International Business

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The Motley Fool June 9, 2005 Rich Smith	Tempest in a Fruit Cup Hunting the European Fruit Mafia. Eurocrats have themselves all in a lather over suggestions that a "cartel" is fixing the prices of bananas and pineapples. Despite this story having broken nearly a week ago, details remain scarce.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2005 Rich Smith	Is the Offshore Sun Setting? One report suggests that outsourcing isn't the boon it was hyped to be. The last thing you want is to buy into Infosys, Wipro, or Satyam Computer, only to find you've stepped on the first nail in offshoring's coffin.
The Motley Fool June 7, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Bolivia's Gas Pains Domestic unrest puts the fate of Bolivia's natural gas in question. Investors in Petrobras and Repsol YPF should definitely keep an especially watchful eye.
HBS Working Knowledge June 6, 2005 Jim Heskett	Is a "Level Playing Field" a Good Thing? Who benefits most from a level playing field? A developing economy achieving productivity gains with volume increases achieved through low factor costs of production?
InternetNews June 6, 2005 Tim Gray	Microsoft And Europe Getting Closer Microsoft said it is closer to ending its fight with the antitrust division of the European Union after submitting proposals to comply with demands for server interoperability.
Reason June 2005 Brian Doherty	Sea of Litigation The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case which raises the question of whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) extends to foreign companies whose ships hit U.S. ports to pick up U.S. passengers. Federal appeals courts have been split on the issue.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	CITGO's No-No? Will the Venezuelan government give CITGO an unfair competitive advantage?
The Motley Fool June 3, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Harvest of Sorrows In an ongoing attempt to squeeze foreign oil companies, the Venezuelan government has once again unilaterally and retroactively changed the rules of the game. Harvest Natural Resources suffers. Investors, take note.
Bank Systems & Technology June 1, 2005 Maria Bruno-Britz	Bridging the Communications Gap Financial institutions are faced with greater communications challenges than in the past because they are increasingly performing on the global stage with many languages and regulations to deal with.
Bank Technology News June 2005 Michael Sisk	Cards: Amex Flexes Its Muscles Overseas The financial firm's strategy of opening its merchant network to third parties has led to a flurry of deals in locales as familiar as the U.K. and as far-flung as Bulgaria, Latvia and Africa
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