International Business News - PER 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 Newmont Mining Corp., one of the world's largest gold producers, said Thursday it turned a profit in the second quarter as it sold more gold at higher prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/newmont-mining-swings-to-2q-profit.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:04:50 EDT Newmont Mining Corp., one of the world's largest gold mining companies, reports second-quarter earnings on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/newmont-mining-to-release-second-quarter-earnings.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:30:02 EDT Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., the world's largest publicly traded copper producer, reports second-quarter earnings on Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/copper-gold-miner-to-report-2q-earnings-tuesday.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:31:14 EDT Soaring food prices may achieve what the United States has spent millions of dollars trying to do: persuade Bolivian farmers to sow their fields with less potent crops than cocaine's raw ingredient. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/food-rise-has-bolivias-coca-farmers-planting-rice.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:50:13 EDT Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt took the stage and shook her hips to a Colombian superstar's guitar riffs, leading the crowd in chants of "Freedom for all!" at a concert Sunday dedicated to captives held by Colombia's FARC rebel group. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94570-france-colombia-concert.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/paris-concert-presses-for-colombia-hostage-release.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/paris-concert-presses-for-colombia-hostage-release.htm Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:23:18 EDT Well over a million Colombians, clad in white and cheering "No more kidnapping," marked their independence day on Sunday with marches and concerts demanding freedom for hostages still held by leftist rebels. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/colombians-march-against-kidnappings.htm Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:14:10 EDT Soaring food prices may achieve what the United States has spent millions of dollars trying to do: persuade Bolivian farmers to sow their fields with less potent crops than cocaine's raw ingredient. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94448-bolivia-coca-to-rice.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/food-rise-has-bolivias-coca-farmers-planting-rice.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/food-rise-has-bolivias-coca-farmers-planting-rice.htm Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:15:42 EDT Peru's government has declared a state of emergency at a mine east of Lima, fearing toxic materials there could spill into the capital city's main water source. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94316-peru-peace-protest.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/peru-sees-threat-to-lima-water-supply.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/peru-sees-threat-to-lima-water-supply.htm Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:08:47 EDT A Peruvian bottler's lawsuit seeking more than $300 million from PepsiCo Inc. was reinstated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which overturned a dismissal of the case by a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/court-reinstates-300m-lawsuit-against-pepsi.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:26:12 EDT Royal Dutch Shell PLC may invest up to US$300 million in oil and natural gas exploration in northern Peru, a company official said Thursday, a decade after the Anglo-Dutch company suspended gas exploration operations here. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/shell-may-invest-300-million-in-peru.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:59:20 EDT General Motors Corp. said Thursday one of its Chinese joint ventures has begun exporting Chevrolet minivans to Peru, adding to global automakers' small but growing vehicle exports from China. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/gm-to-sell-china-made-minivans-in-peru.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:01:34 EDT Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. said Wednesday workers at its Peruvian copper mine have canceled a planned strike as negotiations continue between the global copper producer and the union. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/freeport-mcmoran-peruvian-workers-continue-talks.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:17:14 EDT A new divorce law allowing couples to dissolve their marriages within months has gone into effect in Peru. The divorce process in this mostly Catholic country used to take up to two years and was handled by the courts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/new-law-in-peru-speeds-up-divorces.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:44:54 EDT A career economist from the International Monetary Fund is taking over as Peru's finance minister. The president's office says Luis Valdivieso will be sworn in Monday to replace Luis Carranza. Valdivieso is a nearly 30-year veteran of the Washington-based IMF. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080713/peru-taps-imf-vet-as-finance-minister.htm Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:16:34 EDT Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela has been crowned Miss Universe 2008. Mendoza and three other Latin Americans women made the final five at Sunday's contest. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/90862-vietnam-miss-universe.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080713/miss-universe-rivals-leave-politics-out.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080713/miss-universe-rivals-leave-politics-out.htm Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:11:45 EDT Shares of Latin American companies that trade on U.S. exchanges fluctuated on Friday as Wall Street trimmed heavy losses from earlier in the session after the Federal Reserve indicated that the top two U.S. mortgage financiers can borrow from the central bank. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/adrs-in-focus-latin-american-adrs-wobble.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:56:11 EDT Airport operator Fraport AG said Friday its main Frankfurt hub saw a solid increase in traffic from January through June. The airport checked 26.3 million passengers, a 2.2 percent increase in the first six months compared to the same period a year ago. Freight throughput was up nearly 4 percent to more than 1 million tons. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/frankfurt-airport-sees-increase-in-passengers.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:22:04 EDT He's the one that she wants. Olivia Newton-John, who starred in the hit movie version of the musical "Grease," has married, it was announced Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/89390-people-newton-john.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/newton-john-marries-businessman.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/newton-john-marries-businessman.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:21:02 EDT Tens of thousands of union workers took to the streets across Peru on Wednesday to protest rising food and fuel prices they blame on the free market policies of President Alan Garcia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/thousands-protest-economic-policy-in-peru.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:05:57 EDT Tens of thousands of union workers took to the streets across Peru on Wednesday to protest rising food and fuel prices they blame on the free market policies of President Alan Garcia. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/88851-peru-national-strike.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/thousands-protest-economic-policy-in-peru.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/thousands-protest-economic-policy-in-peru.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:01:16 EDT