International Business News - BRN 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 Spreading impact of China's tainted-milk scandal: ___ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/the-reach-of-chinas-tainted-milk-scandal.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:22:05 EDT More than a dozen countries--from Indonesia to Colombia--have banned or recalled Chinese dairy products amid fears over a widening tainted milk scandal that has killed four Chinese babies and sickened thousands of others. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/chinese-imports-banned-amid-tainted-milk-scandal.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:14:37 EDT China's milk scandal fanned fears across Asia on Tuesday as countries expanded bans on Chinese dairy products to include candy and other goods and worried parents rushed their children to hospitals for health checkups. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/chinese-tainted-milk-scandal-fans-fear-across-asia.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:17:33 EDT China's agriculture minister acknowledged Tuesday that the country's milk-gathering system was "out of control" and led to abuses that put contaminated dairy products in stores across Asia, sickening some 54,000 babies and killing four. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/136657-philippines-china-infant-formula.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/chinas-product-safety-watchdog-steps-down.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/chinas-product-safety-watchdog-steps-down.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:46:09 EDT The head of China's food safety watchdog resigned Monday for failing to stop the widespread contamination of baby formula as the number of children sickened in the scandal soared to nearly 53,000, including four infants who died. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/136388-china-baby-formula-recall.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/nearly-53-000-chinese-children-sick-from-milk.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/nearly-53-000-chinese-children-sick-from-milk.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:06:46 EDT The number of children in China sickened by dairy products tainted with the banned industrial chemical melamine has doubled to nearly 12,900, the government said Sunday as it vowed to crack down on those responsible for one of China's worst food safety scandals in years. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/135835-china-baby-formula-recall.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080921/china-works-to-contain-milk-scandal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080921/china-works-to-contain-milk-scandal.htm Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:03:27 EDT Growth across developing Asia will slow to 7.5 percent this year from 9 percent in 2007 in the face of rising inflation, turbulent financial markets and weakening world demand, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/asian-growth-to-ease-to-7-5-percent-adb-says.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:32:26 EDT AIDS experts praised the United States on Tuesday for ending its two-decade ban on HIV-positive people entering the country, and said travel restrictions by dozens of other countries are hurting efforts to control the epidemic. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/103506-mexico-aids-conference.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/activists-un-want-hiv-travel-restrictions-erased.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/activists-un-want-hiv-travel-restrictions-erased.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:41:56 EDT Cytori Therapeutics Inc., which develops technology to preserve and develop stem cells, said Monday it will sell one of its stem-cell systems to Astrea International for an undisclosed amount. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/cytori-selling-stem-cell-system-in-singapore.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:56:05 EDT Foreign direct investment pledged for Vietnam in the first seven months of the year has hit a record $45.3 billion, up 373 percent from the same period a year ago and surpassing the record of $21.3 billion for all of 2007, the government said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/99587-singapore-asean-vietnam.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/vietnams-foreign-investment-hits-record.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/vietnams-foreign-investment-hits-record.htm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:28:10 EDT Europeans and others who travel visa-free to the United States can start registering in August for a new online security screening check that will become mandatory in January to enter the U.S., officials said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/us-travel-screening-measure-online-aug-1.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:14:42 EDT Australia announced Wednesday an extra $29 million in aid for survivors of Myanmar's May cyclone, but pressed its recalcitrant military junta to democratize quickly and respect human rights. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96065-singapore-asean-myanmar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/australia-to-give-aid-to-myanmar.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/australia-to-give-aid-to-myanmar.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:58:24 EDT Myanmar's junta has indicated it will oppose any effort to give a Southeast Asian human rights body the power to monitor or investigate rights violations in the region, diplomats said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/95493-singapore-asean-myanmar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/myanmar-opposes-investigative-powers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/myanmar-opposes-investigative-powers.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:34:35 EDT Rising food and energy prices and volatility in financial markets are likely to ease this year's growth across emerging East Asia to 7.6 percent from 9 percent last year, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/east-asian-growth-to-ease-to-7-6-percent.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:31:19 EDT Orangutan numbers have declined sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild and they could become the first great ape species to go extinct if urgent action isn't taken, a new study says. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/86323-indonesia-orangutans.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/study-orangutan-populations-declining-sharply.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/study-orangutan-populations-declining-sharply.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:49:44 EDT Shares of Pfizer Inc. rose Wednesday after the drugmaker settled a five-year patent dispute with India's Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., negotiating a deal to keep a generic version of blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor off U.S. shelves for longer than many analysts predicted. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/pfizer-ranbaxy-settle-lipitor-patent-dispute.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:11:24 EDT Brunei will require drivers of foreign-registered vehicles to pay sharply higher retail gasoline prices in the latest bid by an Asian country to curb steep fuel subsidies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/brunei-doubles-fuel-price-for-foreigners.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:26:05 EDT The United States said Tuesday that visitors from closely allied countries like Britain and Japan will soon have to register personal details online at least three days before arrival. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/us-to-require-online-travel-registration.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:57:19 EDT Travelers who don't need visas to enter the United States will be required to register online with the U.S. government at least three days before they visit, a security regulation set to begin next year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/travelers-without-visas-to-be-required-to-register.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:54:15 EDT Travelers who don't need visas to enter the United States will be required to register online with the U.S. government at least three days before they visit, a security regulation set to begin next year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/travelers-without-visas-to-be-required-to-register.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:53:38 EDT