Food companies big and small are struggling to replace genetically modified ingredients with conventional ones. Pressure is growing to label products made from genetically modified organisms, or “G.M.O.” In Connecticut, Vermont and Maine, at least one chamber of the state legislature has approved bills that would require the labeling of […]
WASHINGTON — The refusal by about half the states to expand Medicaid will leave millions of poor people ineligible for government-subsidized health insurance under President Obama’s health care law even as many others with higher incomes receive federal subsidies to buy insurance. Starting next month, the administration and its allies […]
Europe’s persistent downturn is showing few signs of abating. The decline in business activity in the 17-nation eurozone slowed in May, but surveys published Thursday suggest the region’s longest recession will extend into another quarter. Financial data provider Markit said its flash reading of eurozone purchasing managers’ sentiment rose to […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Sanket Sant, a citizen of India, came to the United States at age 21, earning a master’s degree in engineering, followed by a doctorate and then landing a well-paying job at a company making semiconductor equipment. Then, he waited for the American government to decide if he […]
(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is not expected to hint at a pending policy change when he testifies before the U.S. Congress on Wednesday despite some speculation among investors that the central bank could soon reduce its massive bond buying program. Bernanke’s close ally, New York Fed President […]
Reuters | May 21, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES KHARTOUM — Lebanese farmland investor GLB Invest plans to invest up to $800 million in Sudan to produce animal feed to be sold to Saudi Arabia, its president said on Tuesday. Arab investors have launched farmland and livestock projects in the vast […]
TOKYO — After years of grinding malaise, Japan suddenly has some of its bling back. A humbled Sony — once a titan of Japan Inc. — recently sprang back into the black for the first year in five years, courtesy of a plunging yen. Honda, another corporate icon, triumphantly announced […]
RIYADH: RODOLFO C. ESTIMO JR. ARABNEWS Sunday 19 May 2013 The ArRiyadh Development Authority has tapped the world’s leading Muslim architect Zaha Hadid to design its metro station at the […]
A sharp pullback in apartment and condominium construction led to a big decline in overall home building in April, even as single-family home construction remained strong, according to government data released Thursday. The Census Bureau reported that housing starts fell 17% in the month to an annual pace of 853,000. […]
A pear-shaped colourless diamond – the largest ever offered at auction – has sold for a record CHF25.9 million ($26.7 million) in Geneva, where records were also set for the […]
(Reuters) – Import prices fell in April due to a drop in oil costs, a positive sign for household finances that also pointed to benign inflation pressures. Import prices slipped 0.5 percent last month, the biggest decline since December, the Labor Department said on Tuesday. March’s data was revised to […]
by Peter Siegenthaler, swissinfo.ch May 14, 2013 – 11:00 Saudi Arabia, a key player in the conflict in Syria, is an important Swiss trade partner but it regularly makes headlines due to human rights violations. Is conducting business with the desert state complicity, or another way of bringing about change? […]
JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE ARABNEWS Tuesday 14 May 2013 The perception that Saudis do not want to take up unskilled jobs is changing, according to Nidal Radwan, chairman of the National […]
By Robyn Dixon May 10, 2013, 12:28 p.m. JOHANNESBURG — Africa loses the benefit of billions of dollars each year through illegal tax evasion, money transfers and secretive business deals, […]
By contributing writer Vidushi Sharma for KidSpirit’s Money and Value issue. This June, if you’d walked into the last KidSpirit Editorial Board meeting of the year, you would have seen a group of kids widely ranging in age. Some of us had cookies and milk in our hands; others were […]
by Veronica DeVore, swissinfo.ch May 8, 2013 – 17:08 Brazil’s Roberto Azavedo, announced as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organization on Wednesday, is a savvy “dealmaker” but will face a host of challenges in his new position, says former Swiss WTO negotiator Luzius Wasescha. Azevedo, who will be […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Hospitals across the nation — even those located just miles apart — charge wildly different rates for the same medical procedure. A data set released for the first time by the Department of Health and Human Services illustrates just how dramatic the price gaps can be. The […]
RIYADH: ABDUL HANNAN TAGO & ALVIN RELOX ARABNEWS Wednesday 8 May 2013 The driverless metro rail, to be operated by a team of only Saudi women inside the women’s school […]
Fire a few days back, building collapse yesterday and workers’ vandalism over poor wage today. These are the headlines the largest forex earning sector makes, for several years now. Risky buildings can exist only when a government goes into hibernation and risky workplaces when an employer turns covertly criminal. As […]
VIDALIA, Ga. — For years, labor unions and immigrant rights activists have accused large-scale farmers, like those harvesting sweet Vidalia onions here this month, of exploiting Mexican guest workers. Working for hours on end under a punishing sun, the pickers are said to be crowded into squalid camps, driven without […]