International Business News - at 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 Each time the Metropolitan Opera performed Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" last season the big question was who would show up in the title roles. This season, both lead singers are new to their parts at the Met--and both went on as scheduled for the opening. The real news was in the pit. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/185832-barenboims-met-debut.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081129/barenboim-debuts-tristan-with-passion-fatalism.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081129/barenboim-debuts-tristan-with-passion-fatalism.htm Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:40:29 EST Hiroshi Nohara is on a layover at the Mexico City airport. It has lasted almost three months, and he has no plans to leave. For reasons he can't explain, the Japanese man has been in Terminal 1 of the Benito Juarez International Airport since Sept. 2, surviving off donations from fast-food restaurants and passengers and sleeping in a chair. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/179877-mexico-living-at-airport.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/the-terminal-2-japanese-man-makes-airport-home.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/the-terminal-2-japanese-man-makes-airport-home.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:10:15 EST He was born in China and wanted to be buried in China. For decades, politics made that impossible. But Chinese and American officials watched the interment Monday of the ashes of John Leighton Stuart, the last U.S. ambassador to China before the Communists swept to power in 1949. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/176531-china-ashes-at-rest.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/us-diplomats-ashes-now-at-home-in-china.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/us-diplomats-ashes-now-at-home-in-china.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:56:37 EST So how do you make Brazil's national cocktail? Maybe you'd better call a lawyer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081101/brazil-sets-rules-for-its-official-cocktail.htm Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:36:31 EDT When the submarine USS Ohio surfaced at sea and Machinist Mate 1st Class Jason Witty emerged from the hatch to look around, he saw calm, blue water under a peaceful sky--perfect for the solemn task he was about to perform. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/164525-buried-at-sea.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/ashes-of-uss-indianapolis-survivor-buried-at-sea.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/ashes-of-uss-indianapolis-survivor-buried-at-sea.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:47:01 EDT Issues like the failing U.S. economy, overhauling health care and getting troops out of Iraq can seem a world away when cruising the western Pacfic's balmy waters. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081023/navy-takes-steps-to-make-sure-sailors-can-vote.htm Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:17:38 EDT The casinos run by American Indian tribes in Northern California work to attract lonely seniors on fixed incomes by offering cheap transportation on charter buses like the one that crashed over the weekend, killing eight people and injuring dozens. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/fatal-crash-highlights-lure-of-casinos-for-seniors.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:57:50 EDT The casinos run by American Indian tribes in Northern California work to attract lonely seniors on fixed incomes by offering cheap transportation on charter buses like the one that crashed over the weekend, killing eight people and injuring dozens. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147760-bus-crash-seniors-at-the-slots.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/fatal-crash-highlights-lure-of-casinos-for-seniors.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/fatal-crash-highlights-lure-of-casinos-for-seniors.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:19:01 EDT Nina Stanke is too young to drive, but for her 16th birthday, she's getting the right to vote. At a time when Barack Obama's presidential bid is energizing America's young voters and an expert in Britain is saying even children should be enfranchised, Austria has become the first European Union country to lower the voting age in national elections to 16. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/138607-austria-elections-voting-at-16.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/vote-at-16-austria-gets-them-while-theyre-young.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/vote-at-16-austria-gets-them-while-theyre-young.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:49:12 EDT At the palace of Versailles, a marble statue of Louis XIV now shares space with some unlikely interlopers: Michael Jackson and his pet chimp Bubbles, sculpted in porcelain. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/127089-france-kitch-at-versailles.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/koons-zany-sculptures-go-on-display-at-versailles.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/koons-zany-sculptures-go-on-display-at-versailles.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:52:53 EDT Hospital officials in France say a 59-year-old woman has given birth to triplets after going abroad to get donated eggs. The Paris public hospital network says the two boys and a girl weighed between 2.09 and 2.4 kilograms (4 pounds 9 ounces and 5 pounds 5 ounces) and measured between 46 and 47 centimeters (18.1-18.5 inches). http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/59-year-old-in-france-gives-birth-to-triplets.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:33:36 EDT The Virginia Lottery is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month with a new raffle and other special events, including an opportunity to vote for the best lottery commercial and share your favorite memory of the state-run numbers games. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/virginia-lottery-turns-20-with-new-events-raffle.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:18:23 EDT When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/124154-google-at-10.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080906/google-reigns-as-worlds-most-powerful-10-year-old.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080906/google-reigns-as-worlds-most-powerful-10-year-old.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:23:14 EDT HUMBLE START: Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporated Google on Sept. 7, 1998, after unsuccessfully trying to sell their search engine for a couple of million dollars. They set up shop in their Stanford dorm rooms with just four computers before moving their headquarters to a garage owned by Brin's future sister-in-law. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/summary-box-google-still-feeling-lucky-at-10.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:34:35 EDT When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/123814-google-at-10.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/google-reigns-as-worlds-most-powerful-10-year-old.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/google-reigns-as-worlds-most-powerful-10-year-old.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:07:40 EDT Wait, now, say the Republicans. You think that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lacks experience? You think that at 44, with less than two years running the nation's northernmost state, she doesn't have what it takes yet to be a heartbeat away from the presidency? http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/119667-correction-mccain-2008-gustav.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/gop-cites-palins-skill-but-how-relevant-is-it.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/gop-cites-palins-skill-but-how-relevant-is-it.htm Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:56:43 EDT An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and busted a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said. "I just walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun," Leda Smith said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/armed-85-year-old-woman-makes-intruder-call-cops.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:25:39 EDT Real estate investment trust Ramco-Gershenson said Monday it sold a Delray Beach, Fla., shopping center for about $72 million to a joint venture in which it has a minority stake. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/ramco-sells-80-pct-stake-in-delray-beach-center.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:13:21 EDT There is a man. He carries a can, and inside it is a weird, blood-red hunk of goo the size and consistency of a generous bowl of lumpy raspberry Jell-O. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/107782-blobtown.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/blobtown-movie-memories-revitalize-a-community.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/blobtown-movie-memories-revitalize-a-community.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:42:57 EDT Two prayer services will be held at St. Louis gas stations to thank God for lower fuel prices and to ask that they continue to drop. Darrell Alexander, Midwest co-chair of the Pray at the Pump movement, says prayer gatherings will be held Monday afternoon and evening at a Mobil station west of downtown St. Louis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/groups-to-pray-for-lower-prices-at-gas-stations.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:05:01 EDT