General Electric has charged a former in-house attorney, Adriana Koeck, with illegally taking privileged and confidential company documents and feedin...
OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 07.02.2008 | Home
WHO: Ambassador Robert Gelbard and Senior Policy Advisor Dan Restrepo WHAT: Press conference call to discuss Barack Obama's Latin American polic...
Mark Joseph | Posted 07.02.2008 | Entertainment
The filmmakers say they are running into opposition from the government which is threatening to imprison the adoptive parents and separate them from the children they rescued from death.
Mark Joseph | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home
David Cunningham premiered his latest film, Hakani, on the Big Island last night and I joined 100 or so guests to screen it. The film tackles the diff...
Charlie Rose | Posted 05.02.2008 | Media
Zakaria argues that America's power will wane as the global economy continues to rapidly grow.
AP | ALAN CLENDENNING | Posted 04.15.2008 | Business
SAO PAULO, Brazil — A deep-water exploration area could contain as much as 33 billion barrels of oil, an amount that would nearly triple Brazil'...
Michael Russnow | Posted 04.07.2008 | Entertainment
Though Kerr was 86 and had been out of the public eye for a number of years, her film and stage career, spanning four and a half decades, had secured her legendary status in motion picture history.
AFP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Thursday he told US President George W. Bush to fix his country's economic problems before they spill ...
Chris McGowan | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics
If Brazil can forgive Uncle Sam for its "Brother Sam" activities, then the U.S. can grant a visa to Gabeira, a former guerrilla who could be a bright hope for a troubled city.
Paige Donner | Posted 03.04.2008 | Living
Traveling to South America for "corrective" surgery has exploded in popularity in recent years. People can save on cosmetic and plastic surgery procedures while escaping to exotic locales.
TakePart.com | Gina Telaroli | Posted 02.29.2008 | Living
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AP | BILL CORMIER | Posted 02.24.2008 | Business
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The presidents of Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia failed to resolve a natural gas dispute Saturday, but agreed to study ...
Daily Mail | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics
This was the dramatic scene as the world's largest statue of Jesus was hit by lightning. The bolt parted the thunderclouds over Rio de Janeiro, Brazi...
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.31.2007 | Business
This administration has done little to confront the looming danger that our consumption of fossil fuels presents to the nation's environment, economy and national security.
Trey Ellis | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics
They actually turned up in Terry Gilliam's Brazil screenplay by Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard & Charles McKeown.
AFP | Posted 11.20.2007 | Business
"God is Brazilian," Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Tuesday in relation to his government's announcement earlier this month that ma...
BusinessWeek | Joshua Schneyer | Posted 11.19.2007 | Business
In a recent radio broadcast, Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he's convinced a "higher power" has taken a shining to Brazil. That, h...
E! Online's Planet Gossip Blog | Marc Malkin | Posted 10.18.2007 | Media
Anderson Cooper isn't the outdoorsy type. Just ask the silver fox anchorman what it was like shooting Planet in Peril, the new four-hour environmenta...
Financial Times | Jonathan Wheatley, Kevin Allison | Posted 10.17.2007 | Business
Brazilian police have arrested 40 people including three acting senior executives and one former president of the Brazilian subsidiary of Cisco System...
Ian Bremmer | Posted 10.17.2007 | Politics
Brazil has institutionalized some important political gains.
Mary Bradley | Posted 09.25.2007 | Living
Brazilians make the rest of us in our full coverage bathing suits look like uptight prudes, who will never be able to enjoy life because we are sheathed in too much nylon.
Chris McGowan | Posted 09.14.2007 | Politics
These days, when you fill up your car with a gasoline-and-ethanol blend, you are probably burning ethyl alcohol made from American corn. A few years f...
Chris McGowan | Posted 03.15.2007 | Business
George W. Bush and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are two-term presidents in the Americas with mangled diction, scandal-ridden administrations, a disregard...
Chris McGowan | Posted 10.30.2006 | Politics
Let us hope that Diebold's machines function properly in our upcoming elections in the U.S., with no partisan mischief. And that we can follow Brazil's example of accurate vote counting.
Chris McGowan | Posted 07.06.2006 | Politics
Brazil's World Cup dream is over for the next four years. And its dream of clean government and an end to poverty will probably have to wait until at least 2010 as well.
Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack...
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BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
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Corporate Crime Reporter | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business