International Business News - Cleveland 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 The Cleveland Clinic says it will publicize the business ties its 1,800 doctors and researchers have with drug companies and device makers. The move, announced Wednesday, is the clinic's latest effort to guard against medical conflicts of interest and follows a rising national debate in recent years on the issue. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/cleveland-clinic-disclosing-doctors-business-ties.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:23:02 EST In Cleveland, snowfall and icy breezes have greeted a business delegation from tropical Costa Rica. The Central American nation is exploring how it might use the port of Cleveland as an entryway for selling its products throughout the U.S. Midwest. Cargo would arrive in Cleveland via the St. Lawrence Seaway. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/costa-rican-businesses-check-out-cleveland.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:05:09 EST A $522 million project to create an upscale, mixed-use development near downtown Cleveland is temporarily on hold due to tight credit, the project's lead developer said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/cleveland-riverbank-redevelopment-project-on-hold.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:27:06 EDT Shares of iron ore miner Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. have likely been oversold in recent periods, giving investors a buying opportunity, an analyst said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081017/cliffs-natural-resources-shares-rally.htm Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:28:50 EDT A man indicted this month on charges of setting a fire that killed a woman and eight children at a birthday sleepover said he would never do anything to harm a child, and that he felt the same pain as relatives of the victims. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081014/man-accused-of-9-ohio-fire-deaths-claims-innocence.htm Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:54:33 EDT Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., which just beat off an attempt by a hedge fund to acquire up to one-third of the iron ore miner, said Tuesday that it has adopted a shareholder rights plan that it claims will protect it from potentially coercive takeover practices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081014/cleveland-cliffs-adopts-shareholder-rights-plan.htm Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:35:46 EDT Mine operator Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has changed its name. The company says its new moniker is Cliffs Natural Resources, the name it intended to adopt after its proposed $4 billion buyout of Abingdon, Va.-based coal mine operator Alpha Natural Resources. That deal hasn't gone through yet, but Cliffs says in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday that it amended its articles of incorporation to change the name Oct. 3. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/mine-operator-cleveland-cliffs-changes-name.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:40:15 EDT A hedge fund lost the fight to double its holdings in Cleveland-Cliffs on Friday, a move that would have allowed it to block the iron ore miner's $4 billion buyout of Alpha Natural Resources. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/cleveland-cliffs-gets-investor-support-for-buyout.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:02:44 EDT A man already in prison on drug and weapons charges was indicted Wednesday in a 2005 house fire that killed nine people, including eight children at a birthday sleepover. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/143472-fatal-fire-indictment.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/man-indicted-in-ohio-house-fire-that-killed-9.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/man-indicted-in-ohio-house-fire-that-killed-9.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:20:35 EDT Harbinger Capital Partners Funds asked Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. shareholders on Friday for approval to double its stake in the iron ore miner to about 33 percent so it can oppose a proposed acquisition. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/cleveland-cliffs-harbinger-step-up-battle.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:59:38 EDT Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.'s largest shareholder panned the iron ore miner's proposed $10 billion purchase of coal mine operator Alpha Natural Resources Friday as too risky. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/investor-pans-cleveland-cliffs-alpha-bid.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:30:33 EDT Iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. announced Thursday a takeover bid for the rest of Portman Ltd., a West Australian-based supplier of iron ore. Cleveland-Cliffs said it will act through its subsidiary Cliffs Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd., with a final cash offer of A$21.50 (US$17.31) per Portman share. That's a premium of about 21.5 percent on Portman's closing price Wednesday, Cleveland-Cliffs said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/cleveland-cliffs-bids-to-buy-rest-of-portman.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:46:59 EDT Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. on Monday urged shareholders to vote against a proposal by the iron ore producer's largest shareholder to increase its stake from about 15.6 percent to as much as one-third. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/cleveland-cliffs-fights-harbinger-capital-over-anr.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:40:24 EDT Federal regulators have approved iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.'s purchase of coal producer Alpha Natural Resources Inc., the companies said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/regulators-ok-cleveland-cliffs-alpha-tie-up.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:16:03 EDT Iron ore and coal mine operator Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has set the date for shareholders to vote on its proposed purchase of coal producer Alpha Natural Resources. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/cleveland-cliffs-sets-vote-on-alpha-purchase.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:14:26 EDT Cleveland-Cliffs' largest shareholder may attempt to scuttle a proposed $8 billion buyout of coal company Alpha Natural Resources Inc. Hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners owns 18.4 percent of the iron ore producer's stock, giving it enough weight to put any deal in jeopardy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/cleveland-cliffs-8-billion-bid.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:58:06 EDT The executive director of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History is stepping down to return to teaching and research after eight years in the job. Bruce Latimer, 54, started with the museum in 1989 as curator and head of its Department of Physical Anthropology. He was named executive director in 2001. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/cleveland-museums-executive-director-steps-down.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:32:25 EDT Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. says it wants to invest $104 million in a Minnesota taconite operation to increase its production of taconite pellets and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/cleveland-cliffs-to-invest-104m-in-taconite.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:53:44 EDT The buying spree by Cleveland-Cliffs continued Wednesday with a nearly $10 billion acquisition of Alpha Natural Resources, broadening the one-time Midwest company's international reach as well as its exposure to a global steel industry clamoring to fuel its mills. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/cleveland-cliffs-to-buy-alpha-for-nearly-10b.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:42:44 EDT A "Family Guy" spinoff show featuring the character of Cleveland Brown is mixing up its voice cast, ethnically speaking. Mike Henry, who is white, will continue to provide the voice for Cleveland on Fox's new animated series. Joining Henry in the cast will be black actors Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long and Kevin Michael Richardson, the network announced Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/91558-tv-animated-cleveland.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/new-animated-show-cleveland-goes-multiethnic.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/new-animated-show-cleveland-goes-multiethnic.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:37:23 EDT