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MetLife: Somewhat Risky, Despite an Attractive Price
MetLife Inc. just announced guidance for 2010 in a range of 4.00 to 4.40, which is somewhat above what the street had been expecting.
Healthcare stocks climb as public option dies
From CNN on pre-market trading: Health care. Liberal and moderate Democrats reached "broad agreement" on the public option portion of the Senate health care bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said late Tuesday.
MetLife Offers Strong 2010 Outlook
MetLife Inc. has forecast a significant improvement in its operating earnings next year, largely attributable to an increase in premiums, cost cuts and improved investment returns.
The South Mississippi Sun Herald
MetLife, Discover Financial are big movers
The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE: New York Community Bancorp, up $1.07 at $13.40 New York Community acquired failed Ohio bank AmTrust Bank from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
MetLife outlook better than average expectations
MetLife Inc , the largest publicly traded U.S. life insurer, issued profit forecasts for the fourth quarter and 2010 that could beat average Wall Street expectations.
Safety, Yield, and Total Return in Preferred Stock Floaters of Goldman Sachs and Metlife
When most people think of Preferred Stocks, they think of retirees investing $25 a share after a broker's cold-call in the primary market.
Principal Financial Drops After Analysts `Don't Get' 2010 Profit Forecast
Principal Financial Group Inc. dropped the most in almost seven months in New York trading after the life insurera s 2010 profit forecast fell short of analystsa estimates.
An astute judgment call helped the nation's largest life insurer steer clear of the subprime crisis.
A closer look at life insurers' approach to commercial mortgage lending
Despite recent chatter about renewed interest by certain life insurers in serving as a badly needed source of funding for commercial mortgage originations, a review of third-quarter statutory insurance data yields results that suggest the industry mostly remained on the sidelines in the oft-discussed asset class.
FINRA Fines MetLife Securities, Affiliates $1.2 Million for Alleged E-Mail Violations
November 30, 2009 Monday 03:56 PM EST 492 words FINRA Fines MetLife Securities, Affiliates $1.2 Million for Alleged E-Mail Violations Fran Lysiak NEW YORK The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has fined a unit of MetLife Inc.
RMBS re-rating could boost MetLife the most
Industry Document "Disclosure of Model and Assumptions to be used to Determine Risk- Based Capital for Residential Mortgage Backed Securities for the Year Ending 2009" presented on 11/24/2009 Industry Document "A.M. Best Comments on NAIC Rating Model Changes for RMBS" presented on 11/23/2009 Industry Document "Interim Reporting Instructions for the ...
In Phoenix, a high school library received a check for $1,000 for two books that had been overdue for 50 years.
AIG's Chief Executive: Too Much Time in the Boca Sun?
In return for taxpayers' massive bailout of insurance giant AIG, you would think we'd be enjoying a measure of contrition right now from the corporation's board of directors, as well as from the greedhead executives and traders who did their part throwing the nation into this never-ending economic crisis.
Prudential may bid on ING units, Wells Fargo says
Newark-based Prudential Financial Inc., the second-largest U.S. life insurer, may bid on units that ING Groep NV is selling after its bailout by the Dutch government, an analyst at Wells Fargo & Co.
MetLife to Pay $50 Million to Settle Suits Over DemutualizationLoading...
November 20, 2009 Friday 04:42 PM EST 476 words MetLife to Pay $50 Million to Settle Suits Over Demutualization Fran Lysiak NEW YORK MetLife Inc.
Starwatch consumer | A new annuity product
New annuity productFidelity Investments and MetLife Inc. are offering a retirement product for investors more worried about protecting their nest eggs than seeking market gains.
Tips to Avoid Being 'Driven to Distraction'
In recent months, there's been a great deal of attention paid to the issue of texting while driving, and with good reason: keeping your eyes on the tiny keyboard in front of you instead of the highway ahead is a sure way to head down the road to disaster.
AIG board meets Tues, no plan on CEO: source
But the board does not plan to take any action with respect to Benmosche when it meets next Tuesday, the source said.
Sun Life's Boscia Calls `Fragmented' U.S. Market Attractive for Expansion
Sun Life Financial Inc. President Jon Boscia said the U.S. insurance market is a oefragmented,a allowing Canadaa s third-largest insurer to expand there.
FINRA Fines MetLife Securities and Affiliates $1.2 Million for Email Supervision Failures
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced today that it has fined MetLife Securities, Inc., and three of its affiliates a total of $1.2 million for failing to establish an adequate supervisory system for the review of brokers' email correspondence with the public.
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