International Business News - uscanada 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 John McCain is going up on the air in battleground states with a new campaign commercial in which he says: "I'm running for president to keep the country I love safe." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/mccain-runs-new-ad-in-battleground-states.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:16:08 EDT Officials at Slovenia's only nuclear power plant say technicians are replacing a faulty valve blamed for causing a water leak this week. Managers at the Krsko plant say the reactor should be back online early next week after being shut down due to Wednesday's leak. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/slovenian-nuclear-plant-begins-repair.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:21:59 EDT Suffolk Downs is offering a $5 million purse for the Massachusetts Handicap if Big Brown wins the Triple Crown and both he and Curlin go undefeated and start in the race against each other. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/big-brown-curlin-matchup-could-be-worth-5-million.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:20:16 EDT Shares of real estate investment trusts traded lower Friday morning, along with the broader market, on rising oil prices and a bigger-than-expected increase in unemployment. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/opening-glance-reits-slip-on-unemployment-data.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:12:33 EDT Angry consumers blocked rail tracks and roads and shut down businesses in several parts of India for a second day Friday, protesting a hike in fuel prices by the government. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/fuel-price-hike-protests-hit-india.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:05:06 EDT Presidents, prime ministers and heads of state from the four candidates bidding for the 2016 Olympics are welcome to attend the IOC vote next year. The IOC had considered barring dignitaries from future votes on grounds that their presence would eclipse the proceedings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/presidents-welcome-at-2016-olympics-vote.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:54:59 EDT Construction output in the United Kingdom was unchanged in the first quarter compared with the fourth quarter of 2007, the government reported Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/uk-1q-construction-output-holds-at-4q-level.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:54:07 EDT In an unprecedented move to keep illegal gambling and match-fixing out of the Olympics, the IOC is setting up a special unit to check for suspicious betting patterns during the Beijing Games. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/ioc-to-monitor-betting-during-beijing-olympics.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:51:22 EDT Several Fresno homeless people who claimed their belongings were wrongfully seized and destroyed in raids on their camps have reached a $2.3 million settlement with the city and state. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/fresno-calif-homeless-agree-to-2-3m-settlement.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:33:01 EDT China will lead a delegation of companies to the U.S. to look for investment opportunities as the next round of an economic dialogue begins, Chinese officials said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/chinese-companies-to-seek-deals-in-us.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:19:50 EDT A prominent Denver-area pastor accused of falsifying insurance documents to funnel money to church groups he controlled pleaded guilty Thursday to felony theft and was sentenced to serve probation and pay restitution. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/denver-pastor-pleads-in-insurance-fraud-case.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:06:27 EDT In politics, money talks. And money is likely to be an important factor in discussions between Barack Obama's advisers and the debt-saddled Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/clinton-expected-to-look-to-obama-for-help-on-debt.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:01:25 EDT Defense Secretary Robert Gates ousted the Air Force's top military and civilian leaders Thursday, holding them to account in a historic Pentagon shake-up after embarrassing nuclear mix-ups. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/65262-air-force-shake-up.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/gates-ousts-air-force-leaders-in-historic-shake-up.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/gates-ousts-air-force-leaders-in-historic-shake-up.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:58:00 EDT Black leaders who organized an anti-crime march that drew tens of thousands to St. Louis last weekend are recruiting "street teams" to mobilize in high-crime neighborhoods. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/anti-crime-street-teams-to-mobilize-in-st-louis.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:49:39 EDT Authorities say a couple trying to beat the high cost of gasoline accidentally caused a fire that burned their apartment complex. Fire Chief Richard Arruda says the couple had about 45 gallons of gasoline in nine plastic jugs stacked in a closet that also housed an air conditioning unit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/fire-officials-say-hoarded-gasoline-led-to-fire.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:22:50 EDT Government data due out Friday is expected to show that the rate of consumer borrowing slowed in April, but Americans still racked up more debt on their credit cards. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/ahead-of-the-bell-consumer-credit.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:16:39 EDT The world needs to invest $45 trillion in energy in coming decades, build some 1,400 nuclear power plants and vastly expand wind power in order to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to an energy study released Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/65164-japan-iea-climate-change.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/study-trillion-needed-combat-warming.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/study-trillion-needed-combat-warming.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:15:57 EDT When Cindy Barclay asks visitors to her booth at the local farmers market if they want to try honey from downtown Albany, they're often shocked. "They think I'm joking or they have a hard time believing it's from right here, but it really is a draw for them," said Barclay, who maintains hives in her small backyard, just blocks from New York's Capitol. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/65066-farm-scene-urban-beekeeping.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/urban-beekeeping-is-the-latest-buzz.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/urban-beekeeping-is-the-latest-buzz.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:33:26 EDT A Long Island woman has been found by police with her skin crawling with nearly invisible bloodsucking parasites from an infested bird's nest in her home. She's been taken to a hospital quarantine unit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/woman-with-bug-infested-bird-nest-is-quarantined.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:28:45 EDT A new counterterrorism training facility operated by military security contractor Blackwater Worldwide echoed with the grunts of Navy sailors, a day after a federal judge ordered the city to let classes begin. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/65040-blackwater-fight.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/blackwater-opens-san-diego-training-center.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/blackwater-opens-san-diego-training-center.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:47:34 EDT