International Business News - A http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Investors betting on renewable or clean energy and related green themes are looking for healthy and sustainable returns, but the road is full of pitfalls for the unwary, investment managers warned on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090917/green-energy-onroll-but-experts-warn-bubbles.htm Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:18:33 EDT Construction and engineering group Balfour Beatty is in advanced talks regarding a "significant" acquisition and is mulling a rights issue to fund a deal analysts expect will involve a U.S. or British firm. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090917/balfour-beatty-nears-acquisition-us-seentarget.htm Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:46:13 EDT Climate change could cut gross domestic product in countries at a high risk from weather catastrophes by up to a fifth by 2030 unless urgent steps are taken, a report said on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090914/warming-may-risky-states-gdp-byfifth-study.htm Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:53:12 EDT A U.S. court of appeals on Friday overturned a $358 million damages award against software maker Microsoft Corp in a long-running patent dispute with French telecoms equipment firm Alcatel-Lucent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090911/updatemicrosoft-358-mln-damageward-overturned.htm Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:44:07 EDT Smithfield Foods Inc, known as the largest hog and pork producer in the world, is transforming itself into a packaged-foods company that is less reliant on hogs and lower-margin fresh pork products, its chief executive said on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090910/smith-field-becomingpackaged-foods-company-ceo.htm Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:14:29 EDT The U.S. commercial paper market expanded for a fourth straight week for the first time since December, adding to signs of an economic rebound as the global financial crisis continued to abate, Federal Reserve data showed on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090910/us-commercial-paper-outstanding-rises4th-wk-fed.htm Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:28:37 EDT The number of rigs drilling for natural gas in the United States rose two this week to 701, the seventh straight weekly gain after sinking in mid-July to the lowest level in more than seven years, according to a report on Friday by Baker Hughes in Houston. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219792-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090904/us-natgas-rig-count-climbs-forseventh-week.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090904/us-natgas-rig-count-climbs-forseventh-week.htm Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:11:50 EDT CHICAGO - Brazilian meat giant JBS would likely get U.S. antitrust approval if it decides to buy U.S. chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride even though the already concentrated American meat market would lose yet another player. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090904/us-seen-approvingjbs-pilgrim-pride-deal.htm Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:51:44 EDT President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed new data showing the U.S. manufacturing sector grew for the first time in 19 months in August, saying it was yet more evidence the U.S. economy was slowly recovering. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219557-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/us-factory-datagood-sign-says-obama.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090901/us-factory-datagood-sign-says-obama.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:26:15 EDT The U.S. climate bill would cost Valero, the country's largest oil refiner, more annually than it has ever made in a year, forcing it to warn consumers at filling stations that fuel prices will rise, the company's top government affairs official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090831/oil-refiner-says-co2-bill-cost-itbillionyear.htm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:06:48 EDT The U.S. climate bill would cost Valero, the country's largest oil refiner, more annually than it has ever made in a year, forcing it to warn consumers at filling stations that fuel prices will rise, the company's top government affairs official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219371-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090828/oil-refiner-says-co2-bill-cost-itbillionyear.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090828/oil-refiner-says-co2-bill-cost-itbillionyear.htm Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:10:26 EDT NEW YORK - The number of rigs drilling for natural gas in the United Stases rose four this week to 699, the sixth straight weekly gain after sinking in mid-July to the lowest level in more than seven years, according to a report on Friday by Baker Hughes in Houston. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219352-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090828/us-natgas-rig-count-climbs-forsixth-week.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090828/us-natgas-rig-count-climbs-forsixth-week.htm Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:10:26 EDT In an effort to abide with European Competition Law, Microsoft has proposed an alternative to Widows 7 'E' version of operating system which is dubbed as "Consumer ballot screen" but the move is hard to swallow, Microsoft said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/217922-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090803/consumer-ballot-screen-ishard-swallow-microsoft-windowse-windows-windows-7.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090803/consumer-ballot-screen-ishard-swallow-microsoft-windowse-windows-windows-7.htm Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:46:36 EDT A Manchester woman has changed her name to a "Princess-Rainbow.com" – making what could be the first person to change her name to a web domain. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/216968-england-woman-changes-her-name-toweb-domain.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090717/england-woman-changes-her-name-toweb-domain.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090717/england-woman-changes-her-name-toweb-domain.htm Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:40:04 EDT A Teenager hacker named George Hotz has created an App to jailbreak the Apple iPhone 3G S. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/216325-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090706/apple-iphone-3gjailbroken-byteenager.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090706/apple-iphone-3gjailbroken-byteenager.htm Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:20:02 EDT The global recession now underway is the result not only of a financial panic, but also of more basic uncertainty about the future direction of the world economy. Consumers are pulling back from home and automobile purchases not only because they have suffered a blow to their wealth with declining stock prices and housing values, but also because they don't know where to turn. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090220/a-sustainable-recovery.htm Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:39:02 EST