International Business News - Shutdown 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 Chrysler LLC has decided to keep its requirement that all workers take the same two-week summer vacation. The company told employees by e-mail on Wednesday that the 2009 summer break will take place the weeks of July 13 and 20. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/chrysler-extends-required-vacation-weeks-to-2009.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:33:34 EDT It's no surprise the housing slump and cheap imports have hurt sales at a high-end furniture maker that's been in business for more than a century. What caught Norwalk Furniture management off guard and forced them to suspended operations at plants in Ohio, Tennessee, and Mississippi, was a call from their bank last Friday, said company spokesman Joe Mosbrook. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/ohio-furniture-maker-says-bank-forced-shutdown.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:23:52 EDT Beijing's Olympic shutdown begins Sunday, a drastic plan to lift the Chinese capital's gray shroud of pollution just three weeks ahead of the games. Half of Beijing's 3.3 million vehicles will be pulled off the roads and many polluting factories will be shuttered. Chemical plants, power stations and foundries left open have to cut emissions by 30 percent--and dust-spewing construction in the capital will be halted. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94030-china-olympic-venue.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/beijing-begins-massive-olympic-shutdown.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/beijing-begins-massive-olympic-shutdown.htm Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:35:41 EDT A sticky mess has been cleaned up after an overturned tanker truck poured 5,000 gallons of molasses onto a major Texas highway. Drivers heading to Sugar Land were rerouted Thursday after the afternoon accident shut down Texas 6 at Southwest Freeway for eight hours. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/5-000-gallons-of-molasses-spill-on-texas-highway.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:37:07 EDT The Wachovia Spectrum, the former home to the Philadelphia 76ers and Flyers, will close and be demolished next year. Arena owner Comcast-Spectacor, which announced the plan Tuesday, wants to replace it with a complex of retail space, bars, restaurants and a hotel. The 42-year-old arena, slated to shut down next spring, had been used for Philadelphia Flyers and 76ers games until the adjacent Wachovia Center was built and opened in l996. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/philadelphias-spectrum-set-to-be-demolished.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:14:37 EDT Air traffic controllers closed the runways at Dublin Airport on Wednesday after malfunctions on their radar screens left them unable to identify incoming aircraft, the Irish Aviation Authority said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/air-traffic-control-shuts-dublin-airport.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:16:38 EDT The agency that monitors the cost and quality of Pennsylvania's health care system was pared down to a skeleton crew after a political stalemate at the Capitol allowed its funding to expire at midnight Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/pa-health-info-agency-shut-down-by-governor.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:44:18 EDT Chrysler LLC is shutting down production of the Jeep Liberty and Dodge Nitro for two months at its Toledo, Ohio, assembly plant. United Auto Workers officials say slow sales forced the move. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/chrysler-halts-liberty-nitro-production-2-months.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:40:22 EDT Pennsylvania environmental officials ordered a partial shutdown Friday of natural gas drilling operations by two companies in the state's northcentral region, saying they lacked permits for collecting water from nearby streams to be used in the drilling. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080530/pa-partial-shutdown-ordered-of-gas-drilling.htm Fri, 30 May 2008 17:10:07 EDT An assembly line worker charged with vandalizing a military helicopter at a Boeing plant was upset about a job transfer and cut a bundle of about 70 electrical wires during his last shift on the Chinook line, federal investigators said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080521/worker-charged-with-vandalizing-military-chopper.htm Wed, 21 May 2008 11:18:07 EDT An assembly line worker charged with vandalizing a military helicopter at a Boeing plant was upset about a job transfer and cut a bundle of about 70 electrical wires during his last shift on the Chinook line, federal investigators said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/50851-boeing-shutdown-chinook.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080520/pa-worker-charged-with-military-copter-vandalism.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080520/pa-worker-charged-with-military-copter-vandalism.htm Tue, 20 May 2008 20:09:14 EDT Canadian energy officials Friday scrapped development of a nuclear reactor project to produce radioactive isotopes for the diagnoses of cancer and other illnesses, citing costs of the program. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/canada-scraps-development-of-medical-isotope-reactors.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 18:18:39 EDT Two military helicopters were vandalized on the production line at a Boeing factory near Philadelphia, the Defense Department said Thursday as it offered a reward. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46694-boeing-shutdown-chinook.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/dod-chinook-helicopters-at-pa-plant-vandalized.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/dod-chinook-helicopters-at-pa-plant-vandalized.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 17:24:27 EDT The Defense Department says two military helicopters at a Boeing factory near Philadelphia were vandalized on the production line. Federal officials are handing out fliers to workers Thursday at the Boeing Rotorcraft Systems plant offering a $5,000 reward in the vandalizing of the two H-47 Chinook helicopters. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/dod-chinook-helicopters-at-pa-plant-vandalized.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 13:28:39 EDT Army criminal investigators are looking into damage to two military helicopters on a production line at a Boeing Co. plant in suburban Philadelphia, prompting the company to shut down the line. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/boeing-shuts-down-chinook-production-line-in-pennsylvania.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 17:00:02 EDT Imation Corp. plans to close its floppy diskette plant in Wahpeton by the end of the year, a few months sooner than expected, after a group of former employees have taken over some of its contracts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/imation-to-leave-north-dakota-plant-by-years-end.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 13:17:33 EDT Motor home manufacturer Winnebago Industries Inc. said it will shut down most of its production lines for a week beginning Monday, the result of a continued slowdown in sales. Low consumer confidenc... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080418/winnebago-to-shut-down-factories-for-1-week.htm Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:04:50 EDT BostonNOW announced its immediate shutdown Monday after a year of competition with a rival five-day-a-week free newspaper geared toward subway and rail commuters. BostonNOW said Monday's edition wo... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080414/free-commuter-daily-bostonnow-shuts-down.htm Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:50:28 EDT BostonNOW announced its immediate shutdown Monday after a year of competition with a rival five-day-a-week free newspaper geared toward subway and rail commuters. BostonNOW said Monday's edition wo... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080414/bostonnow-shuts-down-in-less-than-a-year.htm Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:11:02 EDT Low-cost carrier Skybus Airlines is shutting down Saturday and plans to file for bankruptcy protection next week, becoming the latest of the nation's airlines to fall because of rising fuel costs an... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080405/budget-airline-skybus-shutting-down.htm Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:26:28 EDT