International Business News - Agreement 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 Toy maker JAKKS Pacific Inc. said Tuesday it had signed two licensing agreements with two Mixed Martial Arts organizations to launch a line of action figures and play sets. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/jakks-to-license-cage-fighting-action-figures.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:01:41 EDT China-based industrial gas provider Praxair China Investment Co. said Tuesday it signed a long-term supply agreement with Guangdong Shaoguan Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd. to build an air separation plant. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/praxair-signs-long-term-supply-agreement.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:25:39 EDT Columbian Bank and Trust Co., which was closed by regulators last week, has agreed to submit a plan for bolstering its capital to the Federal Reserve, the central bank announced Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/closed-kansas-bank-agrees-with-fed-on-capital-plan.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:20:46 EDT Grocery-store operator The Kroger Co. said Wednesday it reached a tentative deal with the United Foods & Commercial Workers Union Local 1059 in Columbus, Ohio. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/kroger-reaches-tentative-deal-with-union.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:22:15 EDT Diakron Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday it gained exclusive rights to develop, market and distribute an oral anticoagulant drug discovered by Merck & Co. Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/diakron-gains-rights-to-drug-compound-from-merck.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:00:51 EDT United States Steel Corp. said Tuesday it reached a tentative agreement with the United Steelworkers on a new four-year labor contract. The contract will cover about 16,000 United Steelworkers at U.S. Steel's domestic flat-rolled and iron ore mining plants, as well as tubular operations in Lorain, Ohio, and Fairfield, Ala., the company said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/us-steel-in-tentative-labor-agreement.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:53:17 EDT The Massachusetts Port Authority and the Massachusetts Highway Department may be coming to the aid of the MBTA and the state's Turnpike Authority. Following an emergency transportation summit on Monday, both agencies have agreed to consider providing money and services to the two fellow cash-strapped transportation providers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/massport-highway-department-to-help-turnpike.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:59:44 EDT Maryland is making a new agreement to keep cargo containers from a leading shipping company coming to the Port of Baltimore. Gov. Martin O'Malley is set to make a formal announcement on Wednesday at the port with officials from Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine Corp. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/md-governor-to-announce-port-of-baltimore-deal.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:40:35 EDT Chicken producer Sanderson Farms Inc. said Monday it will pay $2.6 million to former and current hourly workers that claimed the company owed them compensation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/sanderson-farms-to-pay-2-6m-to-settle-suit.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:56:20 EDT Iraq's foreign ministry said Thursday that Iraqi and U.S. officials are seeking a compromise on the pending issues over a new security agreement between the two countries. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/iraq-us-seek-security-compromise.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:23:09 EDT Talbots Inc. said Wednesday it has secured an additional $50 million in credit, two months after a pair of banks decided to stop lending to the women's clothing retailer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080611/talbots-shareholder-agrees-to-provide-50m-credit.htm Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:22:34 EDT Polish vodka producer Central European Distribution Corp. said Thursday it signed a deal to make a $156.5 million equity investment in Russian vodka producer Russian Alcohol Group. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/central-european-invests-157m-in-russian-alcohol.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 10:35:10 EDT Reiten Television says it has a new agreement with Forum Communications that allows the companies' ABC and CBS affiliates to share sales teams. Reiten Television President Tim Reiten's company owns CBS affiliated-KX stations in Bismarck, Minot, Dickinson and Williston. He says the company will begin selling TV commercial time on ABC stations owned by Forum Communications. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080521/abc-cbs-affiliates-to-share-sales-teams-in-nd.htm Wed, 21 May 2008 13:57:44 EDT Hoku Materials Inc., a subsidiary of Hoku Scientific Inc., said Tuesday it extended the term of its polysilicon supply contract with China-based Solarfun Power Hong Kong Ltd. to 10 years. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/hoku-scientific-extends-term-of-supply-contract.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 07:19:21 EDT Russian and U.S. officials signed a key agreement on civilian nuclear power Tuesday that could give Washington access to Russian technology and potentially hand Moscow lucrative deals on storing spent fuel. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44409-russia-us-nuclear-agreement.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/russia-us-sign-civil-nuclear-pact.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/russia-us-sign-civil-nuclear-pact.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 21:01:39 EDT A U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear power deal signed Tuesday ran into immediate trouble on Capitol Hill, where two senators said they would try to block the deal because it could hurt efforts to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/us-russia-pact-faces-opposition-in-congress.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 18:40:45 EDT Russian and U.S. officials are to sign an agreement on civilian nuclear power that would reverse decades of little cooperation and hand Russia lucrative deals on storing spent nuclear fuel. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/russia-us-to-sign-nuclear-pact.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 06:58:36 EDT Canadian agricultural products company Agrium Inc. said Friday it reached an agreement with the staff of the Federal Trade Commission which the company hopes will allow it to pursue its acquisition o... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080418/agrium-reaches-agreement-with-ftc-over-uap-acquisition.htm Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:10:36 EDT Exxon Mobil Corp. said Friday it has signed an agreement with Falcon Oil and Gas Ltd. to begin a production and development program in southeast Hungary. Exxon Mobil said it will invest $75 million ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080411/exxon-mobil-in-hungary-deal.htm Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:40:38 EDT US Airways Group Inc. said Wednesday it reached an agreement with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers on a contract for the airline's 7,700 ramp and baggage handling em... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080409/us-airways-union-reach-agreement.htm Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:22:02 EDT