International Business News - LONG 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 A former North Dakota workers' compensation executive claims in a lawsuit that agency attorneys and board members plotted to fire him for talking to investigators about possible crimes at Workforce Safety and Insurance. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/former-nd-workers-comp-exec-challenges-firing.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:28:03 EDT With that under your belt, here are five things you need to know about long-term care insurance: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/5-things-to-know-about-long-term-care-insurance.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:53:02 EDT Nancy and Ricardo Garcia loaded their GMC Yukon with gas cans, clothes, tortillas, beer and the many files they took when they fled ahead of Hurricane Ike. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/132298-ike-long-road-home.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/despite-warnings-some-ike-victims-homeward-bound.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/despite-warnings-some-ike-victims-homeward-bound.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:24:45 EDT U.S. online travel stocks mostly fell Thursday, with shares of Orbitz Worldwide Inc. leading the sector down after a KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst began covering the stock with a "Hold" rating. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/sector-snap-us-online-travel-stocks-mostly-fall.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:55:26 EDT World indoor champion Naide Gomes of Portugal has failed to make it into the final of the long jump competition at the Olympics. The dominating jumper of the season, she had lost only one competition and was a hot favorite to add the Olympic gold to her indoor title from Valencia in March. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/111362-saladino.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/saladino-wins-panamas-first-olympic-gold-medal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/saladino-wins-panamas-first-olympic-gold-medal.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:09:41 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 JetBlue Airways says it will begin the first daily, nonstop service between Long Beach, Calif., and San Francisco in October. The low-cost airline based in New York said Thursday its first two daily flights will begin on Oct. 18, and a third will be added on Nov. 2 between San Francisco International Airport and Long Beach Airport. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/jetblue-announces-routes-between-sf-long-beach.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:47:39 EDT Shares of Chinese Internet stocks mostly declined Wednesday, with shares of Ctrip.com International Ltd. falling ahead of the online travel company's second-quarter report. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/sector-snap-chinese-internet-stocks-mostly-dip.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:56:03 EDT The chartered plane loaded with soldiers descended slowly in the summer sky as Sgt. John Kriesel watched eagerly on the tarmac, clutching a walking cane. He had been waiting for this reunion for more than seven months. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/part-vii-homecoming-struggles-and-new.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:53:26 EDT It all looked as if a video game had come to life. Through his night vision goggles, Staff Sgt. Chad Malmberg saw the insurgents scurrying from berms to canals. Some popped up, ran a few yards, then fell to the Americans' gunfire. But others kept advancing toward his convoy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/part-vi-an-ambush-produces-a-hero.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:52:24 EDT Christmas Day arrived--and for two 1st Brigade Combat Team soldiers, there was a gift like no other: their very survival. Sgt. J.R. Salzman had arrived at Walter Reed Army Medical Center hours earlier, days after being critically injured in a roadside bomb in Iraq. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/part-v-joy-over-survival-tears-at-exte.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:52:08 EDT In that dreadful December, every day brought bloodshed, every week hundreds of attacks on Americans and Iraqis. Car bombings. Drive-by shootings. Kidnappings. Torture. Bullet-riddled bodies. Sectarian fighting. It was a horrible end to a horrible year in the Iraq war. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/part-iv-for-2-soldiers-families-lives.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:51:07 EDT The Ferris wheel at the Minnesota State Fair offered a bird's-eye view of an end-of-summer, mid-American ritual. From the top, you could see the places where 4-H kids showed off their prized hogs and cows, where farmers ogled gleaming tractors, and where throngs lined up for food-of-every-kind-on-a-stick. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/part-iii-a-funeral-and-a-birth.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:50:18 EDT French President Nicolas Sarkozy's effort to extend France's famously short work week may be beside the point, if a study released Wednesday is anything to go by. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/the-french-lazy-non-they-work-41-hours-a-week.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:34:51 EDT The phone call surprised Katie Kriesel, so soon after her husband, John, shipped out. "Where are you?" she asked. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/102626-the-long-haul-kriesel.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080803/part-ii-welcome-to-iraq-and-a-long-separation.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080803/part-ii-welcome-to-iraq-and-a-long-separation.htm Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:48:06 EDT In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he had worn in the Iraqi desert. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/102503-the-long-haul-johnson.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080803/ap-impact-long-haul-begins-in-iraq-for-minn-gis.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080803/ap-impact-long-haul-begins-in-iraq-for-minn-gis.htm Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:17:40 EDT Some of the major figures in the story of the long deployment of the 1st Brigade Combat Team/34th Infantry Division of the Minnesota National Guard to Iraq: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080802/major-figures-in-the-longest-deployment.htm Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:47:44 EDT In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he had worn in the Iraqi desert. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/102407-the-long-haul-malmberg.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080802/ap-impact-part-i-the-long-haul-begins.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080802/ap-impact-part-i-the-long-haul-begins.htm Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:58:45 EDT In the small-town dinner-theater mystery, Bruce Hummel had no trouble admitting he was the killer: "I got my revenge," he told the audience. "Tell that to the sheriff." Now he faces a murder charge in real life. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080802/theater-villain-charged-in-real-life-whodunit.htm Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:45:49 EDT Online travel stocks traded mixed Monday, with shares of Priceline.com Inc. rising after an analyst upgraded the stock but shares of rival Orbitz Worldwide Inc. sinking following bearish analyst commentary. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/sector-snap-online-travel-stocks-mixed.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:18 EDT