International Business News - Delayed 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 Air Force is delaying the award of a disputed $15 billion helicopter contract until the next administration. The military service said Wednesday it needs more time to pick a contractor to replace an aging fleet of 141 combat search-and-rescue helicopters used to scoop up troops often stuck behind enemy lines. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/air-force-delays-15b-rescue-helicopter-program.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:06:25 EDT New Yorkers weathering the national economic downturn can expect another sort of rough ride as state and local highway managers rework road construction plans, scaling back or postponing projects ranging from bridge reconstruction to road resurfacing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/rising-asphalt-costs-a-bump-in-the-road-for-ny.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:17:15 EDT Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. will delay the opening of its new ethanol plant in Aurora, Neb., by roughly three months because of cost concerns. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/aventine-delays-opening-of-neb-ethanol-plant.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:39:53 EDT A jury has awarded nearly $11 million to a woman who became partially paralyzed after waiting two hours for a hospital brain scan. Jurors found New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens was negligent in caring for Candida Diego after she fractured her skull in a fall in September 2004. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/jury-10-7m-for-nyc-woman-in-wait-for-brain-scan.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:49:06 EDT A British company has delayed publication of a controversial novel about one of the Prophet Muhammad's wives after its offices were fire-bombed, a magazine reported Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/publication-of-controversial-book-delayed-in-uk.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:38:30 EDT Nebraska health officials are more than a year late making rules to protect the public from the toxic chemicals in home-based methamphetamine labs. More than two years ago, state lawmakers said there was a pressing need for stringent cleanup rules to protect children and others. So they passed a law that required the state Department of Health and Human Services to craft the rules by July of last year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/neb-health-officials-late-drafting-meth-rules.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:39:47 EDT EADS, the parent company of planemaker Airbus, said Thursday it has indefinitely postponed the first flight of its A400M military transport plane because its engines are not ready. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/first-flight-of-eads-a400m-transporter-postponed.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:33:29 EDT Violent weather has delayed construction on Germany's first offshore wind farm, a consortium of companies planning the project said Thursday. The plan was to place the first three foundations--each weighing 700 tons and standing some 147 feet high--by the first week of September. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/weather-puts-german-offshore-wind-farm-on-hold.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:03:32 EDT Construction on "virtual fence" projects scheduled along Arizona's border with Mexico is on hold indefinitely because the Interior Department hasn't signed off on use of its lands, federal officials said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/virtual-fence-construction-in-arizona-put-on-hold.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:39:01 EDT Construction on "virtual fence" projects scheduled along Arizona's border with Mexico is on hold indefinitely because the Interior Department hasn't signed off on use of its lands, federal officials said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/virtual-fence-construction-in-arizona-put-on-hold.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:22:26 EDT The expansion of Baldwin Filters' Kearney plant will be delayed because the anticipated price tag exceeded the expected $20 million. Baldwin President Sam Ferrise says the high cost of materials made the price of the new warehouse and distribution center much higher than planned. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/company-delays-expansion-of-kearney-neb-plant.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:18:13 EDT Jackals, monitor lizards and raptors descended on a runway at New Delhi's main airport after heavy rains Monday, delaying flights, an airport official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/jackals-lizards-raptors-delay-flights-in-india.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:14:23 EDT The growth of crops across Washington state is being slowed by cool, wet spring weather, which could mean smaller apples, fewer cherries and a late selling season for various food items. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/cool-spring-delays-crops-in-eastern-washington.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:00:52 EDT More than six decades after they were forced to leave college, some 450 Japanese-Americans interned during World War II have been awarded honorary degrees from the University of Washington. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080519/former-world-war-ii-internees-get-honorary-degrees.htm Mon, 19 May 2008 14:57:37 EDT