerful words - like recently at the Arab summit in Tripoli. Or, he pleasurably affronts everyone b... |
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