International Business News - Conference 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 An unusual combination of economic and environmental forces have created a "perfect storm" that could help geothermal shed its back-seat status to its renewable cousins wind and solar energy, experts said at an international conference. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/geothermal-energy-development-gathers-steam.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:42:38 EDT That bottle of condensed detergent or your lightweight laptop are making the economic downturn even more difficult to bear for the nation's trucking companies, an economist said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/slimmer-packages-mean-slimmer-profits-for-truckers.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:02:14 EDT A senior Wachovia Corp. analyst said Monday the U.S. economy is in its worst state in nearly three decades, even excluding the yet-unknown effects of the spiraling credit crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/economist-economy-is-worst-in-nearly-30-years.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:46:02 EDT The U.S. truck driver shortage will probably get worse as the U.S. economy starts to recover, the chief economist for the sector's main trade group said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/trucking-labor-crisis-will-worsen-economist-says.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:11:58 EDT Top Army officials and defense contractors will converge on Washington Monday for the opening of the Army's annual conference to discuss policy and showcase the service's latest weaponry. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/ahead-of-the-bell-army-conference.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:09:56 EDT Some of the trucking industry's top officials--as well as executives from the railroads, technology providers and consulting agencies that work with them--will be in New Orleans this weekend for the annual conference hosted by the sector's main trade association. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/ahead-of-the-bell-trucking-conference-set-to-open.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:10:05 EDT Senior Marine Corps officials and defense industry executives are scheduled to begin a three-day conference Tuesday in Quantico, Va., that will showcase the latest military systems and ample networking opportunities. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/ahead-of-the-bell-marine-conference.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:07:49 EDT Business leaders from Virginia and India will gather in Norfolk next month for a trade conference. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine says the event will be the strongest international program to be held in Virginia in a number of years. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/international-trade-conference-set-for-oct-15-16.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:08:42 EDT A six-year probe has not ruled out the possibility that Iran may be running clandestine nuclear programs, the chief U.N nuclear inspector said Monday, urging Iran to reassure the world by ending its secretive ways. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/141865-austria-nuclear-agency.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/west-islamic-nations-split-at-nuke-meeting.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/west-islamic-nations-split-at-nuke-meeting.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:54:33 EDT Executives at Williams-Sonoma Inc. said the retailer scaled back the size of its popular catalogs by nearly a third while winnowing down the number of consumers across the country who receive the publications. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/williams-sonoma-trims-catalogs-expects-tough-4q.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:14:35 EDT An executive at Cherokee Inc., which licenses clothing brands including the Cherokee brand for Target, said Tuesday that a cautious spending environment might actually bode well for sales of the company's value-oriented apparel basics. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/cherokee-inc-focuses-on-value-message.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:34:01 EDT Wall Street's credit crisis and softening consumer spending are weighing on online jewelry retailer Blue Nile Inc., Chief Executive Diane Irvine said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/blue-nile-ceo-tight-credit-market-hurting-sales.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:43:01 EDT The chief financial officer of Wyndham Worldwide Corp. said at an investor conference on Monday that there are alternatives to the asset-backed securities market for her company to create liquidity from its timeshare portfolio. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/wyndham-cfo-cites-options-to-create-liquidity.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:18:24 EDT The much talked about Spider-Man musical might make its way onto Broadway next year, according to Marvel Studios Chairman David Maisel. The production, based on the popular comic book and movie character, has been in the works for the past three and a half years, Maisel said Monday at the Thomas Weisel Consumer Conference in New York. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/marvels-spider-man-may-hit-broadway-next-year.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:38:58 EDT Top Air Force officials and defense firms are scheduled to begin a three-day conference Monday in Washington, an event that comes as the service struggles with delays on some major new programs and continues to adjust to recent leadership changes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/ahead-of-the-bell-air-force-conference.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:13:01 EDT An environmental coalition is pressing the presidential candidates to step up their support for Great Lakes restoration, saying their earlier commitments weren't strong enough to guarantee compliance once the election ends. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/great-lakes-group-wants-pledge-from-obama-mccain.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:34:18 EDT The executive editor of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson has been elected president of the Associated Press Managing Editors, the organization of newspaper editors served by The Associated Press. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/researchers-press-struggling-to-adjust-to-web.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:47:29 EDT CBS Corp. President and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves said at an investor conference on Tuesday that political advertising is boosting the media company's ad revenue and noted an improvement in the auto industry's spending as well. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080909/cbs-ceo-leslie-moonves-notes-political-ad-gains.htm Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:01:43 EDT The executive editor of The Associated Press said Tuesday the news cooperative hopes to work through problems with a handful of newspapers who say they may leave the AP as it implements a new pricing plan that changes how papers get daily content. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080909/mgm-mirage-ceo-says-journalism-facing-reinvention.htm Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:07:34 EDT The chief executive of the world's second-largest casino company told newspaper editors Monday that he wished them the best in embracing change in the journalism industry, and said Las Vegas casinos have required reinvention to remain profitable. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/mgm-mirage-exec-says-journalism-facing-reinvention.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:23:33 EDT