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2 hrs ago | Fox News

Korea Life, KB Financial Shortlisted In Bid For ING's Asia Life Insurance Operations - Sources

Korea Life Insurance Co. and KB Financial Group Inc. have been shortlisted in the bidding for ING Groep NV's life insurance operations in Asia, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

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Related Topix: ING Group, Insurance, Business News

7 hrs ago | The Gaston Gazette

Eclectic new salon opens in downtown Gastonia

SueAnn Robb takes a break from her duties at the new Running With Scissors salon in downtown Gastonia at 103 W. Main Ave.

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Related Topix: Gastonia, NC, Pop/Rock, Running with Scissors, Asheville, NC, Insurance

11 hrs ago | Reuters

Your Money-Think before you quit your job to care for Mom

She shuttered her public relations business, said goodbye to Los Angeles and moved back to Sauk Center, Minnesota -- the three-stoplight town of her youth -- to care for her mother, who has dementia.

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Related Topix: Social Security, Personal Finance, IRA, Insurance, Health, AARP

16 hrs ago | Bloomberg

Tisch Calls Bonds - Certificates of Confiscation'

James Tisch, the chief executive officer of Loews Corp. , said bonds should be called "certificates of confiscation" with yields on 10-year U.S. Treasuries at record lows.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Insurance, Loews, Sanford C. Bernstein, Liberty Media, Media, Television, CNA Financial

Tue May 29, 2012

People's Daily Online

Chinese VP meets chairman of board of Metlife, Inc.

Vice Premier Li Keqiang met on Tuesday with Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of the Metlife, Inc.

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Related Topix: Insurance, China, Asia, World News

The Guardian

Swans clarify meeting with Rodgers

Swansea City manager Brendan Rodgers, right, is the bookmakers' favourite to succeed Kenny Dalglish as the Liverpool manager.

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Related Topix: Insurance

The Washington Post

Richard Li May Be Bidder for ING Asia Insurance Unit, WSJ Says

Richard Li, son of Hong Kong's richest man, is a prospective bidder for ING Groep NV's Asia life-insurance unit, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the situation.

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Related Topix: ING Group, Insurance, Li Ka Shing, Telecom, PCCW, Hutchison Whampoa, Retail

Mon May 28, 2012

CTNow.com

An Old-Line Hartford Insurance Consultancy Looks To Europe, Asia

With little public fanfare over the last decade, Conning & Co., a Hartford insurance services firm long known for its research, has tripled the amount of insurers' assets it manages - helping to lead an industry shift toward outsourcing.

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Related Topix: Hartford, CT, Outsourcing, Pension, Personal Finance, Insurance

Pocono Record

New York brothers hospitalized after beating in MetLife Stadium parking lot -

Two brothers from Brooklyn were hospitalized, one with critical injuries, after being beaten by a group of men in MetLife Stadium's parking lot Sunday evening.

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Related Topix: Insurance

Sun May 27, 2012

InvestmentNews

MetLife trims VA offerings

MetLife Inc., following other major variable annuity providers, plans to trim its VA offerings in an effort to decrease its risk and increase profitability.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Hartford Financial Services Group, Sun Life Financial

Fri May 25, 2012

Seeking Alpha

MetLife To Increase Emerging Markets Sales

MetLife is planning, among other things, to increase sales in emerging markets. The New York-based insurer is looking to increase sales in emerging markets to approximately 20%. It has stated that the opportunity to earn higher returns is greater in emerging markets.

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Related Topix: Insurance

Thu May 24, 2012

MTV

Eminem Confirms Slaughterhouse At Hot 97 Summer Jam

Hot 97's annual Summer Jam lineup just got a little shadier: On Thursday morning , Eminem phoned into the New York hip-hop radio station to announce that his group Slaughterhouse will join Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and 2 Chainz at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium on June 3. This will be the first time Slaughterhouse will perform at the all-star hip-hop ... (more)

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Hot 97, Insurance, Joe Budden, Royce Value Trust, Financial Services

MarketWatch

Financials slip into red as E-Trade, MetLife fall

U.S. financial stocks slipped slightly into the red just before midday in New York weighed on by declines in E-Trade Financial and insurers Genworth and MetLife.

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Related Topix: Insurance, E*Trade, Startups, Facebook

Information Technology

BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. TEF, DELL, MET, INTC,...

BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. TEF, DELL, MET, INTC, MSFT, AMD, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Wednesday, May 23rd 2012 BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Computers, Dell, Laptops/Notebooks, Advanced Micro Devices, Startups, Telecom, Telefonica SA, Insurance, Intel

Insurance Journal West

MetLife to Shift U.S. Business, Target Global Growth

MetLife Inc. will change `its product mix in the United States and push harder for growth in international markets to substantially boost returns by 2016, the largest U.S. life insurer said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

Wed May 23, 2012

Newswise

Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Researcher Honored Twice in a Month

Newswise - ROCHESTER, Minn. -- At Mayo Clinic, the name Clifford Jack Jr., M.D., means cutting-edge imaging and Alzheimer's research.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, Insurance, Publishing, Media, News, Television, Ottaway Newspapers, FOX News Network

The Paramus Post

Serve Up Some Fun - State Fair Meadowlands to Hold Job Fair on June 2

State Fair Meadowlands will hold a job fair on Saturday, June 2, from 10 am to 3 pm at the New Meadowlands Market, to fill positions for its 17-day fair at the Meadowlands Fairgrounds, which runs from June 22 thru July 8 next to the MetLife Stadium.

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Related Topix: Insurance, East Rutherford, NJ

Express India

MetLife eyes emerging markets for growth

Jobs Commodities Automobiles Insurance Real Estate Travel & Tourism Health & Pharma Lifestyle Media Power Telecom Infotech Retail Infrastructure Editor's Picks : MetLife Inc, the largest U.S. life insurer, said it plans to refocus its U.S. business and will seek to grow in emerging markets as part of a strategic plan that is set to be unveiled ... (more)

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Related Topix: Insurance

The Washington Post

MetLife Seeks Savings, Emerging Markets Boost to Reverse Slump

MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, will seek to increase its emerging markets business, focus on protection rather than capital-intensive products, and seek cost cuts to reverse a stock slump.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Business News

Tue May 22, 2012

Customer Interaction Solutions

MetLife to Outline Strategic Plan to Drive Shareholder Value

Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer Steven A. Kandarian and members of senior management of MetLife, Inc.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Law, Employment / Labor Law

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