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August 09, 2004
Hancock Helps Manulife Show Strong QuarterManulife credits its John Hancock Financial Services Inc. acquisition for making a strong contribution to its healthy income growth in the second quarter.[@@]Manulife, in ...
August 04, 2004
Pru Benefits From AcquisitionsNU Online News Service, Aug. 4, 2004, 4:59 p.m. EDTAcquisitions fueled an increase in second-quarter profits at Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, N.J.[@@]The insurer is ...
August 04, 2004
Investment Market Rebound Aids U.S. PensionsNU Online News Service, Aug. 4, 2004, 4:15 p.m. EDTThe 2003 investment market rebound improved the funded status of many large U.S. defined benefit ...
August 04, 2004
ACLI Praises Trade Talk FrameworkMembers of the World Trade Organization may be setting the stage for insurers to participate more actively in the growth of developing markets.[@@]The American ...
August 03, 2004
Principal Reports Lower 2Q Net IncomeNU Online News Service, Aug. 3, 2004, 5:15 p.m. EDTInvestment losses contributed to a drop in second-quarter profits at Principal Financial Group Inc., Des ...
August 01, 2004
Overseas, It Pays To Be SmallIn a lackluster year for foreign equities, small-cap stocks have outperformed. Year-to-date through July 5, the MSCI EAFE Small-Cap Index rose 10.9%, while the broader...
August 01, 2004
On Being ExceptionalIt was Alexis DeTocqueville who coined the phrase "American exceptionalism" after traveling the young United States in the early 1830s. There were a number of...