International Business News - Troubled 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 An influential public policy group on Thursday said California should no longer rely on the troubled Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to supply water to most of the state, and should instead build a canal around the delta. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/report-says-canal-would-fix-california-water-woes.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:11:29 EDT Scattered sandals and overturned bicycles were all that remained hours after suicide bombers struck the Saad military camp. Medical staff had finished unloading the white body bags at the nearby hospital, where the wounded moaned on bloodstained floors and weeping soldiers kneeled over slain comrades. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/91901-aptopix-iraq-suicide-attack.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/28-killed-in-twin-suicide-attacks-in-iraqi-city.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/28-killed-in-twin-suicide-attacks-in-iraqi-city.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:05:10 EDT No criminal charges will be filed against medical staff at a troubled inner-city hospital over the death of a homeless woman who writhed in pain on the emergency room floor for nearly an hour, a county prosecutor concluded Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/no-charges-planned-in-death-of-ignored-la-patient.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:22:28 EDT No criminal charges will be filed against medical staff at a troubled inner-city hospital over the death of a homeless woman who writhed in pain on the emergency room floor for nearly an hour, a county prosecutor concluded Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/no-charges-planned-in-death-of-ignored-la-patient.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:05:05 EDT Nineteen Massachusetts local governments and public agencies will recover more than $35 million from UBS in a settlement over risky investments that turned sour instead of generating cash for public works. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/mass-govts-agencies-to-recover-35m-in-ubs-settlement.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 14:33:57 EDT The headline-grabbing claim from Gov. Jim Doyle in March 2005 couldn't have been clearer. At a news conference, Doyle said his administration would save taxpayers up to $200 million over four years through better management of the state bureaucracy under the so-called ACE Initiative. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/wisconsin-governors-troubled-efficiency-plan-falls-short.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:39:34 EDT The chief executive of the troubled Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital, which is largely shut down amid questions about the quality of its patient care, has resigned. Antionette Smith Epps left ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080419/chief-of-troubled-south-los-angeles-hospital-resigns.htm Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:28:29 EDT Authorities have evacuated an Alaska Airlines 737 shortly after landing in Seattle because of smoke in the cockpit. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus says evacuation chutes were ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080417/alaska-airlines-737-evacuated-on-landing-in-seattle.htm Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:07:56 EDT Fannie Mae will allow more struggling homeowners to sell their homes for less than they owe on their mortgages as part of a plan the mortgage finance company has in the works. The program by the lar... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080411/fannie-working-on-mortgage-plan.htm Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:32:51 EDT Starved of money for nearly a decade, the nation's largest ferry system has hit rough water. The ferries that cruise the waters of Puget Sounds have become symbols of the Pacific Northwest, recalling its rich maritime history and figuring prominently in movies and television shows such as "Grey's Anatomy." But beneath their cheery green-and-white paint scheme, the aging ferries are rusty, old and unreliable. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080310/largest-ferry-system-hits-rough-waters.htm Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:05:58 EDT The call to let local governments, public agencies and other bond issuers buy back their own debt is getting louder. Key lawmakers are joining Wall Street investors in asking federal regulators to allow the buybacks to ease market distress that's sent borrowing costs soaring for public entities. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080304/lawmakers-ask-sec-to-allow-bond-buybacks.htm Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:21:49 EST All is not well with the complex that one of the nation's busiest federal court districts calls home. In fact, one of the buildings itself may be sick. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080221/miamis-u-s-courthouses-moldy-delayed.htm Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:42:58 EST Massachusetts' top securities regulator asked nine financial services firms for information Wednesday about the recent trouble finding buyers for investments that local governments rely on to raise cash for public projects. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080220/mass-regs-ask-for-info-on-bonds-auction.htm Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:35:51 EST The regulator for U.S. municipal bonds may soon intervene to force greater transparency in a more than $300 billion corner of the market that investors have shied away from in recent weeks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080215/muni-bond-regulator-seeks-transparency.htm Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:04:16 EST The regulator for U.S. municipal bonds may soon intervene to force greater transparency in a more than $300 billion corner of the market that investors have shied away from in recent weeks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080215/bonds-regulator-seeks-more-transparency.htm Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:41:36 EST The Coast Guard says a problem with the computers that control a tanker's boilers caused a loss of power that left it adrift off Cape Cod. The Coast Guard said Tuesday evening that some power has been restored to the switchboards of the 933-foot Catalunya (kah-tah-LOON'-yah) Spirit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080212/computer-issue-stranded-tanker-off-mass.htm Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:22:37 EST A disabled tanker carrying liquefied natural gas is no longer adrift off Cape Cod. The Coast Guard says a tugboat reached the 933-foot Catalunya (kah-tah-LOON'-yah) Spirit late Monday night and moved it to a spot where it can safely sit while it's being repaired. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080212/liquefied-gas-tanker-no-longer-adrift.htm Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:52:12 EST The Coast Guard is assisting a tanker that is carrying liquefied natural gas and is adrift about 35 miles off Cape Cod. Officials say the 933-foot Catalunya (kah-tah-LOON'-yah) Spirit is in no immediate danger. It lost propulsion and became disabled about 3 a.m. while carrying its load from Trinidad and Tobago to Boston. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080211/liquefied-gas-tanker-adrift-off-cape-cod.htm Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:27:46 EST President Hugo Chavez's drive to halt food-smuggling into Colombia is hurting thousands of his own countrymen whose livelihood has depended on the free flow of goods across one of South America's most porous borders. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/15617-venezuela-colombia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080131/chavez-border-crackdown-hits-venezuelans.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080131/chavez-border-crackdown-hits-venezuelans.htm Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:58:48 EST With five former leaders of the Khmer Rouge finally in custody awaiting trial _ three decades after their murderous regime tumbled from power _ Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal can credibly say it is on the road to justice. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071226/cambodian-tribunal-needs-more-money.htm Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:29:06 EST