]> http://www.globalenvision.org/breakingnews News clips brought to you by GlobalEnvision.org. en http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0107/p25s08-woam.html A sharp drop in oil prices is forcing the country to reduce government spending. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:00:00 -0800 http://www.lapress.org/articles.asp?art=5729 Brazil´s expanding biofuel industry, particularly sugarcane ethanol production, has thrown the country into a raging international land use debate. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:44:39 -0800 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123120525879656021.html?mod=rss_Page_One As layoffs and store closures grip the U.S., families embracing frugality are also a major reason the downturn may not soon end. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:18:04 -0800 http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,599796,00.html#ref=rss The energy dispute between Russia and Ukraine has escalated and now Europe is suffering disruptions to its gas supplies. Hit hard by the financial crisis, Ukraine is hardly in a position to meet Gazprom's demands. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:24:20 -0800 http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=82100 The WFP in collaboration with its implementing partners, will soon begin an ambitious food-for-work program for thousands of Cyclone Nargis survivors. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:45:23 -0800 http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/05/business/commuter.php More Americans are opting for commuter marriage to secure financial stability. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:16:35 -0800 http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/can-business-do-well-and-do-good/index.html?partner=rss&emc=rss An economist discusses how ethical businesses should be, in light of their duties to their shareholders and to "the greater good." Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:33:08 -0800 http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12881455&fsrc=rss Among the more difficult things to forecast for 2009 is what will happen to giving. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:35:16 -0800 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/a87682f58752690532f841779c09da1a.htm High Commissioner Guterres calls for strict adherence to humanitarian principles in Gaza, including respect for the universal rights of those fleeing war to seek safety in other states. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:39:07 -0800 http://english.aljazeera.net/business/2009/2009/01/20091510401413537.html Stimulus plans boost confidence but UN expected to issue grim economic report. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:59:39 -0800 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99002587&ft=1&f=1004 Just like in 2006, Russia has shut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine and raised fears of an energy crisis in Europe. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:00:00 -0800 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98588355&ft=1&f=1004 As many Americans struggle to pay for health care or health insurance, hospitals in Mexico are expanding in hopes of wooing more patients from north of the border. Costs for procedures are often significantly cheaper due to less overhead in Mexico. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:10:00 -0800 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/business/02steel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss The steel industry, a bellwether for the state of the nation’s economy, is looking to the government for a $1 trillion investment program over two years. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:50:08 -0800 http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7808561.stm Indian authorities unveil a fresh economic stimulus package, including another cut in the country's main interest rate. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:15:48 -0800 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98943856&ft=1&f=1004 Castro predicts that Cuba's revolution would survive another half-century, but Cuba also faces huge challenges. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:27:00 -0800 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/world/asia/02kabul.html?partner=rss&emc=rss The state built on the ruins of the Taliban regime now often seems to exist for little more than the enrichment of those who run it. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:20:16 -0800 http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0102/p06s02-woap.html Beijing restores tax breaks and other perks for Chinese exporters. It's worried that declining exports mean more social unrest. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:00:00 -0800 http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0102/p01s01-woam.html Last month, a group of American adoptive parents traveled to Guatemala to donate $30,000 worth of food, toys, clothes, and shoes to 1,000 poor indigenous families. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:00:00 -0800 http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/index_xml/~3/9wSzjcKCavw/AR2009010101848.html As China's economy slows and factories close, many Chinese migrant laborers are finding themselves out of work and returning home. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:00:00 -0800 http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/30/business/col31.php Blue-collar workers are streaming back to the country's farming hinterland as their city jobs fall victim to the global economic crisis. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:54:34 -0800 http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/30/business/30gene.php Genetic screening and other tests give doctors more evidence for tailoring treatments to patients, potentially improving care and saving money. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:07:23 -0800 http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/30/business/air.php The test flight Tuesday - and two by airlines in the United States and Japan in January - will be closely watched by an industry that is determined to wean itself from conventional crude oil. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:07:23 -0800 http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/30/business/30peso.php Mexico is credited with prudent policies that have reduced debt and tamed inflation, but that has not saved it from the pain of global recession. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:07:23 -0800 http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/30/business/detroit.php Since millions of blacks moved north nearly a century ago, many of their destinies have been entwined with the auto industry's. Many now find their economic well-being threatened. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:07:23 -0800 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/12/31/egypt-the-other-side-of-gaza%e2%80%99s-story/ The last Israeli Attack on Gaza didn't only impact Palestinians or Arabs, but there is also another side of the story lived and said by those in Egypt. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:35:32 -0800 http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/xml/rss/3_7041/~3/EF9dqHcofYY/SB123069352361944919.html President-elect Barack Obama is rightly focused on preparing a stimulus plan to "jolt" the American economy toward recovery. Yet missing thus far is any mention of international trade as part of his plan. (Opinion) Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:47:36 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/world/~3/AM1ISFW-y7I/0,8599,1868854,00.html The country is depending on couples like the Gongs to spend the country into future prosperity. But the global recession is making a tightwad of everyone. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:15:00 -0800 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/world/asia/26addiction.html?partner=rss&emc=rss In the past decade, China has invested upward of $1 trillion into American government bonds and government-backed mortgage debt, lowering interest rates and fueling a historic consumption binge and housing bubble in the United States. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:30:55 -0800 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123064275944842277.html?mod=fox_australian China is delaying part of its plan to divert billions of tons of water to its parched north, amid concerns that the massive canal project could cause environmental damage. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:20:07 -0800 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2008/tc20081230_015542.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily Millions of Americans — many of them also residents of the inner city — remain on the other side of the chasm that separates those who have high-speed Internet access from those who don't. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:01:00 -0800 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123068755001544481.html?mod=fox_australian Mining companies have been told that contracts will be re-evaluated, after the death of the Guinea's mining-friendly president was followed by a coup. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:44:02 -0800 http://english.aljazeera.net//news/europe/2008/12/20081230152541388412.html State gas company to settle $2 billion debt after Gazprom threatens to stop gas shipments. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:56:08 -0800 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98819199&ft=1&f=1004 Sustained bombing in the Gaza strip has exacerbated an already worsening humanitarian crisis. Reem Tarazi of Unicef discusses how hospitals are dealing with hundreds of injured Palestinians. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:00:00 -0800 http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_news_international/~3/4zY0ON1TSW4/index.htm China's ocean of blue-collar workers is streaming back to the country's farming hinterland, bringing thwarted aspirations and rising discontent in tow as their city jobs, their paths out of poverty, fall victim to the global economic crisis. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:42:21 -0800 http://allafrica.com/stories/200812300817.html Some families in Swaziland have resorted to growing vegetables in their backyards and even making sour milk concoctions for sale as food prices continue to bite during the lean season. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:27:03 -0800 http://allafrica.com/stories/200812300802.html Easy entry, which requires no capital to start operating and no formal qualifications and the fisheries sector, provides opportunities for many poor and vulnerable Ghanaians. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:53:21 -0800 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98806959&ft=1&f=1004 China is worried about unemployment. Recent college graduates are among the hardest hit. More Chinese are attending universities than ever, but now, there are more college graduates than jobs. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:38:00 -0800 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=82080 A staffer for the Society for the Protection and Rights of Children estimates that that nearly half of Pakistan’s 80 million children were at work — in part due to increasing food price inflation. Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:44:21 -0800 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/395709fbc2ccbeb87f48acf26fd824e8.htm As a result of a major offensive by Israel against Hamas, a dire humanitarian situation looms, according to aid officials. Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:22:30 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/_Xs_dEqIvz8/story Enforcement, weaker U.S. economy factor into lowest level since the mid-1970s. 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