International Business News - Foreign 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 FIFA president Sepp Blatter is upset by the wave of foreign ownership in the English Premier League. "Something is wrong here," he said Monday at the European Parliament. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/blatter-too-many-foreign-owners-of-english-clubs.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:22:05 EDT Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou sought to encourage foreign investment Monday, promising to turn the island into a springboard for multinational companies looking to do business with nearby China. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/taiwan-seeks-to-attract-foreign-investment.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:20:27 EDT Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who touts her state's proximity to Russia as part of her foreign policy experience, has not met with Russian leaders or delegations, negotiated any Russian issues or visited the country, according to an Associated Press review of records from the governor's office. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/palins-foreign-negotiations-limited-canada.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:17:15 EDT Pledged foreign direct investment into Vietnam in the first nine months has reached $57.12 billion, jumping more than fourfold from the same period last year, government officials and state media said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/vietnams-foreign-investment-reaches-57-billion.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:11:03 EDT President Rafael Correa on Wednesday warned he would suspend foreign debt payments in order to maintain public spending if the U.S. banking crisis or falling oil prices reduce Ecuador's revenue. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/ecuador-could-suspend-foreign-debt-payments.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:34:29 EDT Foreign central banks cut back sharply on their purchases of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac securities in July, a development that helped spur the U.S. government's bailout of the mortgage giants, data released Tuesday by the Treasury Department shows. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/foreign-banks-influence-seen-in-mortgage-rescue.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:20:54 EDT A parade of foreign leaders will pass through the White House during the next few weeks and President Bush will meet with even more during his trip to New York later this month for a U.N. General Assembly meeting. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/bush-to-welcome-parade-of-foreign-leaders-in-sept.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:51:21 EDT Canada's prime minister said Friday he would make it easier for foreign companies to buy Canadian ones if he were re-elected but he will protect Canadian industry if it is in the national interest. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/canada-pm-favors-easing-foreign-takeover-rules.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:52:54 EDT The U.S. trade deficit has likely resumed an upward climb, pushed higher by record oil prices in July. The trade deficit for July is expected to rise to $58 billion, according to the consensus forecast of Wall Street economists surveyed by Thomson/IFR. That would be a 2.1 percent increase from the June imbalance. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/ahead-of-the-bell-foreign-trade.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:23:13 EDT Foreign companies face rising economic nationalism in China and are watching Coca-Cola's bid for a Chinese juice producer to see whether regulators are swayed by politics, a European business group said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/126397-coke.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080909/companies-watching-cokes-china-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080909/companies-watching-cokes-china-deal.htm Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:33:02 EDT HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank have won approval from the State Bank of Vietnam to become the first foreign banks to open their wholly owned entities in the communist country, the bank said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080909/hsbc-and-scb-to-open-vietnam-banks.htm Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:55:41 EDT An agreement putting to rest a bitter fight between Britain's BP and Russian investors over a joint-venture shows that foreign companies can invest with confidence in Russia's energy sector, a top official with Russia's biggest independent oil producer said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/lukoil-bp-tnk-deal-good-for-foreign-investors.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:42:20 EDT Canada's foreign minister is leaving the government. The Conservative party says and an announcement Thursday that David Emerson won't run again in his Parliamentary district. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/canadian-foreign-minister-leaves-politics.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:49:10 EDT Thailand's state news agency says Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag has resigned, but government officials are refusing to confirm the report. The agency says Bunnag sent his resignation to Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who had not yet approved it. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/report-thai-foreign-minister-resigns.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:52:19 EDT Direct foreign investment in Mexico has fallen and officials blame it partly on the U.S. economic downturn. Mexico's Economy Department says direct foreign investment fell to $10.5 billion in the first six months of this year. That's a 20 percent drop from the same period a year before. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/mexico-direct-foreign-investment-drops-20-percent.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:30:57 EDT China will begin allowing individuals and nonbanks to conduct limited foreign exchange transactions on a trial basis in Shanghai and Beijing, the government says. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145838-mccain-2008-palin.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/china-eases-curbs-on-some-foreign-exchange-trading.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/china-eases-curbs-on-some-foreign-exchange-trading.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:28:12 EDT German authorities would be able to block moves by foreign investors to take large stakes in German companies if they conclude that the investments endanger the country's interests under legislation endorsed Wednesday by the government. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/germany-approves-law-on-foreign-investment.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:40:49 EDT Euro nations' trade deficit with the rest of the world came close to balance in June, the EU statistics agency said Monday. Eurostat said the 15 euro nations bought slightly more goods from trading partners than they sold during the month, posting a trade deficit of euro0.1 billion ($0.15 billion) in June, far lower than May's trade deficit of euro3.9 billion ($5.74 billion). http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/eu-trade-deficit-close-to-balance.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:02:27 EDT Kuwait has placed restrictions on five companies accused of abusing foreign workers, most of them cleaners from Asian countries, the labor minister said in remarks published Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/kuwait-punishes-firms-accused-of-labor-abuse.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:29:54 EDT The trade deficit, which had been narrowing, is expected to jump higher in June, reflecting America's soaring bill for foreign oil. The trade deficit for June is expected to climb to $61.5 billion, according to the consensus forecast of Wall Street economists surveyed by Thomson/IFR. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/ahead-of-the-bell-foreign-trade.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:25:35 EDT