International Business News http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com Media company The Knot Inc. said Monday it tapped Carol Koh Evans as chief operating officer to succeed Sandra Stiles, who was named special adviser to the CEO. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/the-knot-names-evans-chief-operating-officer.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:56:56 EDT The Army and Johns Hopkins University announced a deal Monday enabling biotechnology graduate students to work with scientists at the military's premier biological weapons defense laboratory at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., at the Army's expense. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/army-hopkins-collaborate-on-biodefense-research.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:56:12 EDT The chairman, president and chief executive of insurer MetLife Inc. exercised options for 3,100 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/metlife-chairman-and-ceo-exercises-options.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:55:06 EDT A teenager with a bullet lodged in his forehead that police wanted removed in order to prove he tried to kill the owner of a used-car lot pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated assault and other charges. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/texas-teen-with-bullet-in-head-pleads-guilty.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:53:08 EDT A director of steel processor and distributor Olympic Steel Inc. exercised options for 3,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/olympic-steel-director-meathe-exercises-options.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:52:14 EDT The Nestle company on Monday said it is significantly scaling back plans in Northern California to build what would have been the country's largest water bottling plant. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/nestle-scales-back-plans-to-bottle-water-in-northern-calif.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:51:39 EDT Drug and medical device maker Baxter Healthcare Corp. spent $730,000 lobbying the federal government on health care issues in the first quarter. The company lobbied on funding for the Food and Drug Administration, which reviews the safety and effectiveness of all U.S. pharmaceuticals. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/baxter-spent-730-000-lobbying-government-in-1q.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:51:38 EDT Deep inside Stage 11 on the bustling Warner Bros. lot, a giant of a television show is starting to die. The medical drama "ER," one of prime time's longest-running series, will expire next February. And "ER's" upcoming 14th season-ender (10 p.m. EDT Thursday) will slide the show one step closer to its demise. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/45667.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/er-starts-countdown-to-series-final-flatline.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/er-starts-countdown-to-series-final-flatline.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:49:11 EDT Democratic presidential leader Barack Obama said he regrets the division that has grown between Jews and blacks and he remains committed to ensuring Israel's security. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/obama-touts-commitment-to-israel.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:47:16 EDT President Bush said Monday that an angry world should condemn the way Myanmar's military rulers are handling the aftermath of a devastating cyclone. "Here they are with a major catastrophe on their hands, and (they) do not allow there to be the full kind of might of a compassionate world to help them," Bush said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/45672.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/bush-says-world-should-condemn-myanmar.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/bush-says-world-should-condemn-myanmar.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:46:25 EDT Shares if Chinese stocks listed in the U.S. fell on Monday after an earthquake in central China killed nearly 9,000 people. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/chinese-adrs.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:44:51 EDT The chief financial officer of Tyson Foods Inc., Wade Miquelon, is leaving the company to take a similar job at Walgreen Co., the nation's largest retail pharmacy chain, according to an announcement Monday from Tyson Foods. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/meat-co-s-cfo-leaving-to-take-walgreen-co-post.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:41:45 EDT News that scientists have for the first time genetically altered a human embryo is drawing fire from some watchdog groups that say it's a step toward creating "designer babies." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/genetically-modified-human-embryo-stirs-criticism.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:39:18 EDT Carmike Cinemas Inc. said Monday that its loss widened in the first quarter as the movie theater operator experienced some box office weakness and expenses increased. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/carmike-cinemas-reports-wider-1st-quarter-loss.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:39:07 EDT BearingPoint Inc., a management and technology consultant, lowered its full-year outlook on Monday after posting a narrower first-quarter loss. The company said it expects a net loss in 2008 of $70 million. Previously, the company had expected between a profit of $1 million and a loss of $70 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/bearingpoint-lowers-full-year-outlook-slightly.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:37:57 EDT Biotechnology company Novacea Inc. said Monday it will slash its work force, one month after partner Schering-Plough Corp. pulled out of a development agreement for the failed prostate cancer drug candidate Asentar. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/novacea-slashing-work-force-in-wake-of-failed-drug.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:37:22 EDT Several foam manufacturers have agreed to pay $30 million to settle lawsuits brought by survivors and family members of those who died in a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people, according to court papers filed Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/companies-agree-to-30m-settlement-in-ri-club-fire.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:36:38 EDT Police say a tuxedo-clad western New York man was drunk when he took a riding lawn mower out for an early morning spin. Chautauqua County Sheriff Joseph Gerace said deputies got a report of an intoxicated person at a home in Irving around 1 a.m. Monday. When they arrived, Merwin Pierce Jr. was spotted riding away on his mower. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/police-drunk-tuxedo-clad-man-took-mower-for-ride.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:33:24 EDT Shares of Pipex Pharmaceuticals Inc., developer of neurologic and autoimmune diseases treatments, jumped on Monday as it announced it has obtained an orphan drug designation for one of its drugs to cure a deadly pulmonary disease. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/pipex-shares.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:32:06 EDT A man was stabbed to death in broad daylight in London's main shopping district on Monday, police said. Police said the man was stabbed outside a fast food restaurant on Oxford Street. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/london-police-man-stabbed-on-oxford-st.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:31:05 EDT