Latin American stocks surged Thursday as Japan's planned economic stimulus and rising global stock markets lifted commodities prices.
Brazil's Ibovespa index rose 3.1 percent to close at 45,539.
A nearly 6 percent jump in crude prices and rising metals prices boosted shares in state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA and iron ore producer Companhia Vale do Rio Doce SA.
Brazil's currency strengthened 1 percent to 2.18 reals to the U.S. dollar.
Chile's IPSA index …
Oprah Winfrey, Houston Oilers quarterback Warren Moon and childstar Raven-Symone are among the recipients of the Martin Luther KingJr. Memorial Drum Major for Justice awards for 1990.
Winfrey, host of a television talk show, was honored forachievements in business and entertainment …
NEW YORK (AP) — T.I. says his drug problem started when he received prescriptions for Oxycontin and hydrocodone after a series of dental surgeries this year.
"After the pain went away, I kept taking it. I had like five, six prescriptions. So, I had, like 80 pills. Everybody else might drink or smoke a blunt; I took a pain pill," the 30-year-old says in an interview win the December issue of Vibe magazine.
T.I. said he is now clean and sober, thanks in part to his September arrest in Los Angeles. Police found ecstasy pills on him, and while the case was eventually dropped, a judge found him in violation of his probation stemming from a 366-day prison stint for trying to buy …
Federal and state watchdogs opened a new front Monday in the campaign to keep poisons out of Chinese imports, launching inquiries into high levels of cadmium in children's jewelry while Walmart pulled many suspect items from its store shelves.
A day after The Associated Press documented the contamination in an investigative report, the top U.S. consumer safety regulator warned Asian manufacturers not to substitute other toxins for lead in children's charm bracelets and pendants.
Regulators and lawmakers reacted swiftly to the AP report, which found that some Chinese manufacturers have been using cadmium, sometimes at extraordinarily high levels. Congress …
Lee has 26 strikeouts in 25 innings with a 2.80 ERA. TeammateBob Hixson is 2-2 with 30 strikeouts in 27 innings with a 2.75 ERA.
"Lee threw a few innings on varsity before he entered highschool at the Hinsdale Central Fourth of July tournament," MaineEast coach Don Olson said. "He missed his whole freshman year andpart of sophomore year because of an ankle injury. Then he went outfor track and ran cross-country.
"He came out last March and asked to play, but he …
Large sums of money -- sometimes even tens or hundreds of millions of dollars - have been collected by patent owners who have sued for patent infringement. Lest patent owners become overconfident, however, suing for patent infringement can sometimes have the opposite effect: the patent owner can find itself liable to the accused infringer for a large sum. A recent lawsuit shows how this can happen - the patent owner sued an infringer and lost, and the infringer responded with a counterclaim against the patent owner under the antitrust laws. The counterclaim succeeded, resulting in a judgment of $10 million in favor of the infringer.
The patent (U.S. Patent No. 4,330,891) was for …
The Philippine government pledged Tuesday to convince Christian politicians to drop their opposition to an accord aimed at ending a southern insurgency by granting minority Muslims an expanded homeland.
The preliminary agreement had been scheduled to be signed in Malaysia on Tuesday, but the Philippine Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order Monday to delay the ceremony after Christian politicians objected to the deal because they were not consulted.
Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo, who flew to Malaysia for the ceremony, said the government was "very confident that eventually, hopefully soon, we should be able to return" to …
