International Business News - Bad 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 Call it Red Monday. Investors aren't imagining things if they think Mondays have been particularly ugly this year. That's the day the stock market has racked up the bulk of its losses. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/stormy-monday-most-market-selling-occurs-mondays.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:32:53 EDT A woman who admits using bad checks to buy art and jewels worth some 2 million pounds ($3.6 million) faces sentencing in London. Shahra Marsh has admitted bouncing checks to Parisian boutiques and auction houses including Sotheby's, Christie's and Bonhams. Her biggest purchase was a 100,000 pounds ($180,000) diamond ring. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/classy-check-bouncer-faces-sentencing-in-britain.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:18:10 EDT Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is unveiling a new Web site to help New Yorkers avoid home improvement scams and dishonest contractors. Cuomo says launching the site is timely because of instability of the housing market, which is likely forcing homeowners to hold on to their properties for longer and make more improvements. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/ny-ag-sets-up-web-site-to-check-on-contractors.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:27:22 EDT India's government sent thousands of ineffective vaccines to a northern Indian state, halting a planned immunization drive against a deadly outbreak of Japanese encephalitis that has killed more than 200 children since June, officials said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/bad-vaccines-risk-encephalitis-epidemic-in-india.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:46:28 EDT Just thinking about it is enough to rattle your teeth. The Dutch media are enthralled by the trials of two men dubbed the "horror dentists." They were caught separately practicing without licenses--and, according to the allegations, without much skill, either. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/dutch-on-edge-as-horror-dentists-go-on-trial.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:41:26 EDT Herreast Harrison wanted to rebuild after Katrina and thought she did everything right: She hired a contractor who seemed kind and listened to Christian music on the job. Months later, she claimed, he pocketed $57,000 and walked off with work undone, leaving a mess behind. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/115813-katrina-bad-contractors.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/bad-contractors-ruin-the-ruined-in-katrinas-wake.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/bad-contractors-ruin-the-ruined-in-katrinas-wake.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:05:27 EDT Crystl Bustos rocked slowly from side to side, kicked away some dirt, then started rocking again. As she and her U.S. softball teammates waited to receive their silver medals--yes, silver--the slugger clearly wanted to get this over with. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/113527-beijing-olympics-soccer-women.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/bad-day-for-us-at-softball-track-_-and-much-more.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/bad-day-for-us-at-softball-track-_-and-much-more.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:31:58 EDT South Korea's Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Yong-dae have won the gold medal in mixed doubles badminton at the Olympics, defeating Indonesia's Liliyana Natsir and Nova Widianto in straight sets. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/south-korea-wins-gold-in-badminton.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:44:33 EDT China's Yu Yang and He Hanbin have won the bronze medal in mixed doubles badminton at the Olympics, defeating Indonesia's Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/china-wins-bronze-in-badminton.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:13:09 EDT China hoped 2008 would be a yearlong celebration, a time to bask in the spotlight of the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Instead, the Year of the Rat has also brought a wave of troubles _ both natural and man-made _ that are putting a heavy strain on the communist leadership. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/45630-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/2008-turns-out-to-be-a-year-of-trouble-for-china.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/2008-turns-out-to-be-a-year-of-trouble-for-china.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 15:19:51 EDT The solution should have been a no-brainer, voting experts say. After all, it was a badly designed ballot that enflamed the 2000 election meltdown and introduced the vagaries of chads to the political lexicon _ pregnant, hanging and otherwise. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080511/confusing-ballot-designs-still-plague-elections.htm Sun, 11 May 2008 12:55:11 EDT The U.S. Army said Friday it will immediately repair barracks at eight facilities in the wake of inspection at bases worldwide. The inspections were done the last week of April and covered nearly 150,000 barracks rooms. They found that 45 repairs needed priority attention, including new heating and cooling equipment, repainting, mold removal and other work. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/army-targets-8-bases-for-repairs-after-worldwide-inspections.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 17:28:11 EDT One moment, Justin Hill was turning into his driveway. Minutes later he was being flown to a hospital as his home went up in flames. Then he got a traffic ticket. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/driver-gets-in-wreck-sees-his-home-catch-fire-gets-ticket.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 17:02:20 EDT A Rock Island man whose car was hit as he tried to make a left turn into his driveway saw his home going up in flames as he was airlifted to the hospital. Tennessee Highway Patrol officer Monte Terry said Justin Hill, 42, was hit by an oncoming car when he pulled into its path on Tuesday evening. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/man-crashes-at-driveway-sees-home-catch-fire-gets-ticket.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 14:54:27 EDT Spc. Loren Dauterman, who trained at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin last month with the National Guard, found something good to say about the falling-apart floors and ceilings in her quarters. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44679-bad-barracks.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/army-oks-248m-in-barracks-repairs-but-housing-still-aging.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/army-oks-248m-in-barracks-repairs-but-housing-still-aging.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 18:38:56 EDT Spc. Kaila Colvin is looking forward to getting married for the usual reasons, and for one more particular to a soldier: not having to live in Fort Campbell's decrepit barracks anymore. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/ap-review-thousands-of-soldiers-living-in-shoddy-barracks.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 17:41:22 EDT Defense Secretary Robert Gates, after watching a YouTube video showing poor barracks conditions at the Army's Fort Bragg in North Carolina, said Thursday that what he saw was "appalling" and that all commanders must ensure that their troops have decent living quarters. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/gates-calls-bad-barracks-conditions-at-fort-bragg-appalling.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 16:03:49 EDT The secretary of the Army said Wednesday the poor condition of Korean War-era barracks at Fort Bragg are unacceptable. Army Secretary Pete Geren said improvements are coming, but some of the problems can't be fixed quickly. He made the remarks after meeting with soldiers and touring Fort Bragg's 82nd Airborne Division barracks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/army-secy-says-fort-braggs-barracks-condition-unacceptable.htm Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:30:09 EDT Army officials said Tuesday they are inspecting every barracks building worldwide to see whether plumbing and other problems revealed at Fort Bragg, N.C., last week are widespread. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/army-widens-probe-after-finding-bad-conditions-at-fort-bragg.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:59:25 EDT Angry about the price of gas? Just imagine paying for gas you don't get. Some alert consumers have noticed it over the years: A pump that seems to hesitate a second when the lever is squeezed. Anywhere from 2 to 6 cents tick off before the rush of gasoline starts. That's what happens with a common, hard to diagnose and mostly ignored problem with the "check valve," which is supposed to make sure gas flows at the same time the price meter starts. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/42003-bad-gas-pumps.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/common-glitch-at-pump-adds-to-gas-costs-also-cheats-station.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/common-glitch-at-pump-adds-to-gas-costs-also-cheats-station.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:27:04 EDT