International Business News - ROM 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 Alfred J. Gallodoro NEW YORK (AP)--Alfred J. Gallodoro, a jazz musician who performed on the saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet, died Saturday. He was 95. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/obituaries-in-the-news.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:05:59 EDT Dr. George Palade, who won a Nobel Prize in 1974 for his work isolating and identifying cell structure and helped create one of the leading cell biology programs in the nation at the University of California, San Diego, has died. He was 95. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148781-obit-palade.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/nobel-prize-winner-dr-george-palade-dies-at-95.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/nobel-prize-winner-dr-george-palade-dies-at-95.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:18:40 EDT World stock markets fell sharply Friday, as Wall Street headed toward its eighth straight day of losses over fears the global economy is set for a protracted recession. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/149103-south-korea-markets.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/asian-markets-plunge-after-huge-wall-street-losses.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/asian-markets-plunge-after-huge-wall-street-losses.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:54:02 EDT As of Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, at least 4,180 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/us-military-deaths-in-iraq-war-at-4-180.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:13:35 EDT Italy's pledge to aid banks in case of need was designed to rebuild confidence in markets and keep the financial system running, not because of worries that deposits would be lost, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/italian-bank-shares-recover.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:53:45 EDT Trade unions say 100,000 public sector workers staged a two-hour strike in cities around the country to demand higher salaries. The strike began Thursday at 8 a.m (0500 GMT) and ended at 10 a.m (0700 GMT). http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/romania-100-000-public-sector-workers-walk-out.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:15:59 EDT As of Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008, at least 4,180 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/us-military-deaths-in-iraq-war-at-4-180.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:25:23 EDT The Bucharest stock exchange suspended trading on Wednesday after the benchmark BET index lost 9.3 percent in just an hour. Officials said trading will resume Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/bucharest-stock-exchange-suspends-trading.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:04:43 EDT As of Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, at least 4,180 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/us-military-deaths-in-iraq-war-at-4-180.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:11:52 EDT A Romanian Cabinet minister was fired Tuesday after he used a government helicopter to make it to his wedding on time. Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu fired Education Minister Cristian Adomnitei, 33, after it emerged that Adomnitei and another minister had attended a government meeting in Bucharest on Saturday, then rode the helicopter 300 miles (485 kilometers) to Iasi, where Adomnitei was getting married that day. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/romanian-minister-fired-after-wedding-copter-ride.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:15:06 EDT Germany has returned over 20 pounds of highly enriched uranium fuel to the U.S. for safeguarding from terrorists or potential misuse, the government said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/dangerous-spent-fuel-returned-to-us.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:08:07 EDT Some 7,000 workers and trade unionists have marched around the Romanian parliament to demand higher salaries and better working conditions. Whistling and jeering workers from sectors ranging from education to refineries joined Tuesday's march and chanted "thieves! thieves!" in a protest aimed at lawmakers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/thousands-march-in-romania-to-protest-low-salaries.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:58:24 EDT As of Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, at least 4,178 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/us-military-deaths-in-iraq-war-at-4-178.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:50:29 EDT Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. on Monday forecast fiscal 2009 sales that will at least match Wall Street expectations, but warned that trouble in the financial markets may hurt the medical technology company's business. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/hill-rom-issues-conservative-revenue-outlook.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:11:27 EDT Switzerland will vote again on whether European Union citizens should be allowed to live and work in the country after nationalist groups collected enough signatures to force a referendum, the Federal Chancellery said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/swiss-to-vote-anew-on-free-movement-with-eu.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:48:47 EDT As of Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008, at least 4,177 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/us-military-deaths-in-iraq-war-at-4-177.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:05:18 EDT As of Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, at least 4,177 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/us-military-deaths-in-iraq-war-at-4-177.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:31:48 EDT As of Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at least 4,177 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/us-military-deaths-in-iraq-war-at-4-177.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:01:22 EDT Balkan countries' central bank chiefs agreed Friday that the global financial crisis would have a limited effect on the region. "Currently banks that have strong presence in the region have no direct exposure to markets which are under severe pressure," central bankers from nine Balkan countries said in a joint statement. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/bankers-little-balkan-impact-from-global-crisis.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:39:10 EDT Medical technology company Hill-Rom said Thursday it bought Liko Vardlyft AB for about $183 million, boosting the company's business abroad. Liko, based in Sweden, makes lifts and slings for moving patients, and had revenue of $75 million in fiscal 2008. About three-quarters of that was achieved outside of the United States. It has operations in Massachusetts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/hill-rom-buys-swedens-liko-vardlyft-for-183m.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:26:40 EDT