AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (AFSI)


Growth Opportunities for Financial Services in Emerging Markets

Emerging markets around the world offer considerable opportunities for banks, insurance companies, and fund managers to increase their global market share. To help these companies better understand and assess the opportunities, challenges, and risks that emerging markets present, this report focuses on six countries in the Asia-Pacific region.... more on Deloitte.

First American Financial Corporation (FAF)


Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG (AWH)


American Financial Group Inc. (AFG)


HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. (HCC)


RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (RNR)


Arch Capital Group Ltd. (ACGL)


What Does 2013 Have In Store For Engineering?


Justin McGar, http://designbuildsource.com.au

Although the downturn in conditions within the construction industry in Australia continues to ease, with orders declining at a reduced rate in engineering, there seems little doubt that challenges remain for 2013.... more







The Guinness World Record for largest offshore gas platform


The Guinness World Record for largest offshore gas platform, Trolll A, compared to some other man-made structures.



Oil industry beats Buffett in railroad investments surge


Fuelfix, Bloomberg
North American energy companies are starting to invest more in railroad terminals than the railroads themselves.
A group of oil and gas pipeline operators led by Plains All American Pipeline LP (PAA) announced plans just in the past three months to spend about $1 billion on rail depot projects to help move more crude from inland fields to refineries on the coasts. Warren Buffett’s Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, the largest U.S. railroad, spent $400 million on terminals in 2012.
For the first time, energy companies that traditionally rented rail capacity are buying the assets because swelling output from Alberta’s oil sands and shale fields in North Dakota’s Bakken region and Eagle Ford in Texas has overwhelmed pipelines.... more 



The Allstate Corporation


The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) is the second-largest personal lines insurer in the United States (behind State Farm) and the largest that is publicly held.

The Chubb Corporation NYSE: CB


Chubb Corporation is the eighth largest property and casualty insurer in the United States, with over 120 offices located in 29 countries, and offers commercial, specialty, surety, and personal insurance services.

ACE Limited



ACE Limited (NYSE: ACE) is the parent company of the ACE Group, a global provider of insurance products covering property and casualty, accident and health, reinsurance, travel, creditor, and life insurance. It also operates in the Lloyd's insurance market in London. 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-B)


The Travelers Companies, Inc. (TRV)


BuzzFeed: Building a New News Company

BuzzFeed: Building a New News Company


  • On The Money With Maria Bartiromo 
    What's the news of the future? Watch BuzzFeed.com's CEO and Editor discuss building a media empire for the social generation ON THE MONEY this weekend at 7:30 pm Sunday or check your local listings

Potential Upside Ranking of U.S.-Listed Chinese Stocks

This table ranks U.S.-listed Chinese stocks based on potential upside - the difference between Wall Street analysts' average target price and the current price of a stock. Other key data are also listed.

Rihanna - Diamonds





De Beers are a family of companies that dominate the diamond, diamond mining, diamond hops, diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacturing sectors.
http://www.debeersgroup.com/

Is Baidu the Comeback Stock of 2013?

The Motley Fool, John DivineThe year 2012 was a rough one for Chinese search engine giant Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU ) . Shares underperformed the broader market by 30%, falling more than 16%, as the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC ) surged 13% for its best year since 2009. Concerns about increasing competition stalled a stock that had been crushing the market for years.... more      

Capital Flows Favor Baidu Now

The fundamental reason institutions and investors would have interest in BIDU is its discounted valuation and its substantial growth prospects. Some see serious threat from rival Qihoo 360 Technology (QIHU), which launched its own browser and search engine last summer, and also from the drive of other companies for the Chinese mobile market. However, Baidu's massive market share in the Chinese Internet search market (78.6% of search in China, according to Analysis International, a Beijing based research firm), demands respect... more


Ben Levisohn, Barron's

JPMorgan’s analysts say that analysts should start revising earnings forests higher during the next few months, as well.... more


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