International Business News - president 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 Several thousand demonstrators waved flags and chanted in Taiwan's capital Saturday to protest the detention of former President Chen Shui-bian on graft allegations. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/180287-taiwan-former-president.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081122/several-thousand-rally-in-support-of-taiwans-chen.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081122/several-thousand-rally-in-support-of-taiwans-chen.htm Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:16:25 EST The director of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in Manhattan is leaving his position to become the new rector of the Royal College of Art in London. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/nycs-cooper-hewitt-museum-director-to-resign.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:33:47 EST Gaylord Entertainment Co. said Friday it promoted Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer David Kloeppel to president, effective immediately. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/gaylord-entertainment-promotes-cfo-to-president.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:55:25 EST Taiwanese prosecutors said they questioned jailed former President Chen Shui-bian over graft allegations Friday, as he extended a hunger strike for a 10th day. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/prosecutors-question-taiwans-chen-in-jail.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:49:52 EST Peruvian President Alan Garcia, who won elections in 1985 and 2006, says he'd like to try again--in 2016. The 59-year-old leader says in an interview that "of course" he'd enjoy a third term. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/peru-president-says-hed-like-third-term-_-in-2016.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:05:12 EST When Andrew Sorensen ascended to the presidency of the University of South Carolina in 2002, his arrival was marked by the traditional pomp and circumstance one might expect at the state's flagship school. More than 200 guests feted the new president with a gala reception, the price tag covered by taxpayer funds. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/new-usc-president-picks-pizza-over-pomp.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:32:01 EST Irish drug maker Elan Corp. said Thursday it named former Eli Lilly & Co. executive Carlos V. Paya as president, effective Tuesday. Paya will be in charge of the company's scientific, clinical and medical initiatives. Elan's development, research and clinical departments as well as its Chief Scientific Officer Dale Schenk and Chief Medical Officer Ivan Lieberburg will report to him. Lieberburg will also report to Chief Executive Kelly Martin on patient safety. Martin had served as president. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/elan-names-former-eli-lilly-executive-as-president.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:26:43 EST Republican John McCain has defeated President-elect Barack Obama in Missouri--the last state to be decided in the 2008 presidential election. McCain's narrow victory over Obama breaks a bellwether streak in which Missourians had picked the winning presidential candidate in every election since 1956. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/mccain-wins-missouri-in-close-race-against-obama.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:15:19 EST Regulators likely would move quickly to consider a plan to relocate the President Casino to a new spot on the Mississippi River in St. Louis, the head of the Missouri Gaming Commission said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/missouri-casino-move-could-get-quick-consideration.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:20:55 EST Authorities took former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian from his jail cell to a hospital Sunday when a doctor detected an irregular heartbeat following Chen's five-day hunger strike over his arrest on corruption charges. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/176325-aptopix-taiwan-former-president.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081116/jailed-taiwanese-ex-leader-hospitalized.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081116/jailed-taiwanese-ex-leader-hospitalized.htm Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:56:40 EST This isn't your grandfather's fireside chat. President-elect Barack Obama plans to tape a weekly address not just for radio listeners, as presidents have for years, but for YouTube Internet viewers, too. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/obama-to-use-web-videos-for-presidential-address.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:37:26 EST Coal producer Massey Energy Co. on Thursday said its board of directors promoted Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Baxter Phillips Jr. to president. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/massey-energy-names-baxter-phillips-president.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:38:43 EST Jailed former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian has begun a hunger strike to protest his arrest and highlight his claim that he is being persecuted by his successors, his lawyer said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/173937-aptopix-taiwan-former-president.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/fall-of-taiwans-chen-tests-independence-activists.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/fall-of-taiwans-chen-tests-independence-activists.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:09:42 EST The downfall of the former Taiwanese president, captured in striking images of the ex-leader being led away to jail, has called into question whether his pro-independence movement has been sidelined as a vibrant political force. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/173340-aptopix-taiwan-former-president.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/taiwans-chen-ordered-detained.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/taiwans-chen-ordered-detained.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:39:36 EST Bolivian officials said Tuesday they have formally asked the United States to extradite former President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, who ordered a military crackdown on 2003 riots in which at least 60 people died. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/bolivia-asks-us-to-extradite-ex-president.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:38:25 EST President Dmitry Medvedev submitted a bill Tuesday to extend Russia's presidential term from four years to six, making good on a promise in his state of the nation address. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/172899-russia-medvedev-banks.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/medvedev-submits-bill-for-6-year-presidential-term.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/medvedev-submits-bill-for-6-year-presidential-term.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:28:21 EST Mohamed Nasheed, who took the oath of office Tuesday as the Maldives' first democratically elected president, is looking for ways to protect his low-lying island nation from the threat of global warming. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/nasheed-sworn-in-as-maldives-president.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:59:41 EST A Taiwanese court ordered former President Chen Shui-bian held on corruption charges Wednesday, an ignominious decision for a man who won acclaim for standing up to China with pro-independence policies. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/172737-aptopix-taiwan-former-president.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/taiwans-former-president-says-he-faces-arrest.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/taiwans-former-president-says-he-faces-arrest.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:26:31 EST President-elect Obama won North Carolina on Thursday, a triumph that underscored his political strength as he turned nine states that President Bush won in 2004 to Democratic blue. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/169741-election-reax.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081107/obama-adds-north-carolina-to-white-house-win.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081107/obama-adds-north-carolina-to-white-house-win.htm Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:37:01 EST President-elect Obama won North Carolina on Thursday, a triumph that underscored his political strength as he turned nine states that President Bush won in 2004 to Democratic blue. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081106/obama-adds-symbolic-nc-victory-to-white-house-win.htm Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:27:37 EST