Archive for October, 2007

October 31, 2007: 5:03 pm: BernardNews

Whether your going to a sporting event, the ballet, a concert, or any other type of ticketed event, chances are you have seen ticket scalpers.  In some states it is legal and in the ones that it is not, it is not strictly enforced.  It seems like for literally every event, no matter how sold out, someone has tickets for sale.  It is these tickets that can bring in hundreds, even thousands of dollars for a scalper.

I have only bought sports tickets one time from a scalper, and luckily i didn’t have to pay too much more than face value to the sold out event.  Soon enough there will be scalpers incorporating and unionizing.

: 9:14 am: LisaNews

Spanish insurer Mapfre SA said late Tuesday it agreed to buy Commerce Group Inc. for 1.61 billion euros in a move to expand international operations.

Read More at AP via Yahoo! Finance…

: 9:10 am: BernardNews

IRELAND has established itself among the top fifteen international centres for the highly lucrative business of Ship Finance and Maritime Commerce.

Read More at Fishupdate.com…

: 4:12 am: CraigNews

MAPFRE S.A. ( Nachrichten ) of Spain and US insurer The Commerce Group, Inc. ( ? COMMERCE ?? ) (NYSE:CGI) have announced today the signing of a merger agreement by which MAPFRE will acquire 100 per cent of the share capital of US insurer COMMERCE for ? 1,538 million ($2,207 million), in what represents a decisive step in its international expansion and the largest investment in the history of …

Read More at $2,207 Million …

: 4:02 am: JonNews

Is China to take over global leadership in wealth, finance, politics, entrepreneurship, outsourcing, technology, and commerce? What is really inside Chinese multinationals, society, education, investment, banking, government, politics?

Read More at cmi santiago…

: 3:57 am: CraigNews

Spain’s largest insurer, Mapfre S.A., has agreed to buy the Massachusetts-based personal lines insurer The Commerce Group, Inc. for $2.21 billion in cash in a bold move to expand its presence in the U

Read More at Insurance Journal…

: 3:49 am: JonNews

Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — Mapfre SA will acquire Commerce Group Inc. for $2.2 billion, the largest acquisition for Spain’s biggest insurer as it tries to expand in the U.S.

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: 3:39 am: BernardNews

Saratoga Springs has two good candidates from which to choose for the City Council position of Commissioner of Finance.

Read More at The Saratogian…

: 3:29 am: JonNews

Which nation is to lead the world, India, America or China? Why China or India could be the next leader? What is the next in world commerce, peace, trade, wealth, jobs, outsourcing, politics, competition, international relations?

Read More at cmi santiago…

October 30, 2007: 9:33 am: JonNews

STAMFORD – In the second and final debate before next Tuesday’s election, Board of Finance candidates pulled no punches last night as Republicans and the lone Democrat traded sharp exchanges on taxes, city services, education, municipal debt and other issues.

Read More at Stamford Advocate…