International Business News - Most Comments Articles 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 Shares of some top computers companies were down at the close of trading: Apple Inc fell $1.86 or 1.1 percent, to $173.53. 166220 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/final-glance-computers-companies.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:51:54 EDT Brazil is partnering with a Barbados businessman in a proposal to build a $36 million ethanol plant near the capital. Etanol de Costa Rica SA says the plant would produce about 132 million gallons (500 million liters) of ethanol a year, refining ethanol imported from Brazil. Spokesman Fabio Chazyn says the fuel would be sold to the U.S. through Caribbean duty-free concessions not available to Brazil. 166307 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/barbados-considers-brazilian-ethanol-plant.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:33:21 EDT Michael Phelps locked arms with his three teammates, as though they were in a football huddle calling a play, then hugged each one of them. It took a team to make him the grandest of Olympic champions. And one last big push from Phelps himself. 164877 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110720-beijing-olympics-swimming-mens-relays.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/phelps-wins-8th-gold-medal-breaks-tie-with-spitz.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/phelps-wins-8th-gold-medal-breaks-tie-with-spitz.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:27:33 EDT Russia's president promised to start withdrawing forces from positions in Georgia on Monday, but suggested they could stay in the breakaway region at the heart of the fighting that has reignited Cold War tensions. 164881 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/111013-georgia_russia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/russian-forces-still-entrenched-in-georgia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/russian-forces-still-entrenched-in-georgia.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:17:24 EDT As Rafael Nadal stood in front of the medal podium, his nation's flag draped across his back like a cape, he looked a little like a Spanish Superman. In tennis, he is. 164882 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110757-beijing-olympics-tennis-mens-singles.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/tennis-star-federer-wins-1st-olympic-medal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/tennis-star-federer-wins-1st-olympic-medal.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:56:38 EDT Pakistan's ruling coalition finalized impeachment charges against President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday and a government minister said they could be filed as early as this week if he does not resign first. 164912 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110995-pakistan-politics.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/pakistan-coalition-readies-musharraf-impeachment.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/pakistan-coalition-readies-musharraf-impeachment.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:52:15 EDT The leader of a Hawaiian pro-sovereignty group that broke into a historic palace once home to royalty said he planned to chain himself to the throne but couldn't find it because he had never been in the palace before. 164886 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/hawaiian-palace-occupied-anew-about-20-arrested.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:15:38 EDT As of Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008, at least 4,143 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. 164989 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/us-military-deaths-in-iraq-war-at-4-143.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:03:53 EDT Leroy Sievers, a National Public Radio commentator who turned his battle with cancer into a popular and touching radio and online series, has died from his disease. He was 53. 164887 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/npr-commentator-blogger-leroy-sievers-dies-at-53.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:02:50 EDT A body found in a remote area was been identified as the clerk whose abduction from a store in a small North Texas town was recorded by security cameras, authorities said Sunday. 164888 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/authorities-find-body-that-may-be-missing-clerk.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:03:47 EDT The Afghan police ordered 7,000 officers onto the streets of Kabul to guard against attacks on senior leaders during Independence Day celebrations Monday, responding to signs of the Taliban's growing strength near the capital. 164889 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110864-afghanistan-daily-life.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/30-taliban-fighters-killed-in-afghanistan-clashes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/30-taliban-fighters-killed-in-afghanistan-clashes.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:35:33 EDT STARS 164909 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/sunday-highlights-at-the-beijing-games.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:14:50 EDT The military says a wind-whipped fire at a California air base damaged more vacant homes than previously though--at least 230. Air Force Maj. Vanessa Hillman said Sunday that the 190 homes and 40 duplexes burned in the fire at Travis Air Force Base were slated for demolition anyway. 164891 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/fire-at-california-air-base-burns-80-vacant-homes.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:25:02 EDT A few fun-loving fresh faces have suddenly turned Jamaica into the "World's Fastest Nation." And that supposed U.S. track and field juggernaut? Well, things aren't quite going to plan. 164892 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/111025-beijing-olympics-athletics-womens-100m.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/bolt-breaks-100-meter-record-wins-olympic-gold.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/bolt-breaks-100-meter-record-wins-olympic-gold.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:38:25 EDT Florida Keys officials closed schools, opened shelters and urged visitors to leave as Tropical Storm Fay threatened to strengthen into a hurricane Sunday, but residents and some tourists seemed in no hurry to evacuate. 164893 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/111022-tropical-weather-florida.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/forecasters-floridia-should-prepare-for-hurricane.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/forecasters-floridia-should-prepare-for-hurricane.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:30:37 EDT There was much dancing: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are married, according to reports. In the biggest celebrity union since California legalized same-sex marriage, DeGeneres, 50, and de Rossi, 35, wed Saturday night in an intimate ceremony at their Beverly Hills home, People and Us Magazine reported. 164895 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110981-people-degeneres.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/reports-degeneres-and-de-rossi-wed-in-calif.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/reports-degeneres-and-de-rossi-wed-in-calif.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:59:46 EDT Qwest Communications International Inc. and members of its largest union headed back to the bargaining table Sunday for further negotiations after a labor contract expired. 164897 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110967-qwest-labor.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/qwest-union-keep-talking-as-contract-expires.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/qwest-union-keep-talking-as-contract-expires.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:15:43 EDT Israel's Cabinet on Sunday approved the release of some 200 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to the government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. 164917 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110963-mideast-israel-palestinians.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/israel-approves-release-of-200-jailed-palestinians.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/israel-approves-release-of-200-jailed-palestinians.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:21:07 EDT The Philippine military says Muslim rebels have attacked two southern villages, killed a local official and burned houses in a new escalation of fighting. 164919 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110998-philippines-muslim-rebels.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/4-philippine-soldiers-3-militia-killed-in-ambush.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/4-philippine-soldiers-3-militia-killed-in-ambush.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:53:07 EDT Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser are in the beach volleyball final four after beating Germany 21-13, 25-23. The reigning world champions and gold medal favorites beat Eric Koreng and David Klemperer on Monday. The Americans will play the winner of Spain and the Netherlands on Wednesday for a spot in the gold medal game. 164918 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110588-beijing-olympics-beach-volleyball-women.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/us-women-defending-champs-advance-to-beach-semis.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/us-women-defending-champs-advance-to-beach-semis.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:08:01 EDT