Published on May,24 2012 - by Agence France Presse
Tapping Brazil's huge offshore oil reserves will require foreign investment that only cash-rich Chinese banks are in a position to provide, industry experts said.Alvaro Teixera of the Brazilian Petroleum, Gas and ...
Published on May,23 2012 - by Agence France Presse
The Syrian government may have committed crimes against humanity by using "lethal" force and "torturing" detainees in its crackdown on a 14-month uprising, Amnesty International said on Thursday.In its annual report, the ...
Published on May,23 2012 - by Forbes
As part of its project on how to achieve 4% real growth for the U.S. economy, the George W. Bush Institute produced a conference in April on the subject of taxation. FORBES was the media partner. President Bush gave us ...
Published on May,23 2012 - by Forbes
...ography--and he claims to have read every one. The workspace itself looks middle-period Apple Store--pale wood floors, white walls, lots of glass and large-screen iMacs on every desk--except that the walls are crammed wi...
Published on May,23 2012 - by Forbes
Sometimes at a family business the transition to the next generation can take much longer than it appears. Harry Wang took the reins as chief executive at upmarket Taiwanese fashion house Shiatzy Chen in 2003. The next ...
Published on May,23 2012 - by Forbes
Powerful pairs are the overlooked secret to business success. Steve Jobs is most often portrayed as the iconic lone hero, but his success was really the sum of fruitful pairings: with Steve Wozniak to start Apple, with ...
Published on May,23 2012 - by Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Natural gas futures ended higher on Wednesday for a second straight day, as tighter supply-demand fundamentals and forecasts for warm weather offset early selling on the milder outlook for late next ...
Published on May,23 2012 - by Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO _ Media giant and former talk-show host Oprah Winfrey placed her eight-room, 4,607-square-footco-op unit on the market on Tuesday for $2.8 million, half of what she paid for the unit in 2006. The three-bedroom ...
Published on May,23 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
The husband of murdered honeymoon bride Michaela McAreavey was forced to confront "his worst nightmare" after finding her unconscious in the bathtub of their Mauritius hotel room, a court heard. Prosecutors who on ...
Published on May,23 2012 - by Forbes
By Angela Logomasini Useful consumer products may soon disappear from the market and innovation dwindle as regulators?state and local?expand what basically amounts to smear campaigns. These campaigns include listing ...