International Business News - Politics & Policy http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/feed/politicsnpolicy.rss All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 120 30 http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/feed/politicsnpolicy.rss http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Software, biotech firms and others who develop new ways to do business will be watching closely on Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court hears a case that could determine if such innovations can win patent protection http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091107/utop-court-hear-business-method-patent-case.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223708-court.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091107/utop-court-hear-business-method-patent-case.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091107/utop-court-hear-business-method-patent-case.htm Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:42:13 EST U.S. President Barack Obama urged Americans on Friday not to jump to conclusions on the motive behind the mass shooting at the sprawling Fort Hood army base in Texas. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/obama-dont-jump-conclusion-on-fort-hood-shooting.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/obama-dont-jump-conclusion-on-fort-hood-shooting.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:24:15 EST The Obama administration would be willing to hold bilateral talks with North Korea but only if certain conditions were met, the president's top adviser on Asia said on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/obama-administration-would-talk-north-korea-aide.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/obama-administration-would-talk-north-korea-aide.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:13:23 EST U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday listed a range of fresh options being considered by the White House to spur growth after "sobering" news that unemployment spiked to a 26 1/2-year peak last month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/obama-weighs-steps-spur-jobs-wary-on-deficit.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223700-obama-weighs-steps-to-spur-jobs-wary-on-deficit.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/obama-weighs-steps-spur-jobs-wary-on-deficit.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/obama-weighs-steps-spur-jobs-wary-on-deficit.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:00:31 EST Arab and Muslim Americans on Friday braced for the possibility of verbal or physical attacks after an Army psychiatrist of Arab descent allegedly killed 13 during a shooting rampage at a military base in Texas. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/some-muslims-fear-backlash-after-fort-hood-shooting.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223699-some-muslims-fear-backlash-after-fort-hood-shooting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/some-muslims-fear-backlash-after-fort-hood-shooting.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/some-muslims-fear-backlash-after-fort-hood-shooting.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:51:26 EST New York Major Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday platform for the next mayoral elections saying that American visa holders and American immigrants have made the Big Apple the city that it is and deserve to be recognized. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/mayor-bloomberg-is-city-immigrants.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/mayor-bloomberg-is-city-immigrants.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:55:50 EST U.S. President Barack Obama will seek to reinforce the U.S. desire for more balanced global growth during his trip to Asia this month, administration officials said on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/obama-will-push-economic-rebalancing-on-china-trip.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/obama-will-push-economic-rebalancing-on-china-trip.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:47:28 EST Senator Bernie Sanders on Friday introduced legislation that would make the U.S. Treasury Department identify and break up financial institutions that are "too big to fail." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/senator-offers-too-big-fail-break-bill.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223692-senator-offers-too-big-to-fail-break-up-bill.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/senator-offers-too-big-fail-break-bill.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/senator-offers-too-big-fail-break-bill.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:34:15 EST More than 25 NATO and Afghan troops were wounded during a search Friday for two missing U.S. paratroopers in western Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/least-25-hurt-ins-troop-search-afghanistan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/least-25-hurt-ins-troop-search-afghanistan.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:25:13 EST U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday listed a range of fresh options being considered by the White House to spur growth after "sobering" news that unemployment spiked to a 26 1/2-year peak last month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/obama-jobless-rise-sobering-looking-options.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223690-obama-jobless-rise-sobering-looking-at-options.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/obama-jobless-rise-sobering-looking-options.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/obama-jobless-rise-sobering-looking-options.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:22:18 EST South Korea must do more to open its market to U.S. cars before President Barack Obama will send a free trade agreement signed in June 2007 to Congress for a vote, the chief U.S. trade negotiator said on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/ustr-kirk-says-skouras-trade-pact-needs-auto-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223685-ustr-kirk-says-skouras-trade-pact-needs-new-auto-deal.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/ustr-kirk-says-skouras-trade-pact-needs-auto-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/ustr-kirk-says-skouras-trade-pact-needs-auto-deal.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:44:12 EST Two Iranian businessmen working at a Dubai-based firm were linked to video surveillance devices sold to Sudan and used in unmanned drones in Darfur in violation of a U.N. arms embargo, a U.N. report said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/iranians-linked-banned-drone-videos-darfurn.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/iranians-linked-banned-drone-videos-darfurn.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:34:32 EST H1N1 swine flu is on the rise in China and Japan after triggering an unusually early start to the winter influenza season in Europe, Central Asia and North America, the World Health Organization said on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/who-says-pandemic-flu-on-rise-china-japan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223680-who-says-pandemic-flu-on-rise-in-china-japan.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/who-says-pandemic-flu-on-rise-china-japan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/who-says-pandemic-flu-on-rise-china-japan.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:27:28 EST Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives scrambled on Friday to allay lingering concerns about a broad healthcare overhaul and raised the possibility a vote planned for Saturday could slip into next week. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/house-democrats-scramble-healthcare-votes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223679-house-democrats-scramble-for-healthcare-votes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/house-democrats-scramble-healthcare-votes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/house-democrats-scramble-healthcare-votes.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:15:52 EST A U.S. trade panel on Friday approved two new investigations into charges of unfair trade practices by China, but rejected another one week ahead of President Barack Obama's trip to Asia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/uoks-two-more-import-probes-versus-china.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223677-uoks-two-more-import-probes-versus-china.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/uoks-two-more-import-probes-versus-china.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/uoks-two-more-import-probes-versus-china.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:44:24 EST President Barack Obama said on Friday the jump in the unemployment rate to 10.2 percent in October was a "sobering" figure that underscored the economic challenges ahead. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/obama-calls-jobless-rise-sobering.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223674-obama-calls-jobless-rise-sobering.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/obama-calls-jobless-rise-sobering.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/obama-calls-jobless-rise-sobering.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:16:10 EST U.S. House Democratic leader Steny Hoyer said on Friday "we're very close" to securing the 218 votes needed for passing a broad healthcare reform bill but Democrats still needed to win over some reluctant members. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/democrat-hoyer-very-close-health-bill-votes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223666-democrat-hoyer-very-close-to-health-bill-votes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/democrat-hoyer-very-close-health-bill-votes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/democrat-hoyer-very-close-health-bill-votes.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:02:00 EST A jump in U.S. unemployment to 10.2 percent last month reflects the typical lag shown by the labor market as growth picks up, a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama said on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/white-houses-romer-jobs-will-lag-growth.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/white-houses-romer-jobs-will-lag-growth.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:49:33 EST New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday federal health officials have found that eight prep school students in New York have contracted swine flu, the same flu that has killed more than 80 people in Mexico and infected 1,300 more. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/8-students-contract-swine-flu-who-prepares-vaccine.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223664-mayor-michael-bloomberg.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/8-students-contract-swine-flu-who-prepares-vaccine.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/8-students-contract-swine-flu-who-prepares-vaccine.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:46:31 EST The United States and Japan look set to avoid a collision over where to relocate a Marine base when President Barack Obama visits Tokyo next week, but the row could still fray security ties in the months ahead. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/japans-avoid-bases-feud-obama-visit.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/japans-avoid-bases-feud-obama-visit.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:29:14 EST