| Keep consuming! |
| I have long assumed that people of the developing world have judged America harshly for consuming the lion's share of global natural resources Wouldn't you be a bit peeved if someone hogged more than their fair share of the global commons? (more) |
| Super Bowl big business for Hickory House |
| ASPEN The kitchen at the Hickory House in Aspen is hectic by 8 a m on Super Bowl Sunday, and by 2 p m it's downright crazy (more) |
| Lawmakers Look to Help December Flood Victims |
| There's silence in John Brunoff's Washington dairy farm, except for the sound of a lone worker hosing an empty 5,000 gallon milk tank
Just nine weeks ago, more than 270 cows filled this organic da (more) |
| 5 West Virginians Indicted in Multiple Insurance Fraud Charges |
| A Kanawha County, W Va , grand jury indicted five individuals in multiple cases involving insurance fraud last week, according to the state's Insurance Commissioner, Jane L Cline,
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| A couple of reasons for Obama |
| Dear Editor: (more) |
| PartnerRe Earnings Announcement Today; Conference Call Details |
| Bermuda based PartnerRe Ltd will announce its fourth quarter 2007 and full year results after the market close today, February 4, 2008
Senior management will conduct a dial in conference call, w (more) |
| A nifty site for finding the perfect (wacky) hotel |
| Filed under: Hotels and AccommodationsSometimes it's really about the destination, and not the journey I've just come across a great site, UnusualHotelsoftheWorld com, which is exactly about what its Internet address describes It claims to be the m (more) |
| Airline completes acquisition |
| Budget airline easyJet has announced that it has completed its planned acquisition of GB Airways Final regulatory clearances took place on January 18th 2008 and easyJet paid £103 5 million (more) |
| Listening to the Jobs Report |
| As the economic slowdown continues, Congress should provide relief by extending unemployment benefits in the stimulus package (more) |
| Everest Re Earnings Report - $839 Million Full Year Net Income |
| The Bermuda based Everest Re Group, Ltd reported fourth quarter 2007 after tax operating income, which excludes realized capital gains and losses, of $63 2 million, or $1 00 per diluted share, compar (more) |
| Collapse Could Close Part of N.C.'s Blue Ridge Parkway Through 2008 |
| A short section of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, N C , could be closed through 2008
Officials said a collapsed retaining wall near Craggy Gardens Visitors Center must be repaired
Ab (more) |
| Paladin Holdings, Inc.: Paladin Holdings, Inc. Releases Southland Update Re |
| KINGSPORT, TN (MARKET WIRE) Paladin Holdings, Inc (OTCBB: PLHI) releases Southland update: On January 24, 2008, Southland was required to suspend all ambulance operations due to the lapse of its professional and liability insurance Southland oper (more) |
| Get Best Home Insurance Plan and Tips on How to Minimise Premium |
| A lot of people, not just in UK, but around the world are realising the importance of getting their home insured But the trouble is to find the right kind of home insurance that fits your means Here is a simple way out to find one such plan for you (more) |
| Caucus confusion |
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| Puckett second in World Cup skiercross |
| PARK CITY, Utah Two time Winter X Games gold medalist Casey Puckett of Old Snowmass finished second Saturday in the first World Cup skiercross held on U S soil (more) |
| In Health Debate, Clinton Remains Vague on Penalties |
| What might seem a mundane debate over health policy has taken on outsized importance because it is one of the few substantive differences between the two leading Democratic candidates (more) |
| TV Station Agrees to $30M Settlement with R.I. Nightclub Fire Victims |
| A Rhode Island TV station and a cameraman accused of getting in the way of people fleeing the nightclub fire that killed 100 people have reached a tentative $30 million settlement with survivors and v (more) |
| Jess Cumming wins pipe gold at Copper |
| COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo It's a good thing for Jess Cumming the U S Freeskiing Open adopted a new finals format for this year's event (more) |
| Commerce Insurance Reports Earnings Decline for 4Q, 2007 |
| The Commerce Group, Inc reported 2007 fourth quarter net earnings were $19 6 million, or $0 32 per diluted share, compared to net earnings of $59 4 million or $0 87 per diluted share for 2006
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| RBS 'rules out' dividend cut to ease pressure |
| ROYAL Bank of Scotland is believed to have ruled out a dividend cut or rights issue to address the capital jitters in the banking system when it announces its full year result (more) |
