http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com International Business 60 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:20:18 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/772086.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/772086.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:01 EST For the past two years, rainy Saturdays meant a steady stream of customers to a Renault auto dealership in this seaside city. Rio residents eschewed the beach to open up their wallets during the good economic times. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/770985.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/770985.html Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:38 EST The world's developed countries, hard hit by the financial crisis, have probably tipped into a recession that will last at least through the first half of 2009, according to new projections issued Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/770290.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/770290.html Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:01 EST As many as 11,000 workers in Macau will lose their jobs after a cash crunch forced struggling casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. to halt construction on multibillion dollar projects in the Chinese gambling city, company officials said Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/770296.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/770296.html Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Peru, the world's third-largest producer of copper, zinc and tin, may face labor disruptions as companies cut costs and the nation's revenue falls on slumping metals prices, said Geoffrey Burns, chief executive officer of Pan American Silver. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/770013.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/770013.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:23 EST Passengers on Air France can expect disruptions to flights this weekend due to a pilots strike. A daily flight from Miami to Paris will run as scheduled Friday, but it is too early to know about later in the weekend, an Air France spokeswoman said. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/768528.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/768528.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Russia may have to tap into rainy-day reserves of billions of dollars to help state finances weather the economic crisis and declining oil profits, the finance minister said Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/768526.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/768526.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:01 EST The Bank of England warned Wednesday that the economy will shrink significantly next year and inflation will tumble from current highs, stoking expectations that the central bank will cut interest rates further. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/768527.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/768527.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:01 EST BRUSSELS -- Welcome back the curvy zucchini, mangled mushroom and other odd and ugly fruit and vegetables. The EU bid adieu Wednesday to rules that have cemented its image as an ivory tower: Starting next summer, it will allow the sale of fruit and vegetables that may be crooked, bent or twisted but are fine to eat. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/766923.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/766923.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Chile's largest airline says it is purchasing four Boeing 767 aircraft for $636 million. LAN Airlines told the stock regulation agency that the accord signed with Boeing includes an option for the purchase of two more similar aircraft in 2013. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/766921.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/766921.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Preparing for a Washington summit to discuss a response to the global financial crisis, China indicated Tuesday its focus will be its own economy -- not paying to bail out others. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/766922.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/766922.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Critics have said that Brazil was long on potential and short on performance. Not anymore. The country has become one of the world's biggest democracies and an economic powerhouse. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/765583.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/765583.html Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Brazil's Central Bank president says his colleagues from around the world agree that the global economy will slow significantly next year -- and that developed nations could even see shrinking gross domestic product. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/765572.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/765572.html Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:01 EST (AP) -- The European Union, dependent on Russia for much of its energy, decided Monday to resume major economic and political negotiations with Moscow that were frozen after the invasion of Georgia. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/765573.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/765573.html Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:01 EST British Prime Minister Gordon Brown planned to warn the United States on Monday against any move toward protectionism, but to insist that London will be Washington's closest ally in tackling the world's financial crisis. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/765581.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/765581.html Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:01 EST China's $586 billion stimulus package is its ''biggest contribution to the world,'' Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday, as hopes rose that heavy spending on construction and other projects would help support global growth by fueling demand for imported machinery and raw materials. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/762139.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/762139.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:01 EST For the first time in almost half a century, Vatican administration staff will clock in for work as part of a clampdown on slackers, a sign that the global financial crisis has also spread to the world's smallest state. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/762145.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/762145.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:01 EST It's not easy to keep a banana yellow. To get it to market ripe but unblemished by brown sugar spots takes careful timing, a slight fiddling with nature's rhythms and a delivery system that is increasingly computer-driven and technical. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/762135.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/762135.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Despite the global economic slowdown, Lufthansa, the German airline, is expanding its presence in Miami. The airline recently launched seasonal nonstop service between Miami International Airport and Dusseldorf, marking its second destination, after Frankfurt. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/762284.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/762284.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:01 EST France is pressing for Spain to be included in next week's international finance summit in Washington. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said it would be tough to exclude the country from the G-20 financial crisis in Washington, given that Spain has the world's eighth-largest economy. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/762251.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/762251.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:01 EST A bill to nationalize $23 billion in private pension funds easily won approval in Argentina's lower house of Congress on Friday. Analysts said the ruling Peronist party should have the votes to nationalize the funds when the Senate takes up the bill on Nov. 30.