International Business News - Mistake 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 Motorists hope one Ohio service station's mistake wasn't a sign of the future. For several hours on Thursday, a Speedway station in the Cincinnati suburb of West Chester advertised regular for $9.09 a gallon on a sign high above an interstate highway. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/ohio-station-advertises-gas-for-9-09-a-gallon.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:40:55 EDT It's the most basic rule of investing: Buy low, sell high. Former Wachovia Corp. chief executive Ken Thompson couldn't escape his disastrous decision to buy Golden West Financial Corp. for roughly $25 billion at the height of the nation's housing boom. He was pushed out Monday, the same day crosstown rival Ken Lewis was busy defending his deal at Bank of America Corp. to buy Countrywide Financial Corp. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/62829-wachovia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080604/wachovias-mistake-spotlights-countrywide-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080604/wachovias-mistake-spotlights-countrywide-deal.htm Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:26:55 EDT The Air Force wing blamed for a foul-up in which a bomber mistakenly flew to Louisiana armed with nuclear missiles will have to be retested after coming up short in an inspection. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080530/flaws-found-during-inspection-of-nd-air-force-unit.htm Fri, 30 May 2008 18:51:14 EDT Inspectors warned Hill Air Force Base last year that its poor record-keeping could lead to inventory mistakes with ballistic missile parts without knowing a significant shipping error had already occ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080406/audit-warned-of-missile-inventory-mess.htm Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:06:19 EDT The Air Force bomber wing blamed for an embarrassing mix-up last year in which a bomber mistakenly flew to Louisiana armed with nuclear missiles has passed a new inspection, the military said Thursda... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080403/bomber-wing-blamed-for-gaffe-recertified.htm Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:53:55 EDT PENTAGON ORDERS: Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a full inventory of all nuclear weapons and related materials. INVENTORY ASSESSMENT: He commanded officials for the Air Force, Navy and Defense Logistics Agency to evaluate inventory control procedures. He wants a report within 60 days. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/summary-gates-orders-nuclear-inventory.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:56:22 EDT Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a full inventory of all nuclear weapons and related materials after the mistaken delivery of ballistic missile fuses to Taiwan, the Pentagon said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/gates-orders-inventory-of-us-nukes.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:03:22 EDT Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a full inventory of all nuclear weapons and related materials and an assessment of inventory control procedures in the wake of the mistaken delivery of ballistic missile fuses to Taiwan. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/us-to-inventory-nuclear-stockpile.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:18:12 EDT Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a full inventory of all nuclear weapons and related material in response to the military's mistaken delivery of ballistic missile fuses to Taiwan. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/gates-orders-nuke-inventory.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:20:08 EDT China strongly protested to the U.S. on Wednesday over the mistaken delivery of fuses for long-range missiles to Taiwan, the latest incident involving arms sales to the island to roil relations between Beijing and Washington. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/china-protests-us-missile-fuse-mistake.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:32:46 EDT China has strongly protested the U.S. military's mistaken delivery to Taiwan of intercontinental ballistic missile electrical fuses. In a statement posted Wednesday on the Foreign Ministry's Web site, spokesman Qin Gang says China had brought a "serious representation" to Washington and expressed "strong displeasure" over the error. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/china-protests-us-missile-fuse-flub.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:57:56 EDT The Scripps National Spelling Bee announced Tuesday it would allow northwest Missouri's top speller to participate in the national competition, even though she was disqualified last week. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080325/national-bee-to-let-mo-speller-compete.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:08:03 EDT Shipping by mistake electrical fuses for an intercontinental ballistic missile to Taiwan raised concerns Tuesday for U.S.-China relations and triggered a broad investigation into the security of Pentagon weapons. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080325/pentagon-admits-mistake-in-arms-shipment.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:52:35 EDT The Pentagon has announced that it mistakenly shipped non-nuclear ballistic missile components to Taiwan from a U.S. Air Force base in Wyoming. It said the items have been returned to the United States. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080325/pentagon-admits-mistaken-arms-shipment.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:40:31 EDT A 12-year-old girl is being kept out of the Scripps National Spelling Bee because of one word _ "district" _ and not because she got it wrong. Morgan Brown's school district north of Kansas City incorrectly registered its students by district rather than by school, said Paige Kimble, the spelling bee's director. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080324/paperwork-flub-keeps-mo-girl-out-of-bee.htm Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:49:12 EDT Seventh-grader Morgan Brown thought her dream to compete in the national spelling was about to come true when she won her regional contest. But her family found out this week that her school was not registered with the Scripps National Spelling Bee, disqualifying her for the May competition in Washington, D.C. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080322/mistake-dashes-regional-spellers-dream.htm Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:31:10 EDT In response to flaws exposed by an embarrassing nuclear weapons error last August, the Air Force will change the way bomber crews organize for their nuclear training mission, the top Air Force general said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080228/new-measure-taken-to-stop-nuclear-errors.htm Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:15:20 EST The Air Force's top general says he is taking a new step to improve the way B-52 bomber pilots and crews train for their nuclear attack mission. The move described by Gen. Michael Moseley, the Air Force chief of staff, comes in response to flaws exposed by an extraordinary nuclear weapons handling error last summer at a base in North Dakota. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080228/new-measure-to-avoid-nuclear-errors.htm Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:14:24 EST The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Tuesday the loading of nuclear-tipped missiles on a B-52 bomber at a U.S. air base last August was an unprecedented and significant security failure. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080212/senator-calls-error-unprecedented.htm Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:10:16 EST Officials at a junior high school spiked an edition of the student newspaper because it contained a recipe for hot chocolate that included peppermint schnapps. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080207/school-pulls-spiked-hot-chocolate-recipe.htm Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:24:49 EST