Swiss Re profit slumps amid low interest rates. ( 1 Adds natural catastrophe impact, share price movement) ZURICH--Swiss Re AG said Thursday its net profit slumped late last year, amid softening market conditions and natural catastrophes in the U.S. and New Zealand.
Joshua is a gay name only when enjoyed in all its polysyllabic glory and like Michael, Matthew and Christopherâit can swing whatever way its bearer wants it to go. If by some chance your child fails to show a predilection for Fassbinder films, he can always safely truncate his name for maximum heteronormativity.
Gay [gay]â¼ as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Gay) is of Old French origin, and the meaning of Gay is blithe, cheerful. A surname in the Middle Ages. Taken from the vocabulary word, this was popular as a given name in the 1930s but became obsolete after the meaning of the word changed in the 1960s. This was generally used as a girl's name and has also been used as a pet form of Gail.