International Business News - HRV 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 Mila Schoen, an Italian designer of elegant, impeccably tailored clothes, died early Friday at her villa in northern Italy at the age of 91. Her fashion house in Milan said Schoen died in her sleep at her country home near Alessandria. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/123849-italy-obit-schoen.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/fashion-designer-mila-schoen-dies-in-italy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/fashion-designer-mila-schoen-dies-in-italy.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:56:32 EDT Luxury giant LVMH says British designer Phoebe Philo has been named creative director at French label Celine. Philo will start in October, taking over from Croatian designer Ivana Omazic, who is leaving after three years at the brand. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/phoebe-philo-named-new-celine-designer.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:42:41 EDT A federal appeals court has refused to rehear the deportation case of a retired western Pennsylvania steelworker who served as a Nazi concentration camp guard during World War II. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/judges-refuse-to-rehear-w-pa-ex-nazi-guard-case.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:38:09 EDT Pau Gasol had 19 points as Spain defeated Lithuania 91-86 on Friday night to advance to the Olympic gold medal game for the first time since 1984. Rudy Fernandez bounced back from a third-quarter head injury to score 18 for the Spaniards, who will face either the U.S. or Argentina for the gold medal on Sunday. The U.S. drubbed Spain 119-82 in pool play. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/gasol-leads-spain-past-lithuania-91-86.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:19:59 EDT South Korea's Hwang Kyung-seon defeated Canada's Karine Sergerie with a kick in the final seconds to win the women's 67-kilogram class gold in taekwondo Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/south-korea-takes-3rd-taekwondo-gold.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:18:20 EDT South Korea's Lim Su-jeong won the women's 57-kilogram taekwondo gold on Thursday, defeating Azize Tanrikulu of Turkey. Both fighters opened slowly, and Lim was deducted a point for passivity. Lim scored a kick in the second round to even it up going into the third round. She scored the winning back kick with 20 seconds left. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/south-korea-wins-womens-taekwondo-gold.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:16:05 EDT An Iraqi sprinter whose coach had to bribe militiamen so she could train. A Palestinian swimmer unable to use the Olympic-size pool nearest her home. A pioneering runner from war-wracked Afghanistan who placed last in the 100 meters. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/111314-beijing-olympics-basketball-men.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/beijing-beat-embattled-nations-savor-olympics.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/beijing-beat-embattled-nations-savor-olympics.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:48:51 EDT Denmark's Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp Ibsen are now the official winners of the 49er skiff gold medal in sailing after protests against their winning race delayed the result by nearly a day. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/denmarks-warrer-and-ibsen-win-49er-sailing-gold.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:22:52 EDT Once more, the gold medal was within Shawn Johnson's reach. Again, it was snatched away. Two days after Nastia Liukin edged Johnson for the all-around title, Romania's Sandra Izbasa--the very last competitor--grabbed the floor exercise gold that was almost in the American's hands. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110724-beijing-olympics-gymnastics-women.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/johnson-has-gold-snatched-away-by-romanias-izbasa.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/johnson-has-gold-snatched-away-by-romanias-izbasa.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:08:15 EDT Four down, four to go. The U.S. men's Olympic team is halfway back to the top of the basketball world. And not even the world champions--on paper anyway--could give the Americans a game. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110376-beijing-olympics-basketball-men.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/with-3s-finally-falling-us-drops-spain-in-rout.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/with-3s-finally-falling-us-drops-spain-in-rout.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:16:55 EDT Four down, four to go. The U.S. men's Olympic team is halfway back to the top of the basketball world. And not even the world champions--on paper anyway--could give the Americans a game. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080816/with-3s-finally-falling-us-drops-spain-in-rout.htm Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:24:49 EDT The United States' most significant men's water polo victory in two decades might not mean anything. Tony Azevedo scored three goals and the Americans used stifling defense to upset world No. 1 Croatia 7-5 in Olympic preliminary play Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080816/americans-upset-croats-in-olympic-water-polo.htm Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:53:49 EDT Mark Spitz had one word for the performance that gave Michael Phelps his seventh gold medal of the Beijing Games and equaled his own Olympic record that had stood for 36 years. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/109868-beijing-olympics-swimming-mens-100m-butterfly.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080816/spitz-hails-phelps-epic-7-gold-medals.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080816/spitz-hails-phelps-epic-7-gold-medals.htm Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:05:33 EDT Serbia's foreign minister predicted Friday that fugitive Gen. Radko Mladic will be apprehended soon and put on trial at the U.N. war crimes tribunal, putting to rest an ugly legacy of the Balkan wars of the 1990s. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/serbian-official-gen-mladic-will-be-caught-soon.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:04:55 EDT A bus veered off the road and plunged into a ravine in central China, killing 15 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said Friday. All of the other 20 people aboard were injured when the bus drove off a mountain road in central Henan province. Twelve sustained serious injuries, according to Xinhua, including an 8-year old boy; five people were classified as in critical condition. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/chinese-media-15-die-when-bus-plunges-into-ravine.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:56:02 EDT Two people involved in a crash near the Olympic rowing venue have died, the Beijing Olympic organizing committee said Thursday. A bus from the athletes' village collided with a van Wednesday on the way to the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/108687-beijing-olympics-rowing-bus-crash.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/2-people-die-from-crash-near-olympic-rowing-venue.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/2-people-die-from-crash-near-olympic-rowing-venue.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:58:00 EDT Three Chinese were critically injured Wednesday in an accident involving a bus from the athletes' village and a van on the way to the Olympic rowing park, the Australian Olympic Committee said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/australians-3-chinese-critically-injured-in-crash.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:53:12 EDT A Samoan boxer has been removed from the Olympic ring on a stretcher after he was knocked out in the third round of his first bout. Farani Tavui was hit with a series of hard punches by Marijo Sivolija-Jelica of Croatia in the second and third rounds of their light heavyweight fight at Workers' Gymnasium. A big right hand eventually staggered Tavui, who wobbled across the ring before finally flopping to the canvas. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/105998-farani.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080809/samoan-boxer-taken-from-ring-stretcher.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080809/samoan-boxer-taken-from-ring-stretcher.htm Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:48:30 EDT Michael Phelps isn't just living up to his ridiculously high expectations. He's exceeding them. After setting an Olympic record on his first dive into the Beijing Olympics pool, Phelps lowered his own world record in the 400-meter individual medley by a whopping 1.41 seconds to easily win the first of his hoped-for eight gold medals. And this was supposed to be his weakest event. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080809/1st-olympic-gold-goes-to-czech-shooter.htm Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:16:55 EDT The Olympic flame finishes its long journey to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Games on Friday, marking the start of 16 days of competition involving thousands of athletes. With all the action, keeping track of what to watch for can be tough. This guide provides a brief summary of each major sport. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/104488-sprinter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/viewers-guide-olympic-events.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/viewers-guide-olympic-events.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:38:05 EDT