International Business News - DEU 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 Being dead since 1940 hasn't kept Idaho U.S. Sen. William Borah from being inserted squarely into 2008 presidential politics after Democratic candidate Barack Obama took issue with President Bush's borrowing of a quote from Borah. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48098-appeasement-idaho-senator.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/senator-dead-since-1940-figures-in-2008-presidential-furor.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/senator-dead-since-1940-figures-in-2008-presidential-furor.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 04:06:27 EDT Citigroup Inc. suggested Friday that it is considering a sale of its German retail bank. As part of CEO Vikram Pandit's review of Citi's various businesses around the world, the company is "exploring a variety of options for our retail banking business in Germany, the most profitable in terms of return on equity over the last ten years in this market," the bank said in a statement. "No decisions have been made at this time." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/citigroup-mulls-sale-of-german-retail-bank.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 16:02:54 EDT Sarah Jessica Parker says she's not a slave to fashion like her "Sex and the City" character Carrie Bradshaw. "I am a mother, wife and working woman in the first place, clothes do not play such a big role in my life than they do in Carrie's," the 43-year-old actress told The Associated Press after the Berlin premiere of her upcoming film based on the popular HBO series. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47317-germany-sex-and-the-city-premiere.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/sarah-jessica-parker-shes-not-a-slave-to-fashion.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/sarah-jessica-parker-shes-not-a-slave-to-fashion.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 13:19:11 EDT Some high-speed trains from Brussels to London and Paris may be canceled next week due to a Belgian train strike, Eurostar and Thalys said Friday. Belgium's state-owned railway SNCB had earlier warned of a possible strike on Tuesday as workers seek pay increases, saying people should avoid taking the train that day. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/belgian-trains-may-be-canceled.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 12:38:21 EDT An international conference agreed Friday to hold producers or handlers of genetically engineered organisms liable for damage their products cause to native plants or animals when transported across borders. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/group-agrees-on-liability-for-gmo-damage.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 12:37:52 EDT Claus-Dietrich Lahrs, the incoming new chief executive of fashion company Hugo Boss AG, said Friday he would concentrate on American and Asian markets and add more retail stores for future growth. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/new-boss-boss-to-focus-on-growth.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 12:08:39 EDT Wall Street headed for a modestly higher open Friday as investors watched oil prices hit a new record high and awaited data on new home construction last month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/stock-futures-up-ahead-of-home-construction-data.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 08:33:24 EDT British Energy Group PLC shares rose more than 5 percent on Friday after the nation's biggest electricity producer disclosed several bidders had made preliminary offers to buy the company. It did not identify the bidders or the amounts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/british-energy-shares-up-5-5-percent.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 12:41:55 EDT Teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co. said Friday that its first-quarter earnings rose 3 percent from a year ago on stronger sales. Abercrombie said it earned $62.1 million, or 69 cents per share, in the three months ended May 3 compared with profits of $60.1 million, or 65 cents a share, a year ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/abercrombie-profit-edges-up-on-sales-increase.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 16:52:46 EDT Authorities in France, Germany and the Netherlands on Friday detained at least 10 people suspected of helping to fund al-Qaida-linked militants with roots in Uzbekistan, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/police-10-arrested-in-terror-probe.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 07:44:38 EDT French wireless operator Orange said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell its iPhone in the Middle East, Africa and several European countries. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46988-iphone-sold-out.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/frances-orange-signs-new-iphone-deal-with-apple.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/frances-orange-signs-new-iphone-deal-with-apple.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 07:23:02 EDT Wall Street capped a week of big gains with modest moves Friday as investors grappled with surging energy prices that overshadowed news of a surprise increase in home construction. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/stock-futures-up-ahead-of-home-construction-data.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 18:00:19 EDT Iran's new offer for international talks touches on a broad range of topics, but fails to address U.N. Security Council calls for Tehran to give up uranium enrichment, according to a copy of the offer obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/iran-calls-un-sanctions-illegal-offers-a-proposal-for-talks.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:23:03 EDT Comcast Corp.'s interference with Internet traffic has prompted a federal investigation and is at the center of calls for "Net Neutrality" laws, but another U.S. cable company appears to be doing the same thing without drawing scrutiny. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/study-cox-comcast-internet-subscribers-blocked.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 00:10:35 EDT The stock market notched its second straight daily advance Thursday, with investors assuaged by a pullback in oil prices and some better-than-expected economic data. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/stocks-rise-on-oil-price-drop-mixed-economic-data.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 17:33:08 EDT Daniel Slater's new production of "Lohengrin" wasn't necessarily vintage Wagner, but it deserves praise as a thoughtful and tasteful take on the medieval legend _ and certainly none of the boos it received on opening night. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46561-switzerland-lohengrin.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/lohengrin-cheered-in-geneva-after-opening-night-boos.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/lohengrin-cheered-in-geneva-after-opening-night-boos.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:13:39 EDT Iran's new offer for international talks touches on a broad range of topics, but fails to address U.N. Security Council calls for Tehran to give up uranium enrichment, according to a copy of the offer obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/iran-calls-un-sanctions-illegal-offers-a-proposal-for-talks.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:24:30 EDT The dollar was higher against the euro, but fell against the other major currencies late Thursday, tamped by weak American manufacturing and industrial output data. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/dollar-mostly-lower-on-weak-manufacturing-data.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:11:35 EDT Wall Street moved higher Thursday after a batch of reports pointed to an economy that is hurting, but not experiencing as rough a time as many investors expected after the near-collapse of the mortgage market. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/stocks-advance-as-investors-sift-through-data.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 15:12:35 EDT Deutsche Telekom chief executive Rene Obermann said Thursday the company has so far sold more than 100,000 of Apple Inc.'s iPhones since the device's November debut in Germany. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/deutsche-telekom-says-iphone-meeting-expectations.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 13:32:50 EDT