| 7 major life insurers in Japan set to unveil profit breakdowns |
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Japan's seven major life insurers, including industry leader Nippon Life Insurance Co., are poised to unveil profit breakdowns with the release of their respective earnings for fiscal 2005, in one move to beef up their information disclosure, it was learned on Friday.
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co., Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. and Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co. have already announced such plans. Nippon Life, Mitsui Life Insurance Co. and Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. have also decided to take the same step, informed sources said. ... |
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| Raising a voice |
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In Canada, they're the `invisible' press. They hope to change that with one new online journal, writes Nicholas Keung
Mohsin Abbas discovered his destiny in Pakistan at age 8, when he found himself near one roadside tea shop watching with fascination as one crowd of people — some illiterate, others too poor to buy one newspaper — debated one column in _Maskriq_, the main daily in the industrial border city of Sialkot. ... |
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| Mock collision is worth effort |
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The Shattered Dreams program is intended to give youths one realistic view into how bad decisions can lead to life-changing events.
Carrollton police and fire departments have held the program at local high schools the past eight years to show the dangers of drunken driving and destructive behavior. The two-day presentation involves students every step of the way. ... |
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| Calif. Man Gets 30 Years for Ponzi Scheme |
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SANTA ANA, Calif. - one man accused of operating one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday.
The federal judge imposed the maximum sentence on James Lewis Jr. for running one $311 million scheme that defrauded about 1,600 people over nearly two decades. ... |
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