International Business News - On 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 Police have a suspect in the 1985 killing of a teenage boy whose body was found in a thicket months after he left home on a bicycle, a coroner said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/police-have-suspect-in-pa-boys-1985-death.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:49:47 EDT Shares of Spectrum Control Inc., which makes electronic-control products, may trade actively on Thursday following news that second-quarter profit dropped 21 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/on-the-watch-spec-amr-tson.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:23:33 EDT On Thursday, the ISM non-manufacturing index is expected to decline to 50.7 in June from 51.7 in May, according to the consensus estimate of Wall Street economists surveyed by Thomson Financial/IFR. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/on-the-watch-ism-non-manufacturing-index.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:49:43 EDT On Thursday, investors will receive the latest reading on how the U.S. job market is faring in a soft U.S. economy. The Labor Department's report on the June unemployment rate and payrolls will show whether trouble in the housing, manufacturing and financial sectors has continued to weaken the employment market. An increase in the May unemployment rate to 5.5 percent from 5 percent in April rattled investors because it was the largest one-month increase since 1986. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/on-the-watch-unemployment-rate-payrolls.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:46:49 EDT Shares of Starbucks Corp. may trade actively on Wednesday, after the coffee retailer revealed plans to scale back on new store openings. Starbucks will close 600 stores in the United States in the next year and cut back the number of new stores it planned to open. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/on-the-watch-sbux-apol-lad.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:14:13 EDT The cyclone that devastated Myanmar's heartland has also roiled a political landscape dominated by the military for more than four decades. Buddhist monks are regrouping after the battering they took nine months ago, civil society groups are emerging and foreign aid workers--often agents of political change in the wake of humanitarian crises--are present in unprecedented numbers. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/83880-myanmar-junta-on-top.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/myanmar-politics-roiled-but-junta-grip-firm.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/myanmar-politics-roiled-but-junta-grip-firm.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:01:38 EDT Even before the current economic downturn, Family Dollar Stores Inc. was struggling with higher operating costs and declining margins, according to Buckingham Research Group analyst John Zolidis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/on-the-watch-family-dollar-stores-to-report.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:52:33 EDT Factory orders are expected to post a modest gain for May on Wednesday. The report measures orders of durable, or long-lasting goods, and nondurable goods like clothing and fuel. Economists expect modest May growth. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/on-the-watch-factory-orders-expected-to-rise.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:51:39 EDT Ruth M. Jones doesn't know what she'd do without hot meals delivered daily to her home. The 81-year-old Charleston widow can't walk or drive since a car wreck nine years ago left her stricken by arthritis. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/83117-meals-on-wheels-crisis.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/gas-food-prices-pinch-elderly-meal-programs.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/gas-food-prices-pinch-elderly-meal-programs.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:09:37 EDT The manufacturing and construction industries continue to struggle amid a residential and broader economic slowdown. Factory activity is expected to shrink in June as it has for several months, according to the Institute for Supply Management's Purchasing Managers Index. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/on-the-watch-manufacturing-and-construction.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:57:23 EDT Weakness in the manufacturing sector could take a toll on MSC Industrial, which makes supplies and equipment, and reports quarterly results on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/on-the-watch-msc-industrial.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:53:10 EDT Car and truck makers are expected to report a seventh straight monthly drop in sales to a June annualized rate of 10.1 million when automakers report domestic sales on Tuesday, as consumers scale back big-ticket spending. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/on-the-watch-auto-sales.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:52:34 EDT A grown man wearing a diaper is spun around until he can barely stand, then is made to try an obstacle course carrying pitchers of milk without spilling any. Another man, dressed like an insect, flings himself onto a giant-sized "windshield" with a giant-sized "splat." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/82390-ap-on-tv-japanese-game-shows.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080629/japanese-game-shows-coming-to-america.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080629/japanese-game-shows-coming-to-america.htm Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:15:08 EDT Admit it. That chunky carry-on bag of yours would never fit into the sample box displayed outside the airport gate. Don't expect that bag to get a free ride for long. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/82451-carry-on-bags.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080629/days-oversize-airline-carry-ons-are-limited.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080629/days-oversize-airline-carry-ons-are-limited.htm Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:37:33 EDT Artist William Carlson dips the large steel ladle into the blazing furnace and fills it with liquid glass. With sweat pouring down his face, he quickly moves to a graphite mold he has made and pours in the seething yellow-colored liquid. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/glass-art-is-attracting-more-collectors.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:02:29 EDT Lower sales caused Palm Inc., which makes the Treo and Centro smart phones, to swing to a fiscal fourth-quarter loss that missed expectations. Palm said revenue fell because sales of older Treo phones and Palm's traditional handhelds slowed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/on-the-watch-palm-intu-cbk.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:16:45 EDT Homebuilder KB Home is expected to report a quarterly loss and signal more weakness in the sector. Analysts expect the Los Angeles-based residential homebuilder to post a second-quarter loss hurt by hefty impairment charges. An oversupply of unsold new and existing homes has driven home prices downward, while consumers are trying to qualify for mortgages that now carry tighter standards. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/on-the-watch-kb-home-to-report.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:00:29 EDT Americans are overwhelmed by record gasoline prices, weakness in the job market, and rising energy and food costs. On Friday, economists expect a final reading on the June Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment index at 56.9, down sharply from 59.8 in May. The June preliminary reading stood at 56.7, a 30-year low. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/on-the-watch-consumer-sentiment.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:58:23 EDT There are things that make modern life truly special: Tivo, Charles Barkley, SpongeBob SquarePants, etc. High on that list also has to be IMDb.com, the Internet Movie Database. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/an-ode-to-imdb-com-internet-movie-database.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:53:17 EDT Strong sales of Research in Motion's BlackBerry device fueled the smart phone maker's fiscal first-quarter profit and revenue, which more than doubled. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/on-the-watch-rimm-orcl-xrtx.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:15:23 EDT