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 In all the finger-pointing about the credit crisis, there's one unusual suspect: an accounting standard. Critics say the standard called "mark to market," or "fair value," is one cause of the nation's financial woes. Others contend that has nothing to do with banks' troubles. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/meltdown-101-what-is-mark-to-market-accounting.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:50 EST Retired Dallas police detective Jim Leavelle still gets letters from strangers because of that 1963 photo of him standing next to Lee Harvey Oswald. You know--THAT photo. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/179205-hancuffed-to-oswald.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/detective-handcuffed-to-oswald-cant-escape-photo.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/detective-handcuffed-to-oswald-cant-escape-photo.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:46:18 EST Tom Daschle's new job as secretary of Health and Human Services would mark his return to Washington politics after a bitter Senate defeat left him searching for a way to stay involved. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/178320-obama-health-daschle.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/daschle-returns-to-washington-spotlight-with-obama.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/daschle-returns-to-washington-spotlight-with-obama.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:45:05 EST _ What do you call a Yugo's shock absorbers? Passengers.--The new Yugo has an air bag. Before an accident, start pumping real fast. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/a-selection-of-yugo-jokes.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:49:10 EST Why does a Yugo have a defroster on the rear window? To keep your hands warm while you push it. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/178027-serbia-farewell-to-yugo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/serbia-bids-farewell-to-yugo.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/serbia-bids-farewell-to-yugo.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:08:43 EST Italy's highest court ruled Thursday in favor of a man's request to disconnect his daughter's feeding tube and allow her to die after 16 years in a vegetative state. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/italy-father-can-end-daughters-life-support.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:53:55 EST Engineering and energy services provider Michael Baker Corp. said on Tuesday that after its client Storm Cat Energy Corp. filed for Chapter 11 protection, it is assessing this action's impact on the company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/michael-baker-corp-assessing-clients-chapter-11.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:21:25 EST A man who calls himself the Dentist to the Stars has been awarded nearly $15 million for head and spinal injuries he suffered when his moped hit the lid of an underground electric service box on a New York City street. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081107/ny-celebrity-dentist-who-crashed-moped-gets-15m.htm Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:39:37 EST "Mouth to Mouth" by English playwright Kevin Elyot is a melancholy little memory play, sad yet compulsively watchable in its disturbing tale of friendship and family pulled apart by desire and selfishness. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/169575-theater-review-mouth-to-mouth.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081106/painful-memories-surface-in-mouth-to-mouth.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081106/painful-memories-surface-in-mouth-to-mouth.htm Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:03:27 EST It was a tumultuous Monday morning in mid-September--two of America's financial giants were near collapse, the Dow was plummeting and the economy seemed to be in free fall--when Barack Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, heard a staffer cry out in disbelief. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/168900-obama-road-to-the-white-house.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081105/fresh-face-disciplined-race-message-of-change.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081105/fresh-face-disciplined-race-message-of-change.htm Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:39:44 EST A teenage bodybuilder has been crushed to death while trying to stop a minivan from rolling into another car in Brooklyn. Mousa Alijahmi (ali-JAH'-mee), a freshman at the College of Staten Island, was working as a restaurant valet when he died Saturday afternoon. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/teen-crushed-to-death-while-parking-minivan-in-ny.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:44:31 EST A woman accused with her husband of giving their 4-year-old daughter a fatal overdose of prescription drugs will be released from jail as she awaits trial, a judge ruled Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/judge-orders-mom-charged-in-kids-death-released.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:14:08 EDT We're underwater on our mortgages. Our 401(k)s are in the tank. We're worried about layoffs, or we've already been laid off. And so there's nothing left to do but vote. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/want-to-vote-in-fla-line-up-and-wait-and-wait.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:56:35 EDT An analysis of the state-by-state race to 270 electoral votes between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. ___ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/state-by-state-glance-at-the-electoral-college-map.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:59:46 EDT Barack Obama has pulled ahead in enough states to win the 270 electoral votes he needs to gain the White House--and with states to spare--according to an Associated Press analysis that shows he is now moving beyond typical Democratic territory to challenge John McCain on historically GOP turf. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/obama-now-on-track-for-electoral-college-majority.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:06:24 EDT We drove away from this village filled with refugees where babies wailed and mothers shouted for food and money. Soon the desperate clamor was replaced by eerie silence. Nothing moved in the lush tropical forest. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/161670-congo-fighting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/chaos-on-road-to-goma-as-congolese-troops-retreat.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/chaos-on-road-to-goma-as-congolese-troops-retreat.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:21:06 EDT Travelers Cos. Inc. on Tuesday shunned the idea of government assistance in the insurance industry, and insisted that it does not require, nor plan to request, financial help from the U.S. Treasury Department under the $700 billion financial rescue package. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/travelers-shuns-idea-of-govt-financial-assistance.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:48:34 EDT The campaign signs Gerald Skaggs has strung to his fence and flagpole--"Had Enough? Vote Democrat"--prompt passers-by on U.S. 60 to stop and talk. Sometimes, a bit too much. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/160571-returning-to-blue-roots.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081027/voting-question-pocketbooks-vs-racial-issues.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081027/voting-question-pocketbooks-vs-racial-issues.htm Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:04:56 EDT Authorities said a woman who shot her husband in the knee won't face charges because he begged her to do it. The Arapahoe County Sheriff's office said a 35-year-old woman accused her husband of being drunk and becoming violent during an argument. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081017/woman-obliges-after-husband-begs-to-be-shot.htm Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:03:45 EDT The fall theater season is still young, but Nick Whitby's "To Be or Not to Be" may turn out to be the most unnecessary Broadway production of the year. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/152313-theater-review-to-be-or-not-to-be.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081014/to-be-or-not-to-be-receives-a-wan-adaptation.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081014/to-be-or-not-to-be-receives-a-wan-adaptation.htm Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:17:46 EDT