International Business News - To 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 Sony Corp said it would launch 3D TVs and networked products and services to unleash its potential as an electronics and entertainment giant and reverse its fortunes as it heads for a second straight annual loss. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091119/sony-eyes-3d-networked-products-to-revive-growth.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:56:01 EST Asia-Pacific governments were expected on Thursday to stick with economic stimulus plans and make a joint call for market-oriented exchange rates to ensure the fragile recovery under way can be sustained. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223962-foreign-ministers-and-trade-ministers-from-apec.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091112/apec-to-back-market-oriented-currencies.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091112/apec-to-back-market-oriented-currencies.htm Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:00:02 EST Opel's top German labor leader said on Sunday he was willing to hold negotiations over a restructuring of the European carmaker under its parent General Motors so long as it gains greater independence. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223718-a-truck-with-opel-cars-drives-past.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091108/opel-unions-see-autonomy-as-condition-to-talks.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091108/opel-unions-see-autonomy-as-condition-to-talks.htm Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:56:02 EST Toyota Motor is set to announce its withdrawal from Formula One racing after this year, Japan's Mainichi newspaper reported Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223418-a-man-walks-pastpromotional-panel-bearingpicture-of.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/toyota-to-quit-formula-one-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/toyota-to-quit-formula-one-report.htm Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:48:01 EST The board of General Motors Co has opted to keep Opel, sources briefed on the deliberations said on Tuesday, undoing months of painstaking negotiations to sell the European unit to a Russian-backed group led by Canada's Magna . http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223411-a-worker-for-german-car-manufacturer-opel.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091103/gm-board-opts-to-keep-opel-sources.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091103/gm-board-opts-to-keep-opel-sources.htm Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:08:01 EST Time Warner Inc is set to take a restructuring charge of around $100 million for planned job cuts at its Time Inc publishing unit, according to people familiar with matter. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223285-people-walk-in-front-of-the-time.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091030/time-warner-to-take-100-million-charge-on-time-cuts-sources.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091030/time-warner-to-take-100-million-charge-on-time-cuts-sources.htm Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:48:01 EDT The body in charge of assigning the world's Internet users their online addresses on Friday said it had agreed to allow the use of any of the world's scripts, no longer just the Latin alphabet. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223256-noaa-oceanographer-david-walsh-looks-at-computer.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091030/latin-to-lose-its-domain-over-internet-addresses.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091030/latin-to-lose-its-domain-over-internet-addresses.htm Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:48:02 EDT BP's incoming chairman, the former Ericsson boss Carl-Henric Svanberg, will lead a shake-up of the oil giant's boardroom when he takes over, The Sunday Times reported. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/222956-carl-henric-svanberg-attendsquestion-and-answer-session.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091025/bps-new-chairman-to-lead-boardroom-shakeup-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091025/bps-new-chairman-to-lead-boardroom-shakeup-report.htm Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:56:01 EDT Cost cuts helped drugmakers shore up profits in the third quarter, but concerns over sustainable revenue growth continues to worry investors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091022/cost-cuts-at-big-pharma-fail-to-excite.htm Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:56:01 EDT Oil jumped to $80.05 a barrel on Wednesday, matching its one-year high hit the previous day, after a U.S. government report showed a smaller than expected rise in crude stocks in the world's top consumer. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/222732-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091021/oil-rebounds-to-year-high-on-inventory-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091021/oil-rebounds-to-year-high-on-inventory-report.htm Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:16:01 EDT Lazard Ltd's board has no plans to pick a new chief executive for the investment bank at its meeting next week, the board said on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/222686-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091020/lazard-has-no-plans-to-pick-new-ceo-next-week.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091020/lazard-has-no-plans-to-pick-new-ceo-next-week.htm Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:00:02 EDT Former Lazard Ltd Chief Executive Bruce Wasserstein's death will result in a payment of more than $186 million in restricted stock, according to the company's proxy statement. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/222480-wasserstein-delivers-time-warner-lazard-report-in.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091015/wasserstein-death-to-result-in-186million-payment.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091015/wasserstein-death-to-result-in-186million-payment.htm Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:16:02 EDT U.S. carmaker General Motors was close to signing a deal to sell a 55 percent stake in its European arm Opel to Canada's Magna Thursday as talks continued with unions over job cuts. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/222410-a-woman-is-reflected-in-the-logo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091015/gm-magna-set-to-sign-opel-deal-job-talks-continue.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091015/gm-magna-set-to-sign-opel-deal-job-talks-continue.htm Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:24:01 EDT Anheuser-Busch InBev, has agreed to sell breweries in nine eastern European countries to CVC Capital Partners for an initial $2.23 billion, passing its target for divestments since its merger a year ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/222409-anheuser-busch-inc-world-headqaurters-in-st.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091015/ab-inbev-sells-eastern-europe-ops-to-cvc-for2-billion.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091015/ab-inbev-sells-eastern-europe-ops-to-cvc-for2-billion.htm Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:08:02 EDT The U.S. Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it would hear an appeal by former Enron Corp Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling of his 2006 felony conviction stemming from the giant energy trader's collapse. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/222298-former-enron-corp-ceo-jeffrey-skilling-gestures.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091013/supreme-court-to-hear-appeal-by-enrons-skilling.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091013/supreme-court-to-hear-appeal-by-enrons-skilling.htm Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:56:02 EDT PC maker Dell Inc has agreed to promote Salesforce.com Inc software products to its U.S. customers, as it tries to expand revenue from higher-margin services business. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091009/dell-to-promote-salesforce-software-to-pc-customers.htm Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:16:02 EDT Bank of America Corp and former Merrill Lynch & Co brokerage chief Robert McCann have resolved a dispute over his contract, freeing him to take another job in financial services. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/221578-man-walks-near-bank-of-america-branch.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091001/bofa-ex-merrill-exec-settle-hes-free-to-work.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091001/bofa-ex-merrill-exec-settle-hes-free-to-work.htm Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:00:02 EDT European planemaker Airbus will make one fewer A380 superjumbo aircraft than planned in 2009 after agreeing to push a delivery into 2010, reminding investors of challenges facing Europe's largest industrial venture. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090929/airbus-pushes-one-a380-delivery-back-to-2010.htm Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:08:01 EDT General Motors Co said on Tuesday it planned to restore about 3,000 jobs at U.S. assembly plants and related facilities and is getting set to raise North American production by up to 45 percent next year. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/220963-a-gm-logo-is-seen-onhydrogen-car.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090922/gm-restores000-jobs-prepares-to-raise-output.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090922/gm-restores000-jobs-prepares-to-raise-output.htm Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:08:01 EDT Debt-laded Continental AG, a German auto supplier controlled by Schaeffler, wants to keep its portfolio structure in the current from, new chief executive Elmar Degenhart was quoted on Saturday as saying. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090919/continental-wants-keep-tyre-ops-contitech-ceo.htm Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:57:16 EDT