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Dynamic Wealth Management: Dynamic Wealth Management Headlines: Zurich Financ...: ZURICH—Zurich Financial Services Ltd.’s profit climbed to $1.97 billion during the six months ended June 30, an increase of 20% compared wi...

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Atlantic International Partnership Madrid X: Altlantic International Partnership Headlines: Cat...: BARCELONA — The powerful leader of Spain’s Catalonia region is vowing to do his share to cut the country’s towering budget deficit, no matt...

Altlantic International Partnership Headlines: Catalonia’s President Aims to Lead in Taming Spain’s Deficit

BARCELONA — The powerful leader of Spain’s Catalonia region is vowing to do his share to cut the country’s towering budget deficit, no matter the political cost, but is also calling on the central government in Madrid to push ahead with major unfinished economic reforms.

Cutting the budget deficits of Spain’s regions is one part of the country’s challenge, along with narrowing the central government’s deficit and recapitalizing parts of its banking system, as it seeks to convince financial markets of its creditworthiness.

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Atlantic International Partnership Madrid X: Altlantic International Partnership Headlines: Den...: Dennis Cochrane has been appointed the president of Atlantic Education International. St. Thomas University Former St. Thomas University...

Altlantic International Partnership Headlines: Dennis Cochrane lands in education post

Dennis Cochrane has been appointed the president of Atlantic Education International. St. Thomas University

Former St. Thomas University president Dennis Cochrane has accepted a two-year position as the president of Atlantic Education International, an appointment geared at boosting the provincial government’s foreign education program.

Cochrane, the former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and a member of Premier David Alward’s transition team, has already started in the new position, which is a two-year appointment that pays $30,000 annually.

Education Minister Jody Carr said Cochrane’s experience in building relationships will be important in his new position in growing the institute.

“There is a lot of growth potential for AEI but growth needs to be done strategically and with a coordinated approach,” Carr said in a statement.

Altlantic International Partnership Headlines: MGM gets more time to sell 50 percent ownership in Borgata casino

Boyd Gaming says it has no interest in purchasing the remaining half of Borgata.

ATLANTIC CITY – MGM Resorts International is getting more time to sell its 50-percent stake in Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa as part of a settlement with New Jersey gaming regulators to leave the Atlantic City market.

The state Casino Control Commission voted Monday to extend the sale deadline by 18 months, from Sept. 24, 2011, to March 24, 2013.

MGM representatives told the commission that the company simply needs more time to sell the casino amid the weak regional and national economy. They said New Jersey’s recent regulatory overhaul of the casino industry, combined with Gov. Chris Christie’s creation of a new state-run Tourism District to make Atlantic City safer and cleaner, should help to entice potential buyers in the future.

“We’re very optimistic that all of the changes implemented in the last six months or so will be very helpful,” MGM attorney Nicholas Casiello Jr. said.

MGM has agreed to sell off its Atlantic City holdings after the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement objected to the company’s partnership in a Macau casino with a Hong Kong businesswoman whose father has alleged ties to Chinese organized crime. Pansy Ho and her father, Stanley Ho, have denied any mob links.

The DGE supported the commission’s vote to extend the Borgata sale deadline, but reiterated the findings of its 2009 investigative report that called Pansy Ho an “unsuitable” business partner for MGM.

“We want people to understand that nothing has changed with our opinions in that report,” said George Rover, an assistant state attorney general who represents the DGE.