International Business News - Great 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 Democratic dominance in presidential elections has been the norm for decades throughout much of the country's union-strong industrial Great Lakes region. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/113315-great-lakes-mccain.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/mccain-hopes-turn-the-tide-great-lakes-area.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/mccain-hopes-turn-the-tide-great-lakes-area.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:30:07 EDT Eric Dowling, who helped plan the mass wartime breakout from a German prison camp that inspired the movie "The Great Escape," has died at 92. Peter Dowling said his father died at a nursing home near Bristol in southwest England on July 21, a day before his 93rd birthday. The Aabletone Nursing Home on Thursday confirmed the death. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/great-escape-veteran-eric-dowling-dies-at-92.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:50:46 EDT Among the earnings projection stories for Tuesday, Aug. 5, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Great Wolf Resorts Inc., which operates indoor waterpark resorts in North America, boosted its full-year earnings guidance on Tuesday after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter results. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/outlook-roundup-great-wolf-resorts-interline.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:12:45 EDT Great Wolf Resorts Inc., which operates indoor waterpark resorts in North America, boosted its full-year earnings guidance on Tuesday after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter results. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/great-wolf-resorts-boosts-2008-outlook.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:09:34 EDT Shares of Great Wolf Resorts Inc., which operates indoor waterpark resorts in North America, surged on Tuesday after the company reported that its loss widened in the second-quarter, but beat Wall Street's expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/great-wolf-2q-loss-widens-but-beats-expectations.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:07:28 EDT The Senate voted Friday to ratify a compact to prevent the diversion of water from the Great Lakes, quickly approving legislation sought by the region's governors worried that thirsty places would covet one of the world's largest sources of fresh water. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/senate-approves-great-lakes-compact.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:04:12 EDT A House committee approved a compact Wednesday to prevent the diversion of water from the Great Lakes, building momentum to protect one of the world's largest sources of fresh water. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/us-house-committee-approves-great-lakes-compact.htm Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:11:29 EDT Shares of A&P supermarket operator Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Inc. began to slowly recover Monday from their 23 percent Friday plunge in the wake of disappointing fiscal first-quarter results. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/a-second-look-a-p-shares-edge-higher-after-tumble.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:56:27 EDT Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Inc. said Friday it swung to a profit in its fiscal first quarter from a loss last year, helped by a higher than 3 percent rise in total company same- store sales, and in its recently acquired Pathmark chain. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/a-p-supermarket-chain-swings-to-fiscal-1q-profit.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:39:36 EDT Foreign species that slipped into the Great Lakes in ballast tanks of oceangoing cargo ships cost the regional economy at least $200 million a year, according to a University of Notre Dame study released Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92654-great-lakes-invasives.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/scientists-200m-loss-from-great-lakes-invasives.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/scientists-200m-loss-from-great-lakes-invasives.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:53:12 EDT Great Plains Energy Inc. said Monday it had completed its $1.7 billion purchase of energy provider Aquila Inc., ending more than a year of struggle to acquire its crosstown Kansas City rival. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/great-plains-energy-closes-deal-to-buy-aquila.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:50:51 EDT Ukraine plans to open a formal investigation into a Soviet-era famine that killed millions of people to see if it can prove the famine was an act of genocide. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/ukraine-to-probe-whether-1932-famine-was-genocide.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:28:44 EDT A compact designed to prevent remote regions or countries from tapping into the Great Lakes was approved Wednesday by the last of the eight states that surround one of the world's largest sources of fresh water. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/all-great-lakes-states-have-approved-water-compact.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:30:50 EDT Michigan has become the last of the eight Great Lakes states to join a compact designed to protect the region's water. Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed legislation approving the compact during a ceremony Wednesday at Oval Beach in the Lake Michigan town of Saugatuck. A day earlier, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell announced he had signed a ratification bill. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/michigan-governor-signs-great-lakes-compact.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:52:34 EDT The chief financial officer of dredging and demolitions services company Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. sold 8,000 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/great-lakes-dredge-dock-cfo-sells-shares.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:31:41 EDT Missouri regulators on Tuesday approved Great Plains Energy Inc.'s proposed $1.7 billion buyout of Aquila Inc. The Missouri Public Service Commission voted 2-1 with little debate to allow the two utilities to join. Regulators are drafting a more than 200-page order that will take effect July 11. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/mo-regulators-approve-great-plains-aquila-deal.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:48:16 EDT A year ago, it seemed a proposed interstate compact designed to prevent thirstier regions from raiding the Great Lakes might be sunk by squabbles among the eight states with jurisdiction over the vast reservoir. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/great-lakes-compact-focus-shifting-to-congress.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:32:00 EDT A year ago, it seemed a proposed interstate compact designed to prevent thirstier regions from raiding the Great Lakes might be sunk by squabbles among the eight states with jurisdiction over the vast reservoir. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080629/great-lakes-compact-focus-shifting-to-congress.htm Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:45:38 EDT The Michigan Legislature has finished approving bills to strengthen regulation of large-scale water withdrawals in the state. The final bills were passed by the House on Thursday and now are headed to Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who is expected to sign them. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/michigan-lawmakers-finish-approving-water-rules.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:05:30 EDT Shares of Great Wolf Resorts Inc. rebounded from a multiyear low Wednesday morning, one day after an analyst said the resort operator's second-quarter guidance is conservative. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/great-wolf-resorts-shares-rebound-from-low.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:55:51 EDT