International Business News - Day 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 Major business events and economic events scheduled for Tuesday: NEW YORK--Treasury Secretary Paulson speaks on markets and the economy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/calendar-of-major-business-events-for-tuesday.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:22:28 EDT Major business events and economic events scheduled for Friday: NEW YORK--Citigroup Inc. releases second-quarter financial results. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/calendar-of-major-business-events-for-friday.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:13:36 EDT Sometimes it's hard to tell if Barack Obama is running for president of the United States or Mr. Universe. The Democratic presidential contender exercises regularly, but over a 24-hour span this week, he took it to a new extreme. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/political-play-of-the-day-obama-becomes-a-gym-rat.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:21:32 EDT Major business events and economic events scheduled for Thursday: WASHINGTON--Commerce Department reports on housing starts for June, 8:30 a.m. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/calendar-of-major-business-events-for-thursday.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:09:58 EDT Major business events and economic events scheduled for Wednesday: WASHINGTON--Federal Reserve releases minutes from its June meeting, with economic projections. 2 p.m. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/calendar-of-major-business-events-for-wednesday.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:29:38 EDT Major business events and economic events scheduled for Tuesday: WASHINGTON--Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies about the economy before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, 10 a.m. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/calendar-of-major-business-events-for-tuesday.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:56:48 EDT The leaders of Syria and Israel, countries with a bitter enmity, as well as the Palestinian and Lebanese presidents together marked France's Bastille Day on Monday in a diplomatic coup for French President Nicolas Sarkozy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/world-leaders-gather-for-bastille-day.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:56:33 EDT Add one more name to the list of famous Chicago movie critics. Barack Obama took his place aside Roger Ebert, Richard Roeper and the late Gene Siskel this weekend when he offered his review of the new Disney animated movie, "WALL-E." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080713/political-play-of-the-day-obama-reviews-wall-e.htm Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:57:58 EDT Police in Florida say a faulty exhaust fan caused a fire that killed a 4-year-old girl at a Tallahassee day care center. Police spokesman David McCranie says the fan was in a bathroom at Stepping Stones day care. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/faulty-fan-caused-day-care-fire-that-killed-child.htm Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:47:39 EDT Police in Florida say a 4-year-old has died after a fire at a Tallahassee day care. Authorities aren't sure what caused the blaze Friday afternoon at Stepping Stones child care center. Police say 37 children were inside but they do not know how many adults were supervising them. None of the other children were injured. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/4-year-old-killed-in-fla-day-care-center-fire.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:00:06 EDT Major business events and economic events scheduled for Friday: WASHINGTON--Commerce Department reports on international trade for May. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/calendar-of-major-business-events-for-friday.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:53:48 EDT Major business events and economic events scheduled for Thursday WASHINGTON--Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testify before the House Financial Services Committee on changes to financial market regulation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/calendar-of-major-business-events-for-thursday.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:23:26 EDT Cindy McCain's jab to her husband's back came a second too late Tuesday to keep him from making a wisecrack about the health impact of Iran's main import from the United States: cigarettes. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/88230-mccain-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/political-play-wife-pokes-mccain-in-the-back.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/political-play-wife-pokes-mccain-in-the-back.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:29:32 EDT Major business events and economic events scheduled for Wednesday: RUSUTSU, Japan--Final day of G-8 summit in northern Japan. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/calendar-of-major-business-events-for-wednesday.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:45:37 EDT Major business events and economic events scheduled for Tuesday: WASHINGTON--Federal Reserve reports on consumer credit for May. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/calendar-of-major-business-events-for-tuesday.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:49:16 EDT Malia Obama told her parents that spending her 10th birthday helping her father campaign for the presidency far from home and "rocking out" with her family after takeout in a modest hotel room was the best she has ever had. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/play-of-the-day-malia-obamas-best-birthday.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:09:16 EDT Starting next month, it will be "TGIT" for Utah state employees. As in: "Thank God It's Thursday." In a yearlong experiment aimed at reducing the state's energy costs and commuters' gasoline expenses, Utah is about to become the first state to switch to a four-day workweek for thousands of government employees. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/85112-four-day-workweek.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/utah-is-going-to-a-4-day-workweek-to-save-energy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/utah-is-going-to-a-4-day-workweek-to-save-energy.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:38:33 EDT A local police officer involved in a motorcycle crash got a consolation prize Thursday--a chance to meet Barack Obama. Obama's campaign arranged for Officer Jerry Orvin to meet the Democratic presidential hopeful on an airport tarmac here, where the two shook hands and posed for photographs just before the candidate boarded his plane to fly to an event in North Dakota. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/85027-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/play-of-the-day-motorcycle-officer-meets-obama.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/play-of-the-day-motorcycle-officer-meets-obama.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:33:27 EDT Few of the 3,000 historic postcards in Jack Hiddlestone's collection are as veiled in mystery as the one with Abraham Lincoln on the front. The postcard, from 1909, depicts an ornate stone pillar decked out with bronze eagles and lions and topped by an enormous bronze bust of the nation's 16th president. Along the bottom of the card are the words "Lincoln Monument, Nay Aug Park." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/pa-historians-baffled-by-vanished-lincoln-bust.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:52:16 EDT The high school where the principal claimed girls formed a pact to get pregnant is one of the few in Massachusetts with a day care center, leading some to wonder whether that sent a message that teen motherhood is OK. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/mass-pregnancy-pact-stirs-debate-over-child-care.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:15:51 EDT