Assurant Inc. (AIZ) is in the Financial Services Industry

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• Assurant Is A Compelling Short Sell

  Wall Street Mayhem submits: Over the past 6 months Assurant  AIZ has so far managed to get through the credit crisis unscathed. A few weeks ago a Barron’s article even suggested that Assurant will ultimately benefit from a continually weakening housing market. Although Assurant will continue to write more...

  External links 2008-07-03

  Tags: Financial, Healthcare, Assurant Inc.

• Amid the Turbulence, Infrastructure and Basic Materials Provide Long-Term Growth

  Aidis Zunde submits: Last week was not pretty,with the Dow Industrials closing under 12,000, down 464 points or 3.8% for the week. The financials had another tumble, setting a week-long negative tone with a decline of 4.7%. Oil, another wet blanket for equity bulls, had a wild week (to include...

  External links 2008-06-24

  Tags: US Market, Assurant Inc.

• Assurant, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

  Assurant, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

  Earnings calls 2008-05-02

  Tags: Assurant Inc., Call Transcript, Earnings, Seeking Alpha, Financial Accounting, Finance

• Assurant, Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

  Assurant, Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

  Earnings calls 2008-02-07

  Tags: Assurant Inc., Call Transcript, Earnings, Seeking Alpha, Financial Accounting, Finance

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• The case of the pregnant employee: Ember's services with a consultancy was terminated after she became pregnant. She felt that the firm was unsympathetic towards its employees and fired them to avoid paying for their maternity leave

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHEN EMBER Seet, 27, joined Big Four Consultancy as an auditor, she was very happy in her work as the management was pro-family and the staff members worked as one happy family. During the employment interview with the managing partner, Lim Ooi Keat, 48,...

  Articles 2008-12-01

• The "Bison Bull"

  From Super Six Classic The "Bison Bull" is a .45-70 Gov't six-shot, single-action revolver proudly made in the U.S.A. This hearty fistful harkens back to those thrilling days of yesteryear when great herds of American Bison freely roamed across the prairies and plains of the Old West. Sporting...

  Articles 2008-08-01

• Stupid

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In reality, the street application of the second or third gun is a good one. I recommend the concept to all my students. I also tell them to practice shooting with one hand, and with both strong and opposite hands to assure they have a basic...

  Articles 2008-07-01

• Victor eyes victory

  Sidelined for the first four and a half months of the year by a leg injury, word was that Victor Martinez would be sitting out this year's Mr. Olympia, but his rehab progress has been so successful that Ronnie Coleman's designated successor to the throne will have a four-month running...

  Articles 2008-07-01

• The right outlook, at any age: self-assurance, like wisdom, can come with time—or simply with a healthy attitude. We asked women to share how they find the inner strength to tackle all of life's challenges

  BE YOUR BEST IN YOUR 20S Embrace your fears "My mother once sent me a quote: 'Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly' I use that idea to remind myself that in the darkest of times, we're on...

  Articles 2008-07-01

• Celtic promise more signings on the way

  Peter Lawwell, the Celtic chief executive, has said the club will make more signings this summer. The Scottish champions are chasing a fourth consecutive title and manager Gordon Strachan has been told he will have the funds to strengthen his squad. Strachan spent part of the summer...

  Articles 2008-06-26

• House OKs alternative minimum tax relief

  WASHINGTON AP -- The House voted Wednesday to protect more than 20 million mostly upper-income taxpayers in danger of being slapped with a tax increase averaging $2,300 because of the alternative minimum tax. To help offset the cost, the bill more than doubles the 15 percent tax...

  Articles 2008-06-26

• The state should keep its hands off Oxbridge

  COMMENT Every five years, the Higher Education Funding Council for England conducts an assurance review of the universities it funds. Cambridge's one is coming up, and it is rumoured that it will fail. Why might Hefce condemn Cambridge? The problem is governance. Oxbridge has...

  Articles 2008-06-26

• Degree concern

  Peter Williams, chief executive of the Quality Assurance Agency, has broken cover to give his views on degree standards. He is worried that the degree classification system of Firsts, 2:1s and 2:2s is arbitrary and unreliable, and he is concerned that universities are taking too many overseas students whose English...

  Articles 2008-06-26

• Harmonic and CommScope Combine Product Offerings for Cable FTTH Solution

  Harmonic's Forward Path Transmitters and Return Path Receivers Combined With CommScope's BrightPath([R]) System; Leverages Existing HFC Architecture PHILADELPHIA -- Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) today announced that it has worked with CommScope, Inc. to assure compatibility of products to provide cable operators with an integrated high speed fiber-to-the-home FTTH solution....

  Articles 2008-06-25

• IneoQuest Continues Expansion of Geminus(TM) Video Monitoring and Analysis Platform With Two New Product Offerings

  IneoQuest Technologies, Inc., the leadingglobal supplier of end-to-end quality, service and revenue assurancesolutions for video providers of all types and sizes, today announced theimmediate availability of a series of new GeminusTM video monitoring,analysis and test solutions, expanding the flexibility price, bandwidth andscalability options for service providers building out video quality...

  Articles 2008-06-25

• US-Iraq pact must suit Baghdad: Bush

  WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush assured visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Wednesday that he wants a planned long-term US-Iraqi security pact that "suits the Iraqi government." "We talked about a strategic framework agreement that suits the Iraqi government," Bush said of the deal, which...

  Articles 2008-06-25

• Wimbledon vows no more pigeon deaths - group

  LONDON AFP — An animal rights group said on Wednesday it had gained assurances from Wimbledon organisers that they will stop using marksmen to shoot down pigeons. "We confirmed with a Wimbledon spokesperson that they will not be killing any more pigeons," said a statement from British-based People...

  Articles 2008-06-25

• Bush, Talabani work on US-Iraq security pact

  WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush assured visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Wednesday that he wants a planned long-term US-Iraq security agreement that "suits the Iraqi government." "We talked about a strategic framework agreement that suits the Iraqi government," Bush said of the deal, which...

  Articles 2008-06-25

• East Jordan board to select a superintendent

  SANDY -- The east Jordan school board, newly elected Tuesday, will be choosing from among 12 superintendent candidates with hopes of announcing a district leader by mid-August. Members of east Jordan School District's education transition team requested superintendent applications about six weeks ago, according to team member...

  Articles 2008-06-25

• What Does Green Really Mean? Competition Bureau and Canadian Standards Association Seek Greater Accuracy in Environmental Claims

  The Competition Bureau, in collaboration with the Canadian Standards Association, today released guidelines that provide the business community with the tools to ensure that green marketing is not misleading, while providing consumers with greater assurance about the accuracy of environmental claims. Environmental Claims: A Guide for Industry and Advertisers addresses...

  Articles 2008-06-25