http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 03 Dec 2008 22:41:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42728/somali-pirates-could-grinch-your-christmas.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAttacks by Somali pirates have major shippers considering changing routes that run through the Suez Canal, Reuters reports, a move would add weeks to the time it takes ships to get to Europe from Asia and the Middle East. “It will really hit home when consumers in the West find they haven't got their Nintendo gifts this Christmas,” a trade-group rep said.http://www.newser.com/story/42728/somali-pirates-could-grinch-your-christmas.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 14 Nov 2008 13:32:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42292/ups-fedex-jump-to-fill-dhls-holes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAfter DHL announced yesterday it was vacating the US express-mail market, UPS and FedEx ratcheted up efforts to snare as many of the Belgium-based company’s customers as possible, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. DHL handles 1.1 million shipments per day, 5% of the express and ground market in which UPS and FedEx are by far the top two players.http://www.newser.com/story/42292/ups-fedex-jump-to-fill-dhls-holes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 11 Nov 2008 8:37:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40987/circle-of-pain-snags-emerging-markets-too.html?refid=rss_all_defaultOnly a few weeks ago, it seemed the main fronts of the financial crisis were the Western banking system and mortgage market. But now the crisis has spread to emerging markets like Russia and Brazil. As Paul Krugman writes in the New York Times , the mantra of “decoupling”—that emerging economies could operate independent of the West—turns out to be a fiction.http://www.newser.com/story/40987/circle-of-pain-snags-emerging-markets-too.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 27 Oct 2008 7:32:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40634/outsourcing-still-alive-and-well.html?refid=rss_all_defaultReports of the death of outsourcing have been greatly exaggerated, three specialists in the field write in strategy+business . While a few big companies such as Dell and Apple have scaled back on customer service operations overseas, these decisions remain the exception to the rule, no matter what you read in the mainstream business press. The practice simply makes too much economic sense to disappear.http://www.newser.com/story/40634/outsourcing-still-alive-and-well.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 22 Oct 2008 13:27:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38596/us-dominance-is-dead.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAfter decades of a scolding countries for irresponsible behavior, Uncle Sam has finally had his comeuppance, John Gray opines in the Guardian, concluding that “The era of American global leadership is over." Unable to silence Hugo Chavez, thwart Russian aggression in Georgia, appreciate Chinese fiscal practices, and halt its own shoddy fiscal policy, America’s fate is now being sealed.http://www.newser.com/story/38596/us-dominance-is-dead.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 28 Sep 2008 8:30:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37212/medvedev-urges-calm-in-russian-market-crisis.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Russian economy is skidding, and its leaders are giving somewhat contradictory messages, the AP reports. Shortly after President Dmitry Medvedev assured the public today that stock-market troubles don’t “reflect the actual state of the economy,” the chairman of the country’s central bank said “as far as liquidity is concerned, there is some shortfall in the banking sector.”http://www.newser.com/story/37212/medvedev-urges-calm-in-russian-market-crisis.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 11 Sep 2008 15:38:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36858/us-must-strike-fine-balance-on-mortgage-bailout.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA global storm continues to threaten the world’s economies, and the US government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is just one step, albeit a major one, toward recovery. Whether the latest attempt to right the ship succeeds "ultimately boils down to two big issues," writes Mohamed El-Erian in the Financial Times. Underlying both is the reality of globalization.http://www.newser.com/story/36858/us-must-strike-fine-balance-on-mortgage-bailout.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 08 Sep 2008 9:15:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36770/denim-detective-unzips-fake-jeans-biz.html?refid=rss_all_defaultChris Johnson likes collecting women's jeans, but he doesn't wear them—he's one of hundreds of fashion detectives hired by designers to spot knockoffs, the Los Angeles Times reports. Johnson trolls stores and Internet sites for clients like True Religion who want to put counterfeiters out of business. The fakes "hurt the brand integrity and deter people from purchasing the product," said a True Religion rep.http://www.newser.com/story/36770/denim-detective-unzips-fake-jeans-biz.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 06 Sep 2008 16:17:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36429/protests-close-plant-making-worlds-cheapest-car.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTata Motors has halted work at the Indian factory where it was producing its Nano model, billed as the world’s cheapest car. A 2-year-long land dispute escalated when West Bengal farmers trapped workers inside, the AP reports, and the company instructed employees to stay home this week. "A detailed plan to relocate the plant and machinery to an alternate site is under preparation," the company said today.http://www.newser.com/story/36429/protests-close-plant-making-worlds-cheapest-car.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 02 Sep 2008 14:06:50 CDT