International Business News - SGP 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 When the Pentagon closed the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1966, it became an obsolete facility awash in history but torpedoed by time. Yet within the past 15 years, the 40-plus buildings behind the nondescript facade have become a modern beehive of activity that includes almost everything but, well, bees. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48611-torpedoed-by-time.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080518/historic-brooklyn-navy-yard-gets-modern-makeover.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080518/historic-brooklyn-navy-yard-gets-modern-makeover.htm Sun, 18 May 2008 00:32:42 EDT When the Pentagon closed the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1966, it became an obsolete facility awash in history but torpedoed by time. Yet within the past 15 years, the 40-plus buildings behind the nondescript facade have become a modern beehive of activity that includes almost everything but, well, bees. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48539-torpedoed-by-time.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/historic-brooklyn-navy-yard-gets-modern-makeover.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/historic-brooklyn-navy-yard-gets-modern-makeover.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 22:46:01 EDT China's deadliest earthquake in a generation has jarred Chinese who expected to be reveling in anticipation of the Beijing Olympics. In less dramatic ways, the disaster is shifting perceptions between China and the world, deflating the contentiousness building around the games. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/chinas-quake-calms-olympic-controversies.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 17:20:05 EDT Two centuries later, young men are still being drawn from their poverty-stricken Himalayan hills by the thousands to fight _ and die _ with legendary valor for another man's country far away. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/imperial-holdover-gurkhas-flock-to-british-army.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 12:10:40 EDT Two rivers blocked by landslides threatened to flood towns shattered by China's massive earthquake, sending thousands of survivors fleeing Saturday in a region still staggering from the country's worst disaster in 30 years. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48580-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/trapped-survivors-freed-after-nearly-100-hours.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/trapped-survivors-freed-after-nearly-100-hours.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 23:40:56 EDT Schering-Plough Corp.'s chief executive told shareholders Friday the company remains on track five years into his rebuilding program, with a wider range of products and more drugs in late-stage development. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/schering-plough-ceo-says-rebuilding-plan-on-track.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 17:01:12 EDT Singapore-based electronics manufacturer Flextronics International Ltd. said Friday its chief financial officer, Thomas J. Smach, is resigning, effective June 30. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/flextronics-cfo-to-resign-read-named-to-post.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 09:16:39 EDT After days of refusing foreign relief workers, China has accepted offers from four countries to send in rescue teams. Hours after saying it will accept a Japanese rescue team, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement early Friday that specialist crews from Russia, South Korea, and Singapore would be welcome as well. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46772-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/china-oks-4-foreign-rescue-teams-for-quake-zone.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/china-oks-4-foreign-rescue-teams-for-quake-zone.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 00:18:04 EDT A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday, as emergency crews rescued 163 people who had survived up to 100 improbable hours trapped in the ruins. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/china-quake-death-toll-could-reach-000.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 23:01:07 EDT Interpol said Thursday that computer files suggesting Venezuela was arming and financing Colombian guerrillas came from a rebel camp and were not tampered with, discrediting Venezuela's assertions that Colombia faked them. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46745-colombia-rebel-computers.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/interpol-colombia-has-real-rebel-data.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/interpol-colombia-has-real-rebel-data.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 00:02:55 EDT Interpol said Thursday it found no evidence of tampering in computers seized from a slain leftist rebel, discrediting Venezuela's assertions that the files are bogus and giving Colombia the international backing it sought. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46682-colombia-rebel-computers.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/interpol-colombia-has-real-rebel-data.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/interpol-colombia-has-real-rebel-data.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:23:10 EDT After days of refusing foreign relief workers, China has accepted offers from four countries to send in rescue teams. Hours after saying it will accept a Japanese rescue team, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement early Friday that specialist crews from Russia, South Korea, and Singapore would be welcome as well. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/china-oks-4-foreign-rescue-teams-for-quake-zone.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:41:42 EDT Comcast Corp.'s interference with Internet traffic has prompted a federal investigation and is at the center of calls for "Net Neutrality" laws, but another U.S. cable company appears to be doing the same thing without drawing scrutiny. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/study-cox-comcast-internet-subscribers-blocked.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 00:10:35 EDT Police charged a Chinese man and woman with illegally possessing about 240 pounds of ivory and trying to fly it out of Kenya, an officer said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/kenya-charges-2-chinese-citizens-over-ivory-haul.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 14:35:29 EDT Interpol said Thursday it found no evidence of tampering in computers seized from a slain leftist rebel, discrediting Venezuela's assertions that the files are bogus and giving Colombia the international backing it sought. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46548-ecuador-farc-laptop.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/interpol-colombia-has-real-rebel-data.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/interpol-colombia-has-real-rebel-data.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 15:31:45 EDT Police charged a Chinese man and woman with illegally possessing about 240 pounds of ivory and trying to fly it out of Kenya, an officer said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/kenya-charges-2-chinese-citizens-over-ivory-haul.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 14:35:29 EDT Would consumers get the same warm, fuzzy message from a drug advertisement that promised to lift their mood if it also urged them to report side effects like suicidal thoughts and diarrhea? http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/tv-drug-ads-may-have-to-zoom-in-on-side-effects.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 14:11:05 EDT Police charged a Chinese man and woman with illegally possessing 110 kilograms (242.5 pounds) ivory and trying to fly it out of Kenya, an officer said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/kenya-charges-2-chinese-over-ivory-haul.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 14:07:22 EDT Cox Communications appears to be interfering with file-sharing by its Internet subscribers in the same manner that has landed Comcast Corp. in hot water with regulators, according to research obtained by The Associated Press. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/study-cox-comcast-internet-subscribers-blocked.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 09:25:05 EDT Oil climbed above $125 a barrel Thursday, a day after the U.S. government issued a mixed report on the country's petroleum reserves and the U.S. dollar weakened against other key currencies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/oil-prices-rise-after-mixed-us-report.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 09:03:30 EDT