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SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA - MAY 12: (L-R) Markel Irizar of Spain riding for Radjioshack Leopard Trek delivers a water bottle to teammate Andy Schleck of Luxembourg riding for Radioshack Leopard Trek as they ride in the peloton during Stage One of the 2013 Amgen Tour of California from Escondido to Escondido on May 12, 2013 in San Diego County, California.
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The combination of Alterra with Markel will create a strong company in global specialty insurance and investments, with a demonstrated track record of underwriting discipline in niche market segments and proven asset management strengths that should benefit all our stakeholders.
With Markel, when I talked to him after taking the job, he told me he wanted to look at other schools and see how it was ... So I told him let’s be straight up with Coach Ford and Missouri and we did that. I think Coach Ford appreciated the fact he didn’t hear about it secondhand.More quotes »
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Victorious Jens Voigt: “Age Is Just A Number, Apparently”
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Day, Markel Earn All-MEAC Baseball Honors
Day, a junior outfielder, earned all-conference honors for the second straight season. Day batted .311 during the regular season with 11 doubles, one triple, two homers and 28 runs batted in. He was second among Spartan regulars in both batting and RBI, from Norfolk State University Athletics Read more »
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What's Markel Up To? You Need To Pay Attention
Tom Gayner's Markel Gayner Asset Management made some interesting tweaks to its equity portfolio in the first quarter. For starters, it ever so slightly reduced its investment in Berkshire Hathaway. The only newcomer among the fund's top five was Diageo from Seeking Alpha Read more »
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The Day Doctors Began to Conquer Smallpox
By: Howard Markel Sixteenth century Aztec drawing of smallpox victims. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. One of the most celebrated medical anniversaries concerns a country doctor named Edward Jenner (1749-1823) who lived in the tiny village of Berkeley in G from Newshour With Jim Lehrer Read more »
