Economic Organization

Brazilian named to head World Trade Organization

2013-05-07 14:21:00

SAO PAULO, Brazil--Roberto Azevedo of Brazil has been elected the first Latin American director-general of the World Trade Organization, the global body charged with moving forward stalled trade agreement talks. The choice of Azevedo over close rival...

Good fences make safe lions

2013-04-25 00:00:00

During the 1960s, when most African nature reserves were being established, lions tended to be born free. But today, freedom doesn't always serve them well. Fifty years ago, human population densities were low in the areas where lions roamed. But...

Indian court ruling hailed as victory for generic drugs

2013-04-01 12:42:00

The Indian Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Swiss drug company cannot patent a medicine used to treat a rare form of leukemia, in a decision with global implications for generic drugs. The court ruled that Glivec, the drug developed by Novartis, was...

Bid to ban commercial trade in polar bears fails

2013-03-07 05:00:00

An unusual coalition between the U.S. and Russia to win an international ban on commercial trade of polar bear parts failed Thursday. Meeting in Bangkok, delegates to the 176-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species voted down a U....

Hugo Chavez: Admired and despised by readers

2013-03-06 13:44:00

For just as many reasons readers found to sneer at Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with cancer, others found reasons to praise the late strongman. While several readers slammed Chavez for behaving like a dictator and...

U.S.-Mexico tomato trade agreement finalized

2013-03-05 10:49:00

After months of wrangling, the U.S. and Mexico signed a new tomato trade agreement late Monday, officially suspending an antidumping investigation of fresh tomatoes from south of the border and raising floor prices for Mexican tomatoes. The agreement,...

A.W. 'Tom' Clausen dies at 89; longtime Bank of America leader

2013-01-23 22:45:00

A.W. "Tom" Clausen, a no-nonsense Midwesterner who led San Francisco-based Bank of America before and after serving as president of the World Bank, died Monday at a hospital in Burlingame, Calif. He was 89. The cause was complications from pneumonia,...

McManus: Obama's less-is-more agenda

2013-02-13 00:00:00

President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday, the first of his second term, won't be long remembered. It didn't offer much in the way of new ideas. It was short on memorable lines — except, perhaps, his demand for congressional action on gun...

Tour bus crash: Federal investigators looking at maintenance records

2013-02-06 05:53:06

Tour bus crash: Residents smelled burning brakes, heard horn

2013-02-05 13:43:49

Tomato prices to rise if U.S-Mexico trade agreement ends, study says

2013-01-24 12:08:00

Retail prices for tomatoes may double if a trade agreement between the U.S. and Mexico ends, according to a study released Thursday by a tomato importing group. The possible price hike is the result of a brewing trade war between Florida tomato...

Climate talks buffeted by the force of Superstorm Sandy

2012-11-28 04:00:00

More than 17,000 people have converged on the Qatari capital for the latest U.N. climate talks, but the most influential presence may be Sandy. The superstorm that ravaged the U.S. Northeast a month ago seared into the American consciousness an...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel jokes with a delegation from the World Bank after receiving a gift from them during their visit to Harold Washington College. They gave him his favorite coffee from Washington D.C. and a World Bank mug.

2013-04-23 00:00:00

IMF managing director Christine Lagarde addresses officials at the IMF and World Bank spring meetings in Washington.

2013-04-20 14:49:56

Local community foundations� representatives present grant checks to assist Northern Lakes Economic Alliance in establishing its new Service Provider Program.

2013-01-31 06:10:00