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Double Duty

Twenty-nine year old Peter Webb served his country in the U.S. Marines for eight years. Since then, Sergeant Webb has spent four years serving small businesses as an account manager and producer for an Oklahoma City independent agency. Now just …

Wis. Bill Would Provide Coverage for Uninsured Veterans

Wisconsin legislative Democrats unveiled plans this week to make health insurance coverage available for most uninsured veterans in the state. The Assembly Speaker said he would keep Rep. Terry Musser as chair of a veterans’ committee despite the Republican’s acknowledgment …

N.J. Jury Awards $47.5 Million in Vioxx Heart Attack Retrial

Merck & Co.’s painkiller Vioxx contributed to an Idaho postal worker’s heart attack, a jury in Atlantic City has ruled, reversing the verdict in the man’s first trial and hitting Merck with a total of $47.5 million in damages. In …

Vietnam Joins WTO

Nearly 32 years after Vietnam’s communists chased U.S. forces from their soil, the southeast Asian nation joined the capitalist club as the World Trade Organization’s 150th member on Thursday, signaling its emergence as one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. “Welcome, …

Vietnam Partially Privatizes 71 Key Companies Including Insurer

Vietnam’s prime minister has approved a list of 71 major state-owned enterprises, including Vietnam Insurance Corp., that will be partially privatized between now and the year 2010, the government said this week. The decision, made last week but just announced, …

2006 Catastrophes Cost World’s Insurers $15 Billion, Lightest Hit in Years, Swiss Re Estimates

Vietnam, Business Leaders Hail Historic U.S. Free Trade Vote

Vietnam hailed a historic vote in the U.S. Congress on Saturday that fully normalized trade between the two nations, a final milestone in the process of reconciliation between the former foes. “This event is of major significance for the ties …

Fla. CFO-Elect Announces Chief of Staff, Administration Director

Busy gathering her team in anticipation of next month’s commencement of duty, Chief Financial Officer-elect Alex Sink announced Jim Cassady as chief of staff for her administration and Elizabeth “Diana” Flagg as director of the Division of Administration. Cassady has …

Violence in schools–having a plan

Indiana Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group and an insurer of public and private schools throughout the Midwest, hosted a free, day-long seminar this fall to help Ohio school officials develop better school safety plans. Recognizing that violence …

Violence in schools-having a plan

Indiana Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group and an insurer of public and private schools throughout the Midwest, hosted a free, day-long seminar this fall to help Ohio school officials develop better school safety plans. Recognizing that violence …