| Not a free ride |
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| Brydon wins super G; Vonn 4th again |
| ST MORITZ, Switzerland If Lindsey Vonn doesn't go on to win the women's World Cup overall title, she might look back on races like Sunday's super G (more) |
| USI Acquires Conn.'s Webster Bank Insurance Brokerage |
| USI Holdings Corp has acquired Webster Insurance, Inc , from Webster Financial Corp , the holding company for Webster Bank, N A The parties also signed marketing agreement to provide expanded produc (more) |
| Local politicos split Obama or Clinton? |
| ASPEN If the contest for the U S presidency depended on Pitkin County, which historically has voted strongly Democratic, it very well might turn out as a draw between U S senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama (more) |
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| Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.: Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter |
| OSWEGO, NY (MARKET WIRE) Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc , the mid tier holding company of Pathfinder Bank (NASDAQ: PBHC), announced reported net income of $485,000, or $0 20 per diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2007 as compared to $31 (more) |
| Black History Month Tribute Videos presented by Tip?s Auto Insurance |
| Marian Anderson (February 27 , 1897 April 8 , 1993), [ joined a junior church choir at the age of six, and applied to an all white music school after her graduation from high school in 1921, but was turned away because she was black (more) |
| Clinton, Obama, Insurance |
| The difference between the health care plans of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama could well be the difference between achieving universal health coverage and falling far short (more) |
| Photo of the Day 2-3-2008 |
| Filed under: Arts and Culture, Asia, Thailand, Photo of the DayOn my first trip to Asia I couldn't believe how casually gas was sold there often, someone sits at a stand on a corner with recycled 2 liter soda bottles filled with petrol Here, Lady (more) |
| Winter storm blows into Colorado |
| DENVER Snow falling as fast as an inch an hour Sunday dumped 10 to 20 inches in parts of Durango, closing several mountain passes in southwest Colorado and crimping business on Super Bowl Sunday (more) |
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| Sweet new year on China flights |
| One airline is looking to celebrate the Chinese New Year in a particularly sweet style, it has been revealed Finnair has announced that it is to serve a sweet dumpling onboard its flights to (more) |
| Aspen powder tours on record pace |
| ASPEN Near record snowfall this winter is putting the Aspen Skiing Co 's backcountry powder operation on a record pace for business (more) |
| Mercator Risk Services Acquires Tennant Risk Services |
| Mercator Risk Services, a specialty wholesale insurance broker, acquired Tennant Risk Services Insurance Agency LLC, a Hartford, Conn based wholesale broker and underwriting manager Terms of the tr (more) |
| Court: Allstate Can Still Write Policies in Florida, for Now |
| Allstate insurance companies can keep on writing new policies in Florida under an appeals court ruling that rejected the state's attempt to stop them, but which also potentially sets up a quick resolu (more) |
| Passports: Microwaved, exploded and eaten |
| A selection of unusual reasons for requests for passport replacements has been released by the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) The IPS reveals that more than 225,000 passports were reported (more) |
| Bode Miller clinches super-combi title |
| VAL D'ISERE, France Bode Miller clinched his third super combi World Cup title with a win Sunday after his closest competitor failed to finish the second leg (more) |
| Home Insurance - Securing Homes Against All Calamities |
| One of the dreams that is shared by people around the world is to own a house for himself A dream that has always made people restless However, one thing that has always existed between people and their dreams is the price at which they were availa (more) |
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| Consumer Groups Challenge USAA Rate Filing |
| The Greenlining Institute is the most recent consumer protection organization to file a petition with the California Department of Insurance over a proposed rate filing by the United States Automobile (more) |
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| Campaign Conflicts Are Not Over Core Goals, but How to Get There |
| There is more consensus than disagreement in the parties over tax, health and Iraq proposals, though the presidential candidates do disagree over means, priorities and each other’s sincerity (more) |
