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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
Winner To Take Home the Coveted Jackie Robinson Award
COLUMBUS, Ga., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Pitchers with incredible talent
dominate the finalists as four hurlers are among the five players nominated
for the fifth annual Aflac National High School Player of the Year Award,
given to the country's top prep baseball player. The Player of the Year
recipient will be presented with the Jackie Robinson...
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SignalBlog (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
W. R. Berkley Corp. said Tuesday it will issue a regular quarterly dividend of 6 cents a share. The insurer said the payment will be made Oct. 1 to stockholders of record as of Sept. 12. Similar Posts:Talbots sets quarterly dividend of 13 cents First Financial to issue 25.5-cent dividend Aflac declares quarterly dividend of 24 cents Hewlett Packard declares [...]
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Special Education Law Blog (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Home Depot and the insurance company AFLAC (the duck people) have pulled their ads from the Savage Nation radio program in protest over his comments last week regarding children with autism. If a few more major advertisers take a similar...
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Shakespeare's Sister (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Michael "Savage" Weiner has lost two major advertisers since attacking autistic children . AFLAC Insurance and Home Depot have pulled ads from Weiner's show. The thing that suprises and saddens me most about this is that AFLAC and Home Depot were still sponsors up to this point. I guess it's okay to viciously attack people of color, or us queers, or women, but bullying kids is one step too far. Maybe...
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The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
by Chris Bodenner ABC reports: It's been one week since Savage made controversial remarks about autism, referring to those diagnosed with the condition as "brats, idiots, and morons." ... Sponsors of Savage's radio show, such as AFLAC Insurance and Home...
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
These are not all of the upgrades or positive calls we have seen, but these are some calls moving shares this Monday morning: AFLAC (AFL) Raised to Outperform... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
A week after conservative radio host Michael Savage made controversial remarks claiming every with autism was really "a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out," advertisers and some radio stations are distancing themselves from his show . According to Newsday, "Radio Shack, Aflac and Sears say that their advertisements should not have appeared during Savage's show and will not for the foreseeable...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Insurer reveals new look of the No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion for Next Season
and Beyond
COLUMBUS, Ga., July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: )
unveiled its sleek new look for Roush Fenway Racing's No. 99 Aflac Ford
Fusion driven by NASCAR veteran Carl Edwards. Beginning next season,
Edwards, who has a multi-year primary sponsorship with Aflac, will race in
one of the most formidable-looking...
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Aflac Incorporated (AFL) Q2 FY08 Earnings Call Complete Story ยป
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Market Wire - Investment Opinion (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
LONDON (MARKET WIRE) MaybachFinancial.com is one of the fastest growing independent and unbiased research firms in the world. Through our numerous partnerships with many of the top investment minds in the world, we provide research on companies making a move in the markets. Investors seeking genuine analyst opinions on their investments for XTO Energy Inc. (NYSE: XTO), MEMC Electronic Materials Inc....
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aflac Inc , the world's largest seller of supplemental disability insurance, said on Wednesday that operating income rose nearly 20 percent, and warned it may have trouble meeting sales growth targets this year.
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Aflac Inc. reports a 16% increase in second-quarter net income, but the health insurer sounds a cautious note about sales growth in the U.S. and Japan this year.
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The Atlanta Business Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Aflac Inc.'s profit grew 16.4 percent in the second quarter on a strong yen-to-dollar conversion rate.
