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Thursday May 16 | The Morning Call

North Jersey homeowners consider renting out their space for 2014 Super Bowl

Al Wright, a 70-year-old widower, is pretty fussy about his space: "I want the spoons in the drawer lined up a certain way," he admitted.

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Related Topix: Insurance, us Travel, North America Travel, Travel, New Orleans Travel, HomeAway, Away, Housing

Wed May 15, 2013

New York Daily News

EXCLUSIVE: Tenants in Stuyvesant Town face big rent hikes after a judge's ruling

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Related Topix: Insurance

EurekAlert!

Gladstone's Lennart Mucke wins MetLife Foundation award

Dr. Mucke is this year's recipient of the MetLife Foundation's Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Alzheimer's, Health, UC San Francisco, Medicine, Pharmacology

Tue May 14, 2013

Bloomberg

Aig Ceo Tells Grads Don't Cry About Economy, Deal With It

Robert Benmosche , the chief executive officer of insurer American International Group Inc.

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Related Topix: Insurance, American International Group, Alfred University, Amarillo, TX

The Washington Post

GE's Last Consumer Stand Gets $1 Billion Plus New Chief

General Electric Co. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt tried to sell off the company's appliance and lighting businesses in 2008, only to have the effort derailed by the financial crisis.

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Related Topix: 9, General Electric, Financial Services, Aerospace-Defense, Insurance, Fairfield, CT, Science / Technology

Mon May 13, 2013

Customer Interaction Solutions

MetLife to Hold Investor Day

MetLife, Inc. will hold an investor conference on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 12:30 p.m. . Presenters will include members of MetLife's senior management team.

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Related Topix: Insurance

Seeking Alpha

Wal-Mart Providing Banking To The Unbanked

The spotlight is once again on Wal-Mart Stores and its financial services. A recent Bloomberg article has given details on the Federal Advisory Council meeting held in December 2012, which strongly opposes Wal-Mart's prepaid card business.

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Related Topix: Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Big Box Retailers, Insurance, Financial Services, Travelers Express Company, Pnc Financial Services GroupThe, Banking

Sat May 11, 2013

InvestmentNews

Variable annuities adjust

Since the financial crisis, historic low interest rates have forced more and more carriers to impose higher fees.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Retirement, Insurance

AmericanBankingNews.com

MetLife Price Target Raised to $46.00 at Deutsche Bank

The firm currently has a "hold" rating on the stock. A number of other firms have also recently commented on MET.

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Related Topix: Insurance

Sys-Con Media

Strategy Behind Our Success, We Get in Early: MET, MBI, SINA and LYB

Give yourself an advantage in today's market. In order to become successful, you need to have information as it happens and understand how it plays out into future stock price.

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Related Topix: Media, Computers, Search Engines, Sina, Insurance

Fri May 10, 2013

Insurance News Net

Genworth Breaks Its LTCi Tie With AARP

Genworth has made it official. Effective June 1, it will cease selling AARP-branded long-term care insurance through its Genworth Life Insurance Co.

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Related Topix: Health, AARP, Long Term Care, Marketing, Insurance

GuruFocus.com

Leon Cooperman Thinks There Is No Shortage of Cheap Stocks Today

Cooperman says that there is no shortage of cheap stocks today. In the interview below he lets us in on a couple of smaller companies that he has been buying shares in.

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Related Topix: Insurance

Thu May 09, 2013

Barron's

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Omega Advisors chairman Leon Cooperman detailed what he thinks could derail the stock market: One would be a recession.

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Related Topix: Insurance

Insurance News Net

MetLife Announces Income Guard Disability Insurance

NEW YORK, May 9, 2013 Today MetLife announced the launch of MetLife Income GuardSM Disability Insurance, which is specifically designed to provide consumers with the ability to customize their coverage to meet specific needs.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Insurance News Net

MetLife Introduces Shield Level Selector

New York May 6, 2013 MetLife announced the launch of MetLife Shield Level Selector, a new single premium deferred annuity designed to help investors protect and build assets for retirement.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Personal Finance, Retirement

Wed May 08, 2013

Reuters

UPDATE 1-Metlife, Manulife said to bid for Malaysia AMMB life insurance unit

Manulife Financial Corp and Metlife Inc are among companies that have made bids for a controlling stake in the life insurance unit of Malaysian lender, AMMB Holdings Bhd, the third insurance deal in the country over the past year.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Manulife Financial

The Globe and Mail

Metlife, Manulife said to bid for Malaysia AMMB life insurance unit

ROB Insight is The Globe and Mail's exclusive feature led by a team of award-winning editors and writers who provide you with in-depth analysis on breaking business news and the issues that matter most.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Manulife Financial

AmericanBankingNews.com

MetLife Price Target Raised to $50.00 at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

The firm currently has an "outperform" rating on the stock. A number of other firms have also recently commented on MET.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Keefe Bruyette and Woods, Insurance, Raymond Ltd, Apparel

The Torch

Can't Miss This: Summer Edition

The most-hated week of every semester, finals week, should be followed by a fun and relaxing event.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Las Vegas, NV, Media, Radio, National Public Radio, Entertainment

Business Journal

As MetLife finalizes Cary location, firm expands in Raleigh

The MetLife insurance firm is working through the details for its new 1,300-employee IT campus in Cary, so the company has in the meantime started an expansion into recently vacated space in the Capital Center office building in west Raleigh.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Raleigh, NC, University of Phoenix, Apollo Group

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