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News & UpdatesNovember 14, 2008 G-20: Shaping a new world orderSource: CNNMoney U.S. economic mettle tested as emboldened leaders of the world's 20 largest countries gather in Washington. November 14, 2008 Record-level US support for bird flu program -- Indonesia, Viet Nam and Egypt among major beneficiary countriesSource: The United States The United States will provide an additional $44.4 million in support of FAO's avian influenza control and prevention campaign, FAO announced today. November 14, 2008 Europe Economy Falls Into First Recession in 15 YearsSource: Bloomberg.com Europe's economy fell into its first recession in 15 years in the third quarter, paving the way for deeper cuts to interest rates and taxes amid the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. November 13, 2008 Obama asks bipartisan duo to meet officials at G20Source: Reuters President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday named a bipartisan duo of Washington veterans to meet foreign delegations at this weekend's global financial summit, opening communication between the next U.S. administration and its... November 13, 2008 Approximately $20 Billion in U.S. Assets Allegedly Concealed from IRSSource: U.S Justice Department Three leading electronics manufacturers –LG Display Co. Ltd., Sharp Corp. and Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. –have agreed to plead guilty and pay a total of $585 million in criminal fines for their roles in conspiracies to fix... November 13, 2008 Corporate Social Responsibility Report: Buyers audit suppliers' ethicsSource: Purchasing.com A string of revelations about poor labor, environmental and ethics practices among some low-cost-country suppliers has prompted purchasing organizations to expand their monitoring of business practices in the supply base.
November 13, 2008 Bush Warns Against Dismantling Market Systems to Solve CrisisSource: Bloomberg.com President George W. Bush today will urge leaders of the world's biggest industrial and developing economies not to abandon principles of free-market capitalism as they seek a way out of an international financial crisis, calling... November 13, 2008 What to Expect From the Economic Crisis SummitSource: U.S, News and World Report With the advanced industrial economies staring at the unnerving prospect of their collective output falling in 2009—for the first time since the World War II era—President Bush is about to host a dramatic summit aimed at charting... November 13, 2008 German Economy Enters Worst Recession in 12 YearsSource: Bloomberg.com The German economy, Europe's largest, contracted more than economists expected in the third quarter, pushing the nation into the worst recession in at least 12 years.
November 12, 2008 U.S. governors to co-host global summit on climate changeSource: Chinaview.com California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced on Tuesday that U.S. governors will be joining him as co-hosts of a global summit on climate change. The Governors' Global Climate Summit will be held in Los Angeles on Nov.... [What would you find useful here?]
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