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BOSTON (Reuters) - Famed hedge fund manager John Paulson on Tuesday demanded that insurer The Hartford Financial Services Group break itself into two companies, escalating a confrontation with management that began with screams on a conference call last week.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Famed hedge fund manager John Paulson on Tuesday demanded that insurer The Hartford Financial Services Group break itself into two companies, escalating a confrontation that began with screams on a conference call last week.

(Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 all up around 0.2 percent.

By Joe Rauch

By Joe Rauch

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hartford Financial Services Group Inc said on Friday it has taken $3.4 billion of federal bailout money, the maximum it was authorized to accept, to bolster capital in the wake of large investment losses.

NUEVA YORK (Reuters/EP) La aseguradora estadounidense Hartford Financial Services Group anunció que recibirá una ayuda pública por importe de 3.400 millones de dólares (2.430 millones de euros) a través del Programa de Alivio de Activos en Problemas (TARP) y que planea vender hasta 750 millones de dólares (536 millones d...

By Dan Wilchins

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hartford Financial Group and MetLife Inc, , two of the biggest insurers in the United States, posted net losses on Thursday as souring fixed income investments bit into their bottom lines.

By Victoria Howley and Dan Wilchins