Nissan to assemble three subcompacts in Mexico The Times Of India Nissan Motor Co will start production of three new low-cost subcompacts in the Mexican market, and will invest about 52 billion yen to upgrade its existing plants in the Latin American country for this, the Nikkei business daily reported. | The Japanese automaker plans to start assembly of Micra, kn...
Trade rep lauds Obama on jobs Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk told workers at a Washington County steel plant Friday that the Obama administration was living up to its promises to protect U.S. manufacturing jobs. | Mr. Kirk, appearing at Allegheny Technologies' specialty pla...
U.S. Plans to File a Trade Complaint, Citing Labor Violations in Guatemala The New York Times | WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Friday that it would file a complaint against Guatemala claiming labor law violations under the Central America Free Trade Agreement, the first time Washington has pursued such a case against a ...
48 Hours In: Rio de Janeiro The Independent | Click here for In...Rio de Janeiro map | Travel essentials | Why go now? | The sun is shining again in Brazil's most flamboyant city - and new flights should mean lower fares. After landslides devastated parts of Rio in April, the former capital is...
The Muni-Bond Debt Bomb Wall Street Journal By STEVEN MALANGA | From the City Journal | In the early 1970s, New Jersey officials decided to build a sports facility in the Meadowlands, the state's wetlands just outside New York City. To help pay for it, they formed the New Jersey Sports and Exp...
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IMF cancels Haiti's $268m debt Al Jazeera | The International Monetary Fund has cancelled Haiti's $268m debt and approved a new loan worth $60m to boost international reserves in the earthquake-devastated nation. | The IMF...
British PM regrets BP oil spill Al Jazeera | It has been three months since British energy giant BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 men and sparking the worst environmental disaster in...
For Gulf, renewal is a tall order Herald Tribune | HOUMA, La. - Loulan Pitre Sr. was born on the Gulf Coast in 1921, the son of an oysterman. Nearly all his life, he worked on the water, abiding by the widely shared faith that the resources of the Gulf of Mexico were limitless. | As a young Marine ...
A look at global economic developments The News & Observer | A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Thursday: | --- | LONDON - The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed down 0.1 percent, Germany's DAX fell 0.7 percent and the CAC-40 shed 0.5 percent. | ...
A look at global economic developments Kansas City Star More News | A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Thursday: | --- | LONDON - The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed down 0.1 percent, Germany's DAX fell 0.7 percent and the CAC-40 shed 0.5 p...
Hornbeck Offshore Announces Second Quarter 2010 Results redOrbit | COVINGTON, La., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) announced today results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010. Following are highlights for this period and the Company's future outlook: | Company ...
BP accused of 'buying academic silence' BBC News The head of the American Association of Professors has accused BP of trying to "buy" the best scientists and academics to help its defence against litigation after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. | "This is really one huge corporation trying to buy faculty silence in a comprehensive way," said Cary Nelson. | BP faces more than 300 lawsuits so far. | ...