| Where the candidates stand on the subprime credit problem |
| Take a look at where your favorite stands on the issue (more) |
| Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.: Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. Subs |
| FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (MARKET WIRE) Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc (UIH) (AMEX: UVE), a vertically integrated insurance holding company, announced that its subsidiary Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPCIC) has applied to expand in (more) |
| Never assume |
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| February's Prize: Win a Trip for Two to Australia! |
| Frommers com and Qantas Airways are sending one lucky winner & a guest on a trip to Australia! Register now to win this vacation! (more) |
| N.D. School Insurance Settlement Reached |
| The North Dakota state Insurance Department says it has settled a claim for $7 9 million for damage to the Northwood school from the Aug 26 tornado that ripped through the community
The departme (more) |
| Judge Weighs Dropping Financial Firms from Enron Lawsuit |
| A federal judge in Houston said Friday she will evaluate whether three high profile financial institutions being sued for $40 billion in connection with Enron Corp 's collapse should be dropped from l (more) |
| U.S. Safety Agency Pushes to Require Nonflammable Home Furniture |
| A government safety agency is pushing to require all home furnishings sold in the U S to be nonflammable
The Consumer Product Safety Commission advanced a proposal Friday that would require consu (more) |
| Aspen seniors deal with disappointment |
| ASPEN As local high school seniors await their fates as far as college acceptance is concerned, some are learning that their wildest dreams might not be the ones that come true (more) |
| Photo contest: Who's your baby? |
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| Shortage of cabbies hits Aspen |
| ASPEN It's hard to keep employees in Aspen, but when the ranks of local cabbies thin out, airport ground transportation suffers, according to members of the Aspen Chamber Resort Association (more) |
| Arbella, Premier Get Green Light for 2008 Mass. Auto Rates |
| Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes has upheld the 2008 auto insurance rate filings of Arbella Mutal, which proposed an overall rate decrease of 7 7 percent, and Premier (Travelers), wh (more) |
| Manning, Giants pull Super Bowl upset |
| GLENDALE, Ariz One perfect spiral and it was over for the New England Patriots Forever, fans would remember who lost this Super Bowl, as much as who won (more) |
| RNCOS Releases Report on Opportunities in Middle East Insurance Market |
| With insurance sector booming, RNCOS' has added a new market research report in its report gallery The report named 'Opportunities in Middle East Insurance Market' provides extensive research and in depth analysis of the insurance sector in the Midd (more) |
| Kan. Insurance Claims Drop Despite Massive Storms |
| A tornado wiped out 95 percent of Greensburg Hailstorms rattled the south central part of the state, damaging roofs An ice storm crippled the state
With all the large scale weather events to hi (more) |
| Speed 'a problem for Kettering residents' |
| Residents in Kettering have identified speed as a major issue on roads in the area, it has been reported According to the Northants Evening Times, the local police force were approached and found The Oval, Garfield Street and Argyll Street to be regi (more) |
| Forget Times Square, Go Jazz at Lincoln Center |
| Filed under: Arts and Culture, United StatesFor all the time I spend in NYC, last night was the very first time I've seen Jazz at Lincoln Center, at it's 'new' $128M home, the Time Warner building, at Columbus Circle
The center moved here in 2004 fr (more) |
| Financial service centres are proving a big hit, says Eric Gunn |
| CLYDESDALE Bank is witnessing a 20 per cent surge in business banking as a revamped strategy appears to be paying dividends (more) |
| The reality of risk |
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| Florida Home Mitigation Council to Hold First Meeting |
| The first meeting of the legislatively created My Safe Florida Home Advisory Council is scheduled to take place in Tallahassee today
according to Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink
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| Woe to the Netflix Mistress |
| I didn't want to go in, but I know it's unavoidable (more) |
| Canada offers 'top quality of life' |
| Housing and the natural environment in cities such as Vancouver and Quebec have helped make Canada top of the list in terms of quality of life, according to one study The NatWest IPB Quality (more) |
