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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.

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 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 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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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In Phoenix, a high school library received a check for $1,000 for two books that had been overdue for 50 years.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

But the board does not plan to take any action with respect to Benmosche when it meets next Tuesday, the source said.

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.

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.