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Farmers' Health Insurance: A Costly Row To Hoe (NPR) Many U.S. farmers struggle to meet their health care costs. A recent survey by the nonprofit Access Project says farmers pay twice as much as nonfarmers for insurance and out-of-pocket expenses. As small-business owners, they have few options and often buy insurance as individuals. November 20, 2008 12:16 PM EU Scales Back Insurance Overhaul Sought by Industry (Update2) (Bloomberg) Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- European Union negotiators scaled back an industry-supported overhaul of insurance rules, dealing a blow to insurers who are seeking more centralized oversight of their risk management policies. November 20, 2008 12:13 PM EU Governments Scale Back Insurance Overhaul Sought by Industry (Bloomberg) Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- European Union negotiators tentatively agreed to modify an industry-backed overhaul of insurance rules, dealing a blow to insurers who are seeking more centralized oversight of their risk management policies. November 20, 2008 6:42 AM EU agreement to boost supervision of insurance industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) EU nations reached agreement Wednesday, though not unanimously, on boosting supervision of the increasingly multinational insurance sector. November 19, 2008 3:48 PM Integrity Capital Partners sells unwanted life insurance policies (BizJournals) Integrity Capital Partners has facilitated the sale of $130 million in life insurance policies for a public company. (XRIT) November 20, 2008 8:51 AM NJ Jockeys Closer to Health Insurance (BloodHorse) Jockeys who ride regularly in New Jersey could begin receiving an annual grant of $150,000 to help pay for health insurance if a deal is finalized during a December meeting between the New Jersey Racing Commission and the Jockeys' Guild. November 20, 2008 1:37 PM CNP Is Favorite to Buy Natixis Insurance Unit, La Tribune Says (Bloomberg) Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- CNP Assurances SA, France's largest life insurer, is the frontrunner to buy the insurance unit being sold by Natixis SA, La Tribune reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. November 20, 2008 12:30 AM Pa. senators oppose Blues insurance merger (Centre Daily Times) A Pennsylvania Senate committee says the state's insurance commissioner should reject the proposed merger of the state's two largest health insurers. November 20, 2008 1:00 PM Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund Withdraws Rate Change Request (Insurance Journal) The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) has withdrawn its filing to reduce its private passenger automobile insurance rates, according the Maryland Insurance Administration. The MAIF filed a November 20, 2008 11:31 AM Insurance reach drops in 2008 (Hindustan Times) COMMENT ON THIS ! Your Views! Even as the number of insurers is on the rise in India, life insurance penetration as percentage of gross domestic product has declined. While it was 4.1 per cent in 2007, it came down to 4 per cent in 2008. November 20, 2008 12:07 PM

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Shaq becomes "The Big Tweet" with Internet move (AFP) AFP - Shaquille O'Neal has earned many nicknames during his NBA career: "The Diesel," "The Big Aristotle," "The Big Daddy" and, since his move last year to the Phoenix Suns, "The Big Cactus." November 20, 2008 2:02 PM Google picks Austria village for new European server farm (AFP) AFP - Google has bought a 75 hectare (185 acre) property in the north of Austria to erect a new European server farm within two years, the US Internet search engine giant said Thursday. November 20, 2008 1:44 PM Certification credited with boosting online confidence (CNET) CNET - Extended certificate validation for Web sites has boosted online confidence in 2008, according to a statement released Thursday by the Authentication and Online Trust Alliance (AOTA). November 20, 2008 1:30 PM Clearwire shareholders approve deal with Sprint (AP) AP - Shareholders of telecommunications company Clearwire Corp. have approved a plan to merge with Sprint Nextel Corp.'s wireless broadband network. November 20, 2008 12:30 PM Web ad sales rise slightly from prior quarter (AP) AP - Despite the bad economy, U.S. Internet advertising revenue rose in the third quarter, according to an analysis released Thursday. November 20, 2008 12:09 PM 'WoW: Wrath of Lich King' sets sales record (CNET) CNET - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion to the mega-popular online game, sold 2.8 million copies in its first 24 hours last week, setting what its publisher said is an all-time record for PC games. November 20, 2008 12:08 PM T-Mobile's Web2go Will Use Yahoo's oneSearch (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Yahoo has won another wireless carrier for its mobile Internet search tool. The company joined T-Mobile in announcing Thursday that oneSearch will be the search utility for T-Mobile's web2go service. November 20, 2008 11:46 AM Germany takes aim at online child pornography: minister (AFP) AFP - Germany's family minister Ursula von der Leyen announced plans to crack down on Internet child pornography by enlisting online service providers to block offensive sites, in an interview published Thursday. November 20, 2008 11:27 AM New European online library swamped by users (AFP) AFP - The EU's new Europeana digital library, an online digest of Europe's cultural heritage, was forced to close temporarily on its launch Thursday after it was swamped by Internet users, a spokesman said. November 20, 2008 11:18 AM T-Mobile USA teams up with Yahoo (CNET) CNET - T-Mobile USA, which is currently rolling out its 3G wireless network across the country, is turning to Yahoo to power its search and mobile Web portal in an effort to boost data usage. November 20, 2008 11:14 AM