| Who has the real credibility problem - Crombie, or Sir Fred? |
| MUCH has been written about strategic direction and succession issues at Standard Life But the company with at least as much explaining to do in the coming weeks will be Roya (more) |
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| Brown & Brown, Inc.: Brown & Brown, Inc. Announces the Asset Acquisition of |
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| Wal-Mart: The New Washington |
| Look who’s governmentizing the private sector (more) |
| THEATER: ?Young Frankenstein? actor scaring up laughs |
| When Christopher Fitzgerald learned he'd be in one of Broadway's biggest shows, he was already deep in another role He was trying to act from inside an enormous, marshmallowy Cabbage Patch costume, filming one of those offbeat Geiko auto ins (more) |
| Skiers on the run as sterling goes downhill |
| Winter sports fans planning a last minute trip may want to give France and Italy a miss as the spending power of the pound takes a tumble (more) |
| SocGen in court over money laundering |
| STRICKEN French bank Societe Generale, brought low by a £3 7 billion rogue trading scandal, yesterday laid out its defence ahead of a separate, high profile money laundering (more) |
| Arbella, Premier Get Green Light for 2008 Mass. Auto Rates |
| Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes has upheld the 2008 auto insurance rate filings of Arbella Mutal, which proposed an overall rate decrease of 7 7 percent, and Premier (Travelers), wh (more) |
| AXS-One: AXS-One and RenewData(R) Introduce Integrated, Enterprise Solution |
| RUTHERFORD, NJ and AUSTIN, TX (MARKET WIRE) AXS One (OTCBB: AXSO), a leading provider of scalable, high performance records compliance management (RCM) solutions, and RenewData, a leading provider of e discovery and electronically stored information (more) |
| DOW studies Glenwood Canyon bighorns |
| GLENWOOD SPRINGS The hum of tractor trailers, SUVs and passengers speeding down Interstate 70 echoed across Glenwood Canyon's western mouth (more) |
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| Kentucky: Families of Bardstown Fire Victims Suing Cigarette Maker |
| Relatives of 10 people killed in a house fire in Bardstown, Ky , last year have filed a lawsuit that names a cigarette company and a furniture maker
The suit alleges the two companies, Altria Gro (more) |
| The movies Aspen and beyond |
| Here's what's showing, and when, Monday at area theaters (more) |
| News in Brief |
| Arrested again (more) |
| Yorkshire motorists targeted in car insurance crackdown |
| Drivers taking to the roads in Yorkshire can expect increased scrutiny from police looking to catch them without a car insurance policy, it has been reported The Yorkshire Post comments that there was an increase of close to 100 per cent in the numbe (more) |
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| Where the candidates stand on jobs |
| Take a look at where your favorite stands on the employment issue (more) |
| Think! campaign targets mobile phone users |
| A new government programme is to target drivers who continue to use their mobile phones while behind the wheel The campaign from Think! aims to get motorists to switch off when they head out on the road and will be promoted by television and radio ad (more) |
| Home Insurance - Protect Your Home from the Big Freeze! |
| As the winter weather hits places around Britain, one thing that all home owners should be weary of is the potential problems that may occur and the effects on their home insurance The need for extensive home insurance cover is as important as ever (more) |
| Former Aspen teacher faces sentencing |
| ASPEN Former Aspen drama teacher Bradford Moore, 49, will be sentenced Monday on a single misdemeanor charge of possession or control of sexually exploitative material (more) |
| You think your train is crowded? |
| Filed under: Asia, China, TransportationYou could live in China This week, weather issues and transportation shortages are creating a tight squeeze on holiday travel Four hundred thousand Chinese were stuck at the Guangzhou railway station earlier, (more) |
| 5-Star hotels: This year's Mobil Travel Guide List |
| Filed under: Business, United States, Hotels and Accommodations, NewsA few weeks back we gave you the TripAdvisor's list of the dirtiest hotels in the U S On the opposite end of the spectrum, The Mobil Travel Guide has recently unveiled its lists of (more) |
| AXIS Capital Earnings Announcement Today; Conference Call Details |
| Bermuda's AXIS Capital Holdings Limited will announce its fourth quarter 2007 and full year results after the market close today, February 4, 2008
John Charman, CEO and President, and David Greenf (more) |
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