International Business News - Comments & Features http://hk.ibtimes.com/commentaries/ All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://hk.ibtimes.com/ http://hk.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2815-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/scientists-complete-dinosaur-fossil.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/scientists-complete-dinosaur-fossil.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:14:20 EDT The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2800-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/pittsburgh-cancer-center-warns-cell-phone-risks.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/pittsburgh-cancer-center-warns-cell-phone-risks.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:00:20 EDT Sometimes, I guess, timing is everything. When DaimlerChrysler AG announced in 2006 that it planned to bring the Smart fortwo micro car to the United States after nearly a decade in Europe, gas prices had reached about $2.80 a gallon. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2746-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/daimlerchrysler-smart-fortwo-micro-car.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/daimlerchrysler-smart-fortwo-micro-car.htm Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:35:38 EDT U.S. forces may be close to unlocking the mystery of who is behind a deadly innovation in Iraqi insurgents' weapons, a "lob bomb" now being used in Baghdad to target U.S. and Iraqi combat outposts, a senior American general said Friday in an Associated Press interview. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2661-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/lob-bomb-baghdad.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/lob-bomb-baghdad.htm Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:52:46 EDT With New York and London reviewing their financial-stability arrangements, Hong Kong should also reassess its system, Hong Kong Monetary Authority Chief Executive Joseph Yam says. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2576-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/financial-stability-arrangements-joseph-yam.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/financial-stability-arrangements-joseph-yam.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:33:21 EDT India's gullible media fell prey to a prank when they reported recently that a thief, arrested for attempting to sell off a stolen 18th century piano, has turned out to be a Nazi war criminal in hiding. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/indian-media-prey-nazi-war.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:49:10 EDT The British Broadcasting Corp. will air a long lost Beatles interview featuring John Lennon and Paul McCartney talking about the day they met and their songwriting partnership. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2524-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/beatles-tape-bbc-radio.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/beatles-tape-bbc-radio.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:37:41 EDT The Hong Kong Exchange Fund may record an investment loss again in the second quarter, following the first-quarter deficit, Monetary Authority Chief Executive Joseph Yam says. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/exchange-fund-loss.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:00:59 EDT The number of people around the world with at least $1 million in assets passed 10 million for the first time last year, according to a new report. And their bank accounts are growing even faster. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/world-millionaires.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:39:59 EDT Food Crisis: A Challenge or an Opportunity? http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/food-crisis.htm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:33:08 EDT After four months of rapid growth the rate of increases in renminbi conversion and the amount of renminbi deposits slowed considerably in May, along with the slower pace of renminbi appreciation in recent weeks, Hong Kong Monetary Authority Chief Executive Joseph Yam says. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/renminbi-deposits.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:30:49 EDT The merits of increasing biofuel production in the middle of a crisis over skyrocketing food prices was being hotly debated at a United Nations summit http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2186-un-summit-corn-on-table-or-in-tank.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/crop-crisis.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/crop-crisis.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:23:11 EDT A tax on airline tickets, an auction of pollution rights, an international climate change bond: These are some of the ideas likely to be thrashed out at a 162-nation conference on raising the billions needed each year to fight global warming. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080604/inflation.htm Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:00:50 EDT Consider the game of chicken that plays out every day across Pennsylvania State Highway 441. In Marietta, where the road hugs the Susquehanna River, a Rutter's Farm Store gas station stands on one side, a Sheetz gas station on the other. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2090-what-makes-up-the-price-of-gas.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/price-gas.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/price-gas.htm Tue, 27 May 2008 10:24:09 EDT Warren Buffett, whose business and investment acumen has made him one of the world's wealthiest men, said in an interview published Sunday he believes the U.S. economy is already in a recession. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2071-report-buffet-says-us-is-already-in-recession.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080526/buffet.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080526/buffet.htm Mon, 26 May 2008 09:54:32 EDT Hong Kong's linked exchange rate system has worked well as it is rule-based and transparent, Monetary Authority Chief Executive Joseph Yam says. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/exchange-rate.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 12:09:09 EDT The rising price of oil isn't just swelling Americans' energy bills — it's also holding back their stock portfolios. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2011-investors-gird-for-higher-oil-bleak-housing-data.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080519/economy.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080519/economy.htm Mon, 19 May 2008 19:09:16 EDT The Internet is routinely used when making buying decisions, but its influence is small compared with offline channels such as friends and sales personnel, a new study finds. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080519/influence.htm Mon, 19 May 2008 09:22:27 EDT Commercial banks and other financial institutions need to beef up their ability to detect and protect themselves against risks like the credit and mortgage debacles, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/bernanke-banks.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 12:30:04 EDT Turmoil in financial markets has eased somewhat, but the situation is still "far from normal," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/1981-bernanke-financial-turmoil-in-markets-easing.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/bernanke.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/bernanke.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 18:48:38 EDT