International Business News - Star 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 The Indianapolis Star Media Group, which includes the state's largest newspaper, has cut 52 jobs as part of a nationwide staff reduction by parent Gannett Co. in response to declining revenues and an industrywide slump. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081204/indianapolis-star-cuts-52-jobs-closes-2-weeklies.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:22:43 EST The Star Tribune has asked its labor unions to agree to $20 million in cuts by mid-January to address the newspaper's long-term debt. In a memo Tuesday to the company's 1,400 employees, chairman and publisher Chris Harte said "the survival of the company is at stake." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/star-tribune-asks-unions-for-20m-in-cuts.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:51:50 EST Shares in New Star Asset Management plummeted by 43 percent on Monday after it revealed it has started fresh debt talks with banks and market authorities rejected its request to temporarily suspend trading in its stock. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/new-star-shares-fall-as-it-begins-fresh-debt-talks.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:49:14 EST Gov. Bill Richardson hosted a star-studded dinner party last weekend to thank moviemakers and celebrities, including George Clooney, Kevin Spacey and Paul Sorvino, for shooting films in the state. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/183238-eu-people-spacey.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081127/nm-governor-hosts-star-studded-dinner-at-mansion.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081127/nm-governor-hosts-star-studded-dinner-at-mansion.htm Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:57:30 EST A South Korean court cleared two former officials Monday in a case related to the acquisition of a local bank by Lone Star Funds in what could be a boon to the buyout group's troubled efforts to sell the lender. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081124/skorean-court-clears-officials-over-lone-star-sale.htm Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:23:51 EST Even a make-believe psychic couldn't spot the scam when an actor disrupted a scene for "Medium" involving Patricia Arquette, who stars as psychic Allison DuBois in the NBC drama. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/177112-people-sacha-baron-cohen.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/borat-star-crashes-nbc-drama-medium.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/borat-star-crashes-nbc-drama-medium.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:29:59 EST Even a make-believe psychic couldn't spot the scam when an actor disrupted a scene for "Medium" involving Patricia Arquette, who stars as psychic Allison DuBois in the NBC drama. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/176888-people-sacha-baron-cohen.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/borat-star-crashes-nbc-drama-medium.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/borat-star-crashes-nbc-drama-medium.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:37:08 EST Trekkies, perk up your ears, both pointy and regular: We are about to reveal how it all started. Director and producer J.J. Abrams visited the Eternal City on Friday to give a sneak peek of the early years of Capt. James T. Kirk and the other characters who warp around the galaxy in the upcoming "Star Trek" movie. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/175024-italy-star-treck.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/star-treks-abrams-beams-down-to-rome.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/star-treks-abrams-beams-down-to-rome.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:13:14 EST The Kansas City Star announced Monday that it is laying off 50 more employees as it continues paring its staff in what the newspaper's publisher calls "one of the most challenging years in Star history." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/kansas-city-star-cutting-50-more-jobs.htm Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:09:48 EST German lender IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, an early victim of the subprime lending crisis, said Wednesday that its main shareholder has completed the sale of its majority stake to a U.S. private equity fund. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/ikb-sale-to-lone-star-completed.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:01:26 EDT The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., will reduce its newsroom staff by nearly half through voluntary buyouts as New Jersey's largest newspaper seeks to return to profitability. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081024/star-ledger-cuts-newsroom-staff-by-nearly-half.htm Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:03:30 EDT Tobacco company Star Scientific Inc. said Wednesday that its patent infringement lawsuit against RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. was sent back to U.S. District Court after an appeals court denied a motion for a rehearing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/star-scientific-case-sent-back-to-district-court.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:35:35 EDT "Star Wars" is hyperspeeding to an even longer time ago. The next chapter in George Lucas' ever-expanding franchise will be "Star Wars: The Old Republic," a massively multiplayer online game set thousands of years before Darth Vader was born. The game is being developed by BioWare, the Electronic Arts-owned studio responsible for the first "Knights of the Old Republic" role-playing game in 2003. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/new-star-wars-online-game-is-4-millennium-rewind.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:30:52 EDT "Star Wars" is hyperspeeding to an even longer time ago. The next chapter in George Lucas' ever-expanding franchise will be "Star Wars: The Old Republic," a massively multiplayer online game set thousands of years before Darth Vader was born. The game is being developed by BioWare, the Electronic Arts-owned studio responsible for the first "Knights of the Old Republic" role-playing game in 2003. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081021/new-star-wars-online-game-is-4-millennium-rewind.htm Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:42:39 EDT J.J. Abrams is no Trekkie. The director and producer of the new "Star Trek" film, due in 2009, said he was always more of a "Star Wars" guy. "All my smart friends liked 'Star Trek.' I preferred a more visceral experience," he tells Entertainment Weekly in its latest issue, on newsstands Friday. Abrams took on the "Star Trek" project in hopes of creating a film "that grabbed me the way 'Star Wars' did," he says. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081016/j-j-abrams-gives-glimpse-of-new-star-trek-film.htm Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:18:34 EDT The owner of New Jersey's largest newspaper said Wednesday that coming operational changes and payroll cuts, including concessions approved by two unions, should return the paper to profitability even if the advertising outlook doesn't improve. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/nj-papers-owner-expects-profitability-post-buyout.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:11:46 EDT Drivers for The Star-Ledger of Newark on Tuesday approved contract concessions, and the owners of New Jersey's largest newspaper said the vote ensured that the paper would not be closed or sold. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/union-vote-tuesday-to-set-fate-of-nj-papers.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:13:27 EDT Bill Allen affectionately referred to the outings as "boot camp." It was a time when he and Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, would retreat together to a desert location where they gave up hard liquor and heavy food for wine and light meals. The idea, Allen said, was to do lots of walking, "trying to get off some pounds." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145911-stevens-trial-star-witness.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/cool-reunion-as-sen-stevens-ex-friend-testifies.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/cool-reunion-as-sen-stevens-ex-friend-testifies.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:19:44 EDT A union vote that the publisher of New Jersey's largest newspaper has said could determine the paper's fate is scheduled for Tuesday, publisher George Arwady said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/star-ledger-publisher-says-key-union-vote-tuesday.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:40:49 EDT New Jersey's largest newspaper pulled one step back from a potential closure or sale as at least a quarter of its full-time nonunion employees applied for a buyout. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/star-ledger-owner-hopeful-it-could-avoid-closure.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:07:19 EDT