International Business News - Comeback 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 Deep under a pine-covered mountain, men clamber into red overalls and heavy boots, strap on lamps and attach sensors that check gas levels. They walk with bent knees into the gloom, down a rocky, uneven slope to the coal face 1,200 feet below the surface, and chatter happily about their good luck to be underground--again. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/wales-rides-a-coal-renaissance.htm Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:10:07 EDT To Amy Hobbs Harris, a dozen jars of strawberry preserves are worth $391--the amount she estimates she'll save in a year by canning the fruit herself. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/jarring-economy-spurs-rise-in-home-canning.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:07:57 EDT As wildfire whipped toward a remote sanctuary of the endangered California condor last month, the rare birds got their biggest test in survival after years of pampering by biologists: They had to live completely on their own. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/calif-condors-animal-instinct-takes-over-in-fire.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:21:24 EDT Carlsbad Aquafarm is growing a multimillion-dollar investment in abalone in a row of tanks alongside a tidal lagoon just outside San Diego. In a process that has taken years to complete, microscopic abalone larvae have finally grown into fist-sized mollusks that can fetch $30 a pound from top-shelf restaurants and other buyers. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/90091-abalone-comeback.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/calif-aquafarmers-cash-in-on-demand-for-abalone.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/calif-aquafarmers-cash-in-on-demand-for-abalone.htm Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:38:28 EDT Poet Alexander Pushkin wrote that Russians need the drink like they need the air. No, it's not vodka. It's called kvas. And despite its humble folk origins, the fermented-bread drink brewed by Russians for more than a thousand years has become a booming multimillion-dollar industry. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/88944-russia-comeback-kvas.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/russians-say-no-to-cola-nization.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/russians-say-no-to-cola-nization.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:18:52 EDT With her household budget tightening, Michelle Fox treats couponing like getting a part-time job to help make ends meet. In her case, it's a job that pays about $20 an hour. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/coupon-interest-rises-in-tight-economy.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:54:06 EDT Once hunted to the brink of extinction, humpback whales have made a dramatic comeback in the North Pacific Ocean over the past four decades, a new study says. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/53576-humpback-comeback.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080523/study-humpback-whale-population-rises.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080523/study-humpback-whale-population-rises.htm Fri, 23 May 2008 09:08:21 EDT