Sunday, May 27, 2012 5:20 PM EDT
Often called "the fifth BRIC nation", Mexico is a major emerging economy. But the country is also plagued by rampant criminal organizations. The deadly fighting between government forces and the heavily armed gangsters of the drug cartels is growing dimensions like a civil war.
By IBTimes AU
To those who are following Kim Kardashian on Instagram or Twitter, it’s no surprise how the reality star just loves sharing photos of herself. And not just pictures, most of them consist of her in teeny tiny bikinis. (May 23)
MORE TOPICS: TWITTER, KIM KARDASHIAN, LONDON
By Reuters UK
Mexico's main opposition faction hopes to secure support for energy, fiscal and labour market reforms by December if its candidate who is well ahead in the polls wins the presidency, a senior official in the Institutional Revolutionary Party said on Wednesday. (May 23)
MORE TOPICS: ELECTIONS, INVESTMENT, CONGRESS
By Health Canal
Conventional estimates of dementia incidence in middle-income countries have been too optimistic, suggests one of the largest studies of dementia incidence to date, led by researchers at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry and published online in The Lancet today. (May 23)
By Street Wise Reports
Global gold production is at an all-time high, according to a new report from the U.S. Geological Survey. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, the Survey's Mineral Commodities Specialist Micheal George pinpoints where the gold is co... (May 23)
MORE TOPICS: CHINA, GOLD, GOLD PRICES, AUSTRALIA, ADVERTISING, COPPER
By IBTimes
The national debate on the Keystone XL pipeline enters the courtroom, as Nebraska landowners sue their state over how the pipeline project could be approved. (May 23)
MORE TOPICS: BARACK OBAMA, CRUDE OIL, COURT, WHITE HOUSE, SUPREME COURT, LAWYER
By Reuters
The second largest public pension fund said on Tuesday it plans to vote all of its Wal-Mart Stores Inc shares against the entire board in the wake of bribery allegations in Mexico that Wal-Mart officials failed to fully investigate. (May 22)
MORE TOPICS: GOOGLE INC., WAL-MART, CALIFORNIA, THE NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORK
By Reuters
The second largest U.S. public pension fund said on Tuesday it plans to vote all of its Wal-Mart Stores Inc <WMT.N> shares against the board in the wake of bribery allegations in Mexico that Wal-Mart officials failed to fully investigate. (May 22)
MORE TOPICS: WAL-MART, DOW JONES, CALIFORNIA, THE NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORK
By IBTimes IN
In the last 35 months Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar had travelled overseas 29 times since joining the office, according to information revealed under the Right to Information Act. During the last 35 months around Rs. (May 22)
By IBTimes UK
Remains of Star Trek's James Doohan among hundreds to 'boldly go' to the final frontier. (May 22)
By IBTimes
The WTTC argues that travel and tourism’s contribution to GDP is faster than most other sectors in the Americas and will grow by 3.6 percent over the next 10 years, a much faster rate than mining (1.5 percent), education (2 percent), chemicals (2.5 percent) and financial services (3.4 percent). (May 21)
MORE TOPICS: MANUFACTURING, GDP, ARGENTINA, UNITED NATIONS
