International Business News - Industries http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/feed/us_industries.rss All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 120 30 http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/feed/us_industries.rss http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif U.S. electric sports car maker Tesla Motors plans to go public soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, amid growing interest in green technology and battery-powered vehicles. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/electric-carmaker-tesla-preparing-ipo-sources.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/electric-carmaker-tesla-preparing-ipo-sources.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:53:06 EST When the U.S. holiday shopping season kicks off on the day after Thanksgiving, retailers can expect to see millions of less frightened but even more bargain hungry customers cross their thresholds. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/black-friday-deals-may-not-signal-retail-comeback.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224494-shoppers-are-pictured-at-the-glendale-galleria.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/black-friday-deals-may-not-signal-retail-comeback.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/black-friday-deals-may-not-signal-retail-comeback.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:24:03 EST Cadbury Plc suitors Ferrero and Hershey Co have weighed breaking the UK confectioner up into separate businesses as part of a friendly, all-cash bid, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/ferrero-hershey-weigh-cadbury-split-source.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224473-workers-walk-pastlogo-in-cadburys-bournville-factory.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/ferrero-hershey-weigh-cadbury-split-source.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/ferrero-hershey-weigh-cadbury-split-source.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:16:01 EST A Florida jury on Thursday ordered cigarette maker Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million in damages to a 61-year-old ex-smoker named Cindy Naugle who is wheelchair-bound by emphysema. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/philip-morris-ordered-pay-300-million-smoker.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/philip-morris-ordered-pay-300-million-smoker.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:50:57 EST Despite the worst U.S. recession in decades, sales of organic and sustainable products have continued to grow, experts say, with shoppers willing to spend a few more dollars in a bid to become more green. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/shoppers-going-green-despite-struggling-economy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224466-organic-food.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/shoppers-going-green-despite-struggling-economy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/shoppers-going-green-despite-struggling-economy.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:40:28 EST Vodafone has sought an extension until Jan. 29 to reply to a tax claim notice issued last month by the Indian tax department, Junior Finance Minister S.S. Palanimanickam said on Friday in a written reply to question in parliament. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/vodafone-seeks-extension-india-tax-claim-reply.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224455-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/vodafone-seeks-extension-india-tax-claim-reply.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/vodafone-seeks-extension-india-tax-claim-reply.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:31:40 EST Nokia is to cut 330 research and development jobs in Finland and Denmark as it focuses on launching fewer, but more iconic, phones. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/nokia-cuts-330d-jobs-as-focuses-on-fewer-models.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224456-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/nokia-cuts-330d-jobs-as-focuses-on-fewer-models.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/nokia-cuts-330d-jobs-as-focuses-on-fewer-models.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:30:39 EST Ford Motor Co plans to invest 2 billion reais ($1.15 billion) in Brazil through 2015, most of it on a plant in the northeastern Bahia state, to expand production and benefit from expected growth in Latin America's largest economy, the state governor said on BandNews radio on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/ford-invest2-bln-grow-brazil-governor.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/ford-invest2-bln-grow-brazil-governor.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:18:17 EST Sony Corp said on Friday that its planned entertainment content distribution service for network-compatible TVs and other devices will be launched next year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/sony-launch-online-service.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/sony-launch-online-service.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:16:17 EST South Africa's existing automobile industry programme and its replacement scheme is expected to cut the trade deficit and contribute billions of dollars to gross domestic product by 2020, a government minister said on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/safrica-auto-aid-will-boost-growth-trade-gap-govt.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/safrica-auto-aid-will-boost-growth-trade-gap-govt.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:14:33 EST Singapore Airlines said on Friday it expects the current up tick in air travel to continue. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/singapore-air-confident-recovery-executive.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/singapore-air-confident-recovery-executive.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:10:47 EST D.R. Horton Inc , the No. 2 U.S. homebuilder, reported a narrower fourth-quarter loss, mainly helped by lower charges. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/dhorton-posts-narrower-q4-loss.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224444-a-construction-worker-hammers-atopconstruction-project-as.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/dhorton-posts-narrower-q4-loss.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/dhorton-posts-narrower-q4-loss.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:16:01 EST Cadbury suitors Ferrero and Hershey would likely break the UK confectioner up into separate businesses if a mooted bid for the company succeeds, an Italian newspaper reported. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/ferrero-hershey-would-likely-break-up-cadbury-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224463-ferrero-hershey-would-likely-break-up-cadbury-report.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/ferrero-hershey-would-likely-break-up-cadbury-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/ferrero-hershey-would-likely-break-up-cadbury-report.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:48:02 EST Italian chocolate maker Ferrero could be interested in Cadbury's gum and candy division, a unit worth about 5 billion euros ($7.4 billion), in a possible joint takeover bid, business daily Il Sole 24 Ore said on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/ferrero-could-eye-cadbury-gum-candy-unit-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224435-workers-walk-pastlogo-in-cadburys-bournville-factory.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/ferrero-could-eye-cadbury-gum-candy-unit-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091120/ferrero-could-eye-cadbury-gum-candy-unit-report.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:48:01 EST If AOL's announcement on Thursday of another 2,500 job cuts is anything to go by, the painful layoffs that have ravaged the media industry over the past year are nowhere near over. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/aol-shows-worst-not-over-for-media-job-cuts.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224428-news-of-aol-cutting500-jobs-is-seen.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/aol-shows-worst-not-over-for-media-job-cuts.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/aol-shows-worst-not-over-for-media-job-cuts.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:24:02 EST In a company town where the street lamps are shaped like chocolate Kisses and orphans are cared for with corporate largesse, the prospect that America's biggest chocolate maker may merge with a foreign entity has unnerved some people. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/hershey-merger-talk-makes-waves-incompany-town.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224423-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/hershey-merger-talk-makes-waves-incompany-town.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/hershey-merger-talk-makes-waves-incompany-town.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:45:32 EST U.S. carmaker General Motors will present a new viability plan for Opel in mid-December as it aims to reduce capacity across Europe by about 20 percent, a top executive said on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/gm-present-opel-restructuring-plan-dec.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224421-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/gm-present-opel-restructuring-plan-dec.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/gm-present-opel-restructuring-plan-dec.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:29:06 EST Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, raised hopes the 90,000 workers in its high-wage western German plants could extend their job guarantees a further three years until 2014, a senior executive told Reuters. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/volkswagen-seeks-steer-clear-job-cuts.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224422-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/volkswagen-seeks-steer-clear-job-cuts.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/volkswagen-seeks-steer-clear-job-cuts.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:27:29 EST AOL plans to cut one-third of its workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, in an effort to trim some $300 million in annual costs as part of the Internet company's planned spin-off from Time Warner Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/aol-to-cut-one-third-of-workforce.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224360-the-aol-logo-is-seen-on-the.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/aol-to-cut-one-third-of-workforce.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/aol-to-cut-one-third-of-workforce.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:16:02 EST Union leaders at Ford Motor's Volvo car unit held their first talks with China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group on Thursday but are still waiting to see Geely's financing plans for the Swedish carmaker. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/volvo-union-meets-geely-no-detail-on-financing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224367-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/volvo-union-meets-geely-no-detail-on-financing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/volvo-union-meets-geely-no-detail-on-financing.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:14:59 EST