International Business

By Euan Rocha and Joseph Chaney


BHP Billiton - Canada - Business - Australia - Potash

A U.N. food agency has called a special meeting on the recent spike in food prices in response to concerns of a repeat of the shortages that led to riots in parts of the world two years ago.


United Nations - Food - Business - Wheat - Food and Related Products

The Obama administration, under U.S congressional pressure to take a tough stance on Chinese trade policies, determined Tuesday that Beijing unfairly subsidized $514 million in aluminum products last year.


China - People's Republic of China - United States - Beijing - Presidency of Barack Obama

Three numbers should suffice to give Chinese economic policymakers a sleepless night: 65.4 million, $28.7 billion and $2.45 trillion.

China - Asia - Economic - Business and Economy - United States

Japan's government and the central bank threw the economy a double lifeline Monday, seeking to contain a strong yen and revive a faltering recovery.


Japan - Central bank - Fiscal policy - Asia - Bank of Japan

Biotechnology company Genzyme rejects Sanofi-Aventis SA's $18.5 billion buyout offer, saying the bid undervalues the company.


Genzyme - Sanofi-Aventis - Business - United States - Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals

Japan's government and the central bank threw the economy a double lifeline Monday, seeking to contain a strong yen and revive a faltering recovery.



Japan - Central bank - Fiscal policy - Asia - Bank of Japan

At a celebration of BP's centennial last October, CEO Tony Hayward boasted to guests that the oil company "lives on the frontiers of the energy industry."


Tony Hayward - Energy - BP - Petroleum industry - Business

Mexicana airlines shut down all flights on Saturday, marking at least a temporary disappearance from the skies of one of the world's oldest air carriers.

Airline - Mexicana de Aviación - Bankruptcy - United States - Mexico

Lovers of the world's most expensive coffee, found half-digested in the dung of the wild civet, fear that its unique taste may be spoiled by planned farming of the animals.

Coffee - Kopi Luwak - Civet - Agriculture - Beverages

Kevin Garnett wore his affection for China's booming sportswear market on his back as the NBA star arrived in Beijing in August.

Beijing - China - Kevin Garnett - Asia - Business and Economy

Ford Motor Co. and Mazda Motor Corp. are investing $350 million in their joint venture plant in Thailand to revamp production of pickup trucks, both sides said Thursday.


Mazda - Pickup truck - Ford Motor Company - Thailand - Automobile

Corporations worried about the bottom line are taking a look at their office walls.

Business - Arts and Entertainment - Museums - United States - Art Museums

Goldman Sachs & Co., reviled in the U.S. for its role in the financial crisis, is now getting hammered in the world's No. 2 economy with a sensationalist new book accusing the investment bank of trying to destroy China.

Goldman Sachs - China - Investment Banks - United States - Business

The U.S. dollar dropped to a fresh 15-year low against the yen on Tuesday, adding further pain to Japan's export-oriented economy.


Japan - Japanese yen - United States dollar - Health - United States

Potash Corp., the world's largest miner of a key ingredient in fertilizer, rejects BHP Billiton's hostile $39 billion takover bid and is pursuing a counter-bid from other companies.


BHP Billiton - Potash - Fertilizer - Business - Takeover

The United Arab Emirates will become the first major exporter of camel milk products to the European Union, and at some point possibly to Asia and America.


United Arab Emirates - European Union - United States - Middle East - Milk

The plan to rescue Greece from bankruptcy has kicked in, and with a vengeance.

Bankruptcy - Greeks - Law - Services - Lawyers and Law Firms