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China's insurance regulator announced it had asked insurer Ping An for more information about the proposed sale of a stake in the company held...

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According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, late last week, wildfires exacerbated by hot, dry, and windy conditions spread across parts of southern Tasmania....

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Bailed-out Belgian banking and insurance company KBC is pulling out of Slovenia's Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB) and will sell its 22-percent stake back to...

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Pakistan is offering to insure foreign businessmen to attract overseas investment to a country where thousands have been killed by Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked violence,...

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France should allow doctors to "accelerate the coming of death" for terminally ill patients, a report to President Francois Hollande recommended Tuesday. Hollande referred the...

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The French parliament voted Thursday to ban the use of bisphenol A, a chemical thought to have a toxic effect on the brain and...

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According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan on December 7 2012, 270 kilometers...

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Chinese insurer PICC will make its trading debut in Hong Kong Friday after raising a lower-than-expected $3.1 billion from the city's biggest share sale...

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Asian insurance giant AIA said Wednesday it had completed the takeover of Sri Lankan insurer Aviva NDB Insurance for $109 million, further increasing its...

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Genome mapping could prove key in preventing superbugs in hospitals, an Australian researcher said Friday, urging its use to prevent countless deaths from antibiotic-resistant...

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The world's biggest food group Nestle is moving into traditional Chinese medicine by joining forces with Chinese pharma group Chi-Med, the Swiss group said...

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Ever since her father had his heart attack years ago, 76-year-old Maria has been fiercely devoted to Spain's public hospitals. Now that authorities are planning...

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Doctors and staff at public hospitals in Madrid launched a strike Monday complaining that authorities plan to privatise health services to save money in...

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Since Sandy made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone on October 29, 2012, in southern New Jersey, catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has been analyzing...

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New claims for US unemployment insurance benefits plunged more than expected last week, but the data is still being skewed by Superstorm Sandy, the...

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German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer withdrew from a battle to buy US-based Schiff Nutrition International on Tuesday, ruling out an increase to its...

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Banking giant HSBC said Monday it was in talks to sell its stake in China's Ping An Insurance Group, the country's second-largest life insurer...

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The world economy would be boosted by billions of dollars if all women had access to contraception, the United Nations said on Wednesday in...

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French surgeons began on Monday an open-ended strike to protest against perceived threats to their freedom and pay. The protest has been called by 30...

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Hundreds of pharmacies closed in eastern Spain on Monday in a strike to demand the government step in because indebted regional authorities cannot pay...