Iconic Cuban cigar goes un-smoked at home The News & Observer Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By MARIA RECIO - McClatchy Newspapers By MARIA RECIO | PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba -- The elderly cigar maker sits at a rustic table next to a tobacco field and a barn filled with hanging rows of aging tobacco and meticulously select...
Obama heading to New York for commencement address Austin American Statesman | WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will spend Monday in New York City, and his comments in support of same-sex marriage appear likely to be a principal focus of discussion. | Obama is scheduled to deliver the commencement address at Barnard College, where he'll share the stage with Evan Wol...
Mergers and acquisitions Star Tribune | Mergers and acquisitions involving Minnesota companies that were announced in the past week. | 5/11 Patagonia Investment SA Empresas Iansa SA Sugar producer Empresas Iansa SA bought 95 percent of Chile Santiago, Chile the shares of holding company ...
Businessmen Told to Seize Argentina's Project Experience All Africa [ANGOP] Luanda - The Angolan minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and Fisheries, Afonso Pedro Canga, Friday in Luanda appealed to the national businessmen to seize the experience of Argentina in developing projects. | ...
Argentina President's Visit to Consolidate Economic Relations All Africa [ANGOP] Luanda - The governor of Luanda province, Bento Sebastião Francisco Bento, said Friday here the visit to Angola of the Argentinean president will permit the consolidation of diplomatic, economic and cultural relations between the two countri...
Conn. subsidies seen spurring home solar power my SA | HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Dmitri Donskoy figures he'll save only $20 a month on his electricity bill after solar panels are installed on the roof of his home under a state-subsidized program. But he shrugs it off because the green energy appeals to ...
Carnival invests in new cruise terminal The Gleaner | Carnival Corporation said Tuesday that it is building a US$65 million cruise ship centre in the Dominican Republic to draw ships to the Puerto Plata region for the first time in nearly 30 years. | The Amber Cove Cruise Center at Bay of Maimon is sc...
Troubled Brazil economy shrinks again in March Gulf News | Brasilia: Economic activity in Brazil fell in March for the third straight month, data showed on Friday, a surprisingly weak performance that may lead the central bank to slash its benchmark interest rate to all-time lows and prompt further stimulu...
Pesticides in paint vaccinates homes against bugs San Francisco Chronicle | For decades, nets and sprays have been the only effective methods for controlling the mosquitoes that cause malaria and dengue. Pilar Mateo thinks she can do better. | The Spanish chemist has invented a way to embed pesticides in microcapsules stir...
Mexican wind energy boom plays out on gusty shores Reuters | * Natural wind tunnel feeds electric grid | * 26-storey turbines blossom across region | By David Alire Garcia | LA VENTOSA, Mexico, May 14 (Reuters) - On an arid plain where sudden gusts of wind can rip roofs off buildings and knock over tractor trailers, Mexico is building a new engine for its energy future. | Surrounded by towering turbines in...
