International Business News - Problems 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 Auditors at a Pentagon oversight agency forced changes to unfavorable reports on contracts with some of the nation's largest defense companies, hid contractor over-billing and attempted to hinder an investigation into the alleged problems, according to a new report. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/gao-says-auditors-pressured-on-pentagon-contracts.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:56:02 EDT The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on top national problems was conducted July 10-14, 2008, and is based on telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 500 adults from all states. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/method-for-ap-ipsos-poll-on-top-national-problems.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:47:56 EDT What's rising faster than gas prices this summer? Americans' worries about them. The economy is the nation's top concern by far, but anxiety about energy has grown more since spring than any other issue while the focus on Iraq continues to fade, according to a poll released Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/poll-economy-top-issue-energy-worries-grow-most.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:45:46 EDT Former North Dakotans and farmers with elaborate property ownership arrangements were among those left out of the Legislature's plan to use income tax credits for property tax breaks, officials say. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/north-dakota-tax-credit-plan-causes-headaches.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:56:53 EDT When pharmaceutical consulting firm Quintiles wants to hire a new employee, the first place it looks is the Food and Drug Administration. These former insiders bring critical expertise to the consultant and clients like Merck & Co. Inc. and Pfizer Inc., but there is also an unintended downside. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/fdas-brain-drain-clogs-drug-approval-pipeline.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:59:01 EDT Guyana's state-owned power company says it might eliminate subsidies to save money as world oil prices soar. Guyana Power & Light Inc. did not say how much consumer electricity rates would increase if subsidies were slashed, but it urged customers to save energy. Rates rose 15 percent for businesses and up to 9 percent for residential customers in January. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080525/guyana-power-company-mulls-rate-increase.htm Sun, 25 May 2008 04:22:30 EDT The Census Bureau has scaled back its dress rehearsal for the once-a-decade national head count, raising fears that thousands of soldiers, immigrants and other hard-to-reach people will go uncounted when the population survey is conducted in 2010. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/test-run-for-2010-census-is-scaled-back-worrying-experts.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:06:56 EDT A decade after it first approved devices for laser eye-correcting surgery, the Food and Drug Administration is taking a closer look at grievances from patients, including blurred vision and dry eyes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080423/fda-examines-vision-problems-reported-with-lasik-surgery.htm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:26:50 EDT The No. 2 official at the Census Bureau is stepping down amid criticism the agency bungled a technology contract, adding billions to the cost of the 2010 count while jeopardizing its accuracy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080423/census-official-steps-down-amid-criticism-over-contract.htm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:56:14 EDT Polio cases have nearly doubled this year in the West African nation of Nigeria as officials struggle to fight various natural strains of the virus as well as an outbreak set off by the polio vaccine itself three years ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/polio-cases-double-in-nigeria.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:34:26 EDT China Eastern Airlines saw its share price sink 6.8 percent early Friday after the Civil Aviation Administration announced it was fining the company for an incident in which its pilots intentionally ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080418/china-eastern-airlines-shares-sink-on-fine.htm Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:36:19 EDT A chemical used to make baby bottles and other shatterproof plastic containers could be linked to a range of hormonal problems, a preliminary government report has found. The federal National Toxico... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080415/govt-raises-safety-questions-about-chemical-in-plastics.htm Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:50:39 EDT The company hired to help modernize the 2010 census blamed government officials Wednesday for technology problems that will force census-takers to continue using paper and pencil. The Census Bureau ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080409/tech-problems-blamed-on-census-bureau.htm Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:15:13 EDT Stumbling over its multibillion-dollar plans for a high-tech census, the government says it will go back to counting the nation's 300 million people the old-fashioned way with paper and pencil. Hel... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080403/census-stumbles-over-high-tech-counters.htm Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:15:51 EDT Stumbling over its multibillion-dollar plans for a high-tech census, the government says it will go back to counting the nation's 300 million people the old-fashioned way with paper and pencil. Hel... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080403/census-stumbles-over-hi-tech-counters.htm Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:02:56 EDT Technology problems will force the Census Bureau to return to using paper and pencil to count the nation's 300 million residents in the 2010 census. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez (goo-tee-AYR... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080403/census-returns-to-paper-count.htm Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:52:21 EDT For decades, Soviet schoolchildren flocked to the Moscow Planetarium to gaze at the stars. Now plans to reopen the landmark silver-domed structure, shut for repairs 14 years ago, are mired in a struggle for control of an institution situated on a pricey patch of real estate. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/37047-russia-stars-and-struggles.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080329/moscow-planetarium-mired-in-dispute.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080329/moscow-planetarium-mired-in-dispute.htm Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:25:30 EDT _The Constitution requires the census every 10 years to apportion seats in the House of Representatives. There are 435 members of the House, and the seats are divided among the states according to population. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080325/what-census-data-are-used-for.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:42:17 EDT The U.S. government says the census is at "high risk" of producing an expensive yet unreliable count. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080325/tech-census-costs-accuracy-doubt.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:43:31 EDT Three weeks before the peach growing season gets under, growers here don't know whether they will have a buyer for their crop at harvest time. It's one of many problems they face in these uncertain times for western New York fruit growers. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/35305-farm-scene-peach-problems.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080319/ny-fruit-growers-uncertain-about-season.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080319/ny-fruit-growers-uncertain-about-season.htm Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:38:56 EDT