Building a Company in Mozambique – One Peanut at a Time
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Dam Company in Chile Presses Gov’t for Supportive Policies
SANTIAGO, Jun 1, 2012 (IPS) – Colbn, the electricity generating company that co-owns HidroAysn and its multi-dam project in southern Chile, has recommended suspending the environmental impact assessment for power ...
Mexico: Snack company attacked
On Monday, authorities arrested four suspects who they stated were members of the Knights Templar, a cartel that officials have accused of extorting business owners, decapitating and dismembering kidnapping victims ...
RIM’s future in doubt as financial warning issued
Research In Motion is set to announce that it’s sitting on a pile of unsold Blackberrys worth more than $1 billion. As a result, it’s shortly expected to announce a ...
Facebook eyes Face.com for face recognition technology
Israeli media are reporting that Facebook’s planning to acquire facial recognition company Face.com for tens of millions of dollars. According to Hebrew news site Newsgeek, the price is likely to ...
Were Facebook investors misled?
Facebook is being accused of advising some – but not all – underwriters to cut their forecasts for the company in the run-up to its IPO. According to Reuters, feedback ...
Yahoo CEO forced out over misleading resume
Yahoo has bowed to shareholder pressure and replaced Scott Thompson as CEO, after he was discovered to have falsified his degree on his resume. The campaign to oust Thompson was ...
U.S. nixes tentative $1 billion settlement with J&J: WSJ
– Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C. have nixed a tentative $1 billion settlement with Johnson & Johnson, holding out for a larger settlement with the drugmaker for alleged improper marketing ...
Judy Faulkner: Health Care’s Low-Key Billionaire
Quick: Name an American woman who’s made a fortune by founding a technology company. Ex-eBay’s Meg Whitman? Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg? No. It’s Judy Faulkner, the founder and chief executive officer ...
Glacier theft suspects on thin ice with Chilean police
The Chilean General Prosecutor’s Office displays bags of ice allegedly stolen from the Jorge Montt Glacier, more than 1,200 miles south of Santiago, Chile. Thieves have stolen 11,000 pounds of ...
