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    May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Brazilian named to head World Trade Organization

    SAO PAULO, Brazil--Roberto Azevedo of Brazil has been elected the first Latin American director-general of the <a class="runtimeTopic" href="http://www.wto.org/index.htm" data-topic-id="ORGOVV0000362">World Trade Organization</a>, the global body charged with moving forward stalled trade agreement talks.
    SAO PAULO, Brazil--Roberto Azevedo of Brazil has been elected the first Latin American director-general of the World Trade Organization, the global body charged with moving forward stalled trade agreement talks. The choice of Azevedo over close rival...

    Tags: International Economic Institution, Mexico, International Organizations, Trade Agreements, Trade Dispute

    2. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Good fences make safe lions

    During the 1960s, when most African nature reserves were being established, lions tended to be born free. But today, freedom doesn't always serve them well.
    During the 1960s, when most African nature reserves were being established, lions tended to be born free. But today, freedom doesn't always serve them well. Fifty years ago, human population densities were low in the areas where lions roamed. But...

    Tags: Gardens and Parks, Budgets and Budgeting, Wildlife, Conservation, Tourism and Leisure

    3. Apr 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Indian court ruling hailed as victory for generic drugs

    The Indian Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Swiss drug company cannot patent a medicine used to treat a rare form of leukemia, in a decision with global implications for generic drugs.
    The Indian Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Swiss drug company cannot patent a medicine used to treat a rare form of leukemia, in a decision with global implications for generic drugs. The court ruled that Glivec, the drug developed by Novartis, was...

    Tags: India, Trade Agreements, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Leukemia

    4. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Complete

  4. Five nations agree to create their own development bank

    DURBAN, South Africa — Leaders of the five so-called BRICS nations fueling global economic growth agreed to create a development bank to help fund their $4.5-trillion infrastructure plans — a direct challenge to the World Bank, which they...

    Tags: Finance, International Organizations, Jacob Zuma, Brazil, Vladimir Putin

    5. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Bid to ban commercial trade in polar bears fails

    An unusual coalition between the U.S. and Russia to win an international ban on commercial trade of polar bear parts failed Thursday.
    An unusual coalition between the U.S. and Russia to win an international ban on commercial trade of polar bear parts failed Thursday. Meeting in Bangkok, delegates to the 176-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species voted down a U....

    Tags: Wildlife, Trade Dispute, Conservation, North American Free Trade Agreement, Lifestyle and Leisure

    6. Mar 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Hugo Chavez: Admired and despised by readers

    For just as many reasons readers found to sneer at Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-hugo-chavez-20130306,0,3058426.story">died Tuesday</a> after a lengthy battle with cancer, others found reasons to praise the late strongman. While several readers slammed Chavez for behaving like a dictator and encouraging a paranoid dislike of the United States in his country and elsewhere, more expressed admiration for the late president's focus on lifting his people out of poverty and illiteracy and standing up to U.S. domination in Latin America.
    For just as many reasons readers found to sneer at Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with cancer, others found reasons to praise the late strongman. While several readers slammed Chavez for behaving like a dictator and...

    Tags: Hugo Chavez, Jose Serrano, Joseph P. Kennedy, Trade Agreements, Poverty

    7. Mar 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. U.S.-Mexico tomato trade agreement finalized

    After months of wrangling, the U.S. and Mexico signed a new tomato trade agreement late Monday, officially suspending an antidumping investigation of fresh tomatoes from south of the border and raising floor prices for Mexican tomatoes.
    After months of wrangling, the U.S. and Mexico signed a new tomato trade agreement late Monday, officially suspending an antidumping investigation of fresh tomatoes from south of the border and raising floor prices for Mexican tomatoes. The agreement,...

    Tags: Tomatoes, Mexico, U.S. Department of Commerce, Trade Agreements, Trade Policy

    8. Jan 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. A.W. 'Tom' Clausen dies at 89; longtime Bank of America leader

    A.W. "Tom" Clausen, a no-nonsense Midwesterner who led San Francisco-based Bank of America before and after serving as president of the World Bank, died Monday at a hospital in Burlingame, Calif. He was 89.
    A.W. "Tom" Clausen, a no-nonsense Midwesterner who led San Francisco-based Bank of America before and after serving as president of the World Bank, died Monday at a hospital in Burlingame, Calif. He was 89. The cause was complications from pneumonia,...

    Tags: Finance, Corporate Officers, International Organizations, Pneumonia, Jimmy Carter

    9. Feb 13, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  9. McManus: Obama's less-is-more agenda

    President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday, the first of his second term, won't be long remembered. It didn't offer much in the way of new ideas. It was short on memorable lines &mdash; except, perhaps, his demand for congressional action on gun control because Gabby Giffords and the families of Newtown "deserve a vote."
    President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday, the first of his second term, won't be long remembered. It didn't offer much in the way of new ideas. It was short on memorable lines — except, perhaps, his demand for congressional action on gun...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Company Privatization, Immigration, Bill Clinton, Contracts

    10. Feb 6, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Tour bus crash: Federal investigators looking at maintenance records

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    Federal officials spent Tuesday scouring a San Diego-area bus company's office, interviewing the owner and taking maintenance records as part of their investigation into the tour bus crash on California 38 that killed seven and injured dozens more....
    11. Feb 5, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Tour bus crash: Residents smelled burning brakes, heard horn

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    Residents of the San Bernardino Mountain community of Mountain Home Village heard a bus roar by Sunday night, its horn honking, and smelled burning brakes in its wake. Moments later, it would hit a car, fall on its side and......
    12. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Tomato prices to rise if U.S-Mexico trade agreement ends, study says

    Retail prices for tomatoes may double if a trade agreement between the U.S. and Mexico ends, according to a study released Thursday by a tomato importing group.
    Retail prices for tomatoes may double if a trade agreement between the U.S. and Mexico ends, according to a study released Thursday by a tomato importing group. The possible price hike is the result of a brewing trade war between Florida tomato...

    Tags: Tomatoes, Mexico, Trade Agreements

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