International Business News - Center 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 Hundreds of visitors got their first look at the Capitol Visitor Center--an underground museum and now the first stop for people touring Congress--as it opened Tuesday three years late and $360 million over budget. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/187470-capitol-visitor-center.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/capitol-visitor-center-in-dc-opens-to-public.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/capitol-visitor-center-in-dc-opens-to-public.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:02:29 EST The employment-services company Monster is opening a customer service center near Florence. Groundbreaking for the 75,000-square-foot facility is set for Tuesday. The facility is expected to open next fall and bring 350 new jobs for the area. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/monster-worldwide-to-open-sc-customer-center.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:26:34 EST Black cafeteria workers at the city's newest skyscraper claim in a $200 million lawsuit that they have endured racist remarks, job discrimination and retaliatory firings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/black-food-staff-at-comcast-center-file-bias-suit.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:21:03 EST Twelve hours after gunmen stormed a Jewish center in Mumbai, Sandra Samuel heard the cries of a small child outside the room in which she had barricaded herself. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/183104-india-shooting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081127/commandoes-surround-jewish-headquarters.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081127/commandoes-surround-jewish-headquarters.htm Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:52:55 EST Suddenlink Communication's new $3.5 million call center in Wood County is open for business. The 18,000-square-feet call center officially opened Tuesday but operations were switched over the weekend from Suddenlink's existing facility in Parkersburg. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/suddenlink-opens-5-state-call-center-in-w-va.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:34:36 EST New York City's most famous Christmas tree is so good it got a star. The Norway spruce next to the Rockefeller Center skating rink was adorned with a spectacular Swarovski (swah-ROW-skee) crystal star on Tuesday that weighs 550 pounds and is almost 10 feet in diameter. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/177498-rockefeller-christmas-tree.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/crystal-star-for-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/crystal-star-for-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:05:04 EST An 8-ton, 72-foot-tall Norway spruce was hoisted into place Friday in Rockefeller Center, where it will be dressed up for its starring role as the city's most famous Christmas tree. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/8-ton-tree-arrives-for-its-nyc-rock-center-debut.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:27:53 EST The centerpiece of Christmas at New York's Rockefeller Center will be a tree from western New Jersey that its owners call a "miracle." Workers cut down the 8-ton, 72-foot-tall Norway spruce at the home of the Varanyak family in Hamilton, near a tree nursery they own. It will be erected at Rockefeller Center on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/174614-rockefeller-center-tree.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/mom-was-right-nj-tree-heads-to-rockefeller-center.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/mom-was-right-nj-tree-heads-to-rockefeller-center.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:39:43 EST Hundreds of government and business leaders gathered Wednesday in Orangeburg for a glimpse of the biggest economic development project ever announced for the poor, rural county located about halfway between Columbia and Charleston. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/company-outlines-plans-for-sc-distribution-center.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:58:44 EST The New York University Langone Medical Center has received two gifts totaling $260 million. The medical center said Wednesday that longtime benefactor Helen L. Kimmel is donating $150 million toward construction of a new patient pavilion that will increase clinical space. It will be named in honor of Kimmel and her late husband, real estate developer Martin S. Kimmel. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/nyc-medical-center-receives-260-million.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:22:16 EST Three years behind schedule and almost $360 million above budget, the Capitol Visitor Center prepares to open its doors to millions of tourists who now must endure long lines without food, restrooms or shelter to catch a glimpse of the halls of Congress. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/172404-capitol-visitor-center.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/capitol-visitor-center-opens-after-delay-overrun.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/capitol-visitor-center-opens-after-delay-overrun.htm Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:27:14 EST Michael Phelps and his coach, Bob Bowman, have formed a partnership to operate the pool where the Olympic swimmer began training at age 7. That partnership, Aquatic Ventures LLC, formally announced Friday that it is taking over at the Meadowbrook Aquatic Center and the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, which produced Phelps and six other Olympians over four decades. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081107/phelps-coach-to-operate-olympians-home-pool.htm Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:33:16 EST In a Nov. 3 story about Con-way Freight closing service centers, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of employees at the Con-way Inc. division. The subsidiary has 20,800 workers, not 27,100, which is the total number of people employed by the parent company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081105/correction-nov-3-con-way-freight-story.htm Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:40:09 EST The former chief administrative officer at a cancer center in Grand Forks is accused of stealing about $110,000 from the company. Grand Forks police say 59-year-old Michael Fishbein was arrested on Monday in Bozeman, Mont., on a felony theft charge. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/cancer-center-executive-accused-of-theft.htm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:19:24 EST Con-way Freight, a unit of trucking company Con-way Inc., said Monday it is closing 40 service centers across the country to cut costs. The less-than-truckload carrier said the freight normally handled at those locations will be redistributed to 100 other locations. The 40 service centers are expected to be shuttered by early December. At that time, the company will operate 303 service centers across the U.S. and Canada. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/con-way-freight-to-close-40-service-centers.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:39:56 EST Shares of Rent-A-Center Inc. plunged Tuesday after the company lowered its outlook for the fourth quarter due to the spreading financial crisis. "While we believe the economic environment creates opportunities for potential customers whose available credit is diminished or eliminated, it is creating challenges for our existing customers," said Mark Speese, chairman and chief executive of the company that rents furniture, appliances and other goods to customers. "Therefore, we believe the current severity of the financial crisis and its effect on the economy has resulted in a softening in our business." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/shares-of-rent-a-center-plunge-on-lowered-outlook.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:06:31 EDT AT&T Inc. has opened its new customer service center at the Highlands in West Virginia. The center will employ 200 people. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081023/at-t-adds-200-jobs-with-w-va-service-center.htm Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:17:27 EDT Founders of the new Action Center to End World Hunger hope visitors will come away not only knowing more about world hunger, but resolved to do something about it. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/153553-world-hunger-center.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081016/center-opens-in-nyc-to-fight-global-hunger.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081016/center-opens-in-nyc-to-fight-global-hunger.htm Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:32:06 EDT The Colorado School of Mines is creating a new oil shale research center on campus that will include a global database of information accessible over the Internet. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081014/colo-univ-to-open-new-oil-shale-research-center.htm Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:17:51 EDT The New Jersey Devils home opener was set to go on as scheduled Friday night despite a construction code dispute that closed the Prudential Center down this summer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/nhls-devils-opener-on-despite-arena-code-dispute.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:36:07 EDT