International Business News - cut 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 A think-tank that advocates for the poor says Oklahoma lawmakers would have had $400 million to $600 million more to spend on education and other programs the last two years if not for income tax cuts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/report-okla-income-tax-cuts-shrunk-state-revenue.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:44:17 EDT Microsoft Corp. is cutting the price of its Xbox 360 gaming console beginning Friday, with the cheapest version selling for $200, making it less expensive than the Nintendo Wii, which retails for $250. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/microsoft-cutting-xbox-360-prices-in-us.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:01:23 EDT Electric utility PNM Resources on Monday cut its annual dividend in a move to improve liquidity, after the company reported a loss in the second quarter. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/pnm-resources-board-cuts-dividend.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:07:56 EDT New Jersey's budget crunch is so bad that it's even wiped out 2009--at least on paper. The state has told employees they won't be getting paper calendars for next year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/new-jersey-wipes-out-2009-at-least-on-paper.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:11:19 EDT Mercantile Bank Corp. said it will reduce its quarterly dividend by half to 4 cents per share, from 8 cents in the previous quarter. The company said its first priority is to preserve capital given the challenges facing it and the banking industry. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/mercantile-bank-lowers-quarterly-dividend.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:11:05 EDT Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to cut this year's global sales target to 9.5 million vehicles, public broadcaster NHK reported Wednesday. Japan's biggest carmaker had a sales target of 9.85 million for 2008. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/report-toyota-to-cut-annual-sales-goal.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:55:14 EDT A woman pleaded innocent Thursday to stabbing a pregnant woman to death and cutting the baby out of her womb. The charge of aggravated first-degree murder against Phiengchai Sisouvanh Synhavong, 23, carries either the death penalty or life in prison without parole, if she is convicted. Prosecutors have 30 days to decide whether to seek the death penalty. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/89541-israel-temple-tailors.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/woman-pleads-innocent-to-killing-pregnant-woman.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/woman-pleads-innocent-to-killing-pregnant-woman.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:43:34 EDT Police said a pregnant woman was killed after being stabbed multiple times in the chest and her nearly full-term baby was cut from her womb. A 23-year-old woman has been arrested. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/police-say-wash-womans-baby-was-cut-from-womb.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:24:23 EDT Police say a pregnant woman stabbed to death in Washington this weekend had her near full-term baby cut from her womb. Kennewick Police Chief Ken Hohenberg said Monday the baby was on life support at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/police-say-wash-womans-baby-was-cut-from-womb.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:15:15 EDT The Senate voted 38-0 Tuesday for an income tax break worth up to $1,000 for some Louisiana households--costing the state an estimated $300 million a year--and the bill now goes to Gov. Bobby Jindal for his signature. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/la-income-tax-break-advances-goes-to-governor.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:30:22 EDT A woman pleaded guilty Monday to killing her pregnant friend, the unborn child and the victim's three children in a plea deal that allowed her to avoid the death penalty. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/67643-cut-from-womb.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/guilty-plea-in-deaths-of-pregnant-ill-woman-kids.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/guilty-plea-in-deaths-of-pregnant-ill-woman-kids.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:25:28 EDT Clothing retailer Talbots Inc. said Thursday it will cut 129 jobs, affecting 9 percent of its corporate employees. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/talbots-retail-jobs.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:48:11 EDT United Community Financial Corp. said Tuesday its board cut its quarterly dividend in half, to 4.75 cents. The financial services holding company, which operates banks and brokerages in Ohio and Pennsylvania, said it hoped to restore the dividend to its previous rate of 9.5 cents. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080529/united-community-financial-cuts-dividend-to-4-75-cents.htm Thu, 29 May 2008 17:58:34 EDT Ford Motor Co. plans to downsize its U.S. salaried work force by up to 12 percent in a bid to advance its restructuring plan after stalling amid lower sales and soaring gas prices, according to media reports. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/56859-ford.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080528/ford-motor-jobs-workforce-salaried-detroit-car.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080528/ford-motor-jobs-workforce-salaried-detroit-car.htm Wed, 28 May 2008 10:56:12 EDT Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. will begin to cut jobs on May 19 and plans to shed 5 percent of its workforce, according to media reports. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/lehman-brothers-investment-workforce.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 22:07:25 EDT Swiss banking giant UBS announced Tuesday it would cut its workforce by 5,500 over the next year and sell a $15 billion chunk of its risky mortgage assets to BlackRock Inc., after reporting first-quarter losses due to the U.S. subprime crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44266-ubs.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/ubs-jobs-assets-earnings.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/ubs-jobs-assets-earnings.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 11:39:02 EDT Sun Microsystems Inc. said on Thursday it will cut from 1,500 to 2,500 jobs in the wake of U.S. economic weakness and delays in orders from some customers. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43338-sun-microsystems.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/sun-microsystems-jobs-earnings.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/sun-microsystems-jobs-earnings.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 17:51:12 EDT Black & Decker said Thursday it will cut 700 jobs, or about 3 percent of its workforce, and close a plant in Atlanta as part of a new restructuring plan. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/black-decker-jobs.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:37:43 EDT AT&T Inc. says a fiber line cut in rural Carroll County affected wireless phone service across parts of the Eastern Shore. AT&T spokeswoman Alexa Kaufman says the line was cut in Finksburg on Tuesda... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080416/communications-line-cut-on-eastern-shore.htm Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:56:45 EDT Officials are baffled over why someone would cut off the tops of nearly a dozen evergreen trees belonging to a man near Bismarck. Ron Koch estimates his loss at about $4,000. Authorities said it happ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080411/police-seek-answers-in-tree-top-mystery.htm Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:27:30 EDT