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He's headed to Brazil and Chile with his wife and more than 50 members of the business, tourism and academic communities, as well as two Philadelphia Regional Port Authority officials. Also traveling are two of Corbett's secretaries, the chairmen of the Public Utility Commission and Liquor Control Board, 11 aides and three Pennsylvania State Police troopers.
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He's headed to Brazil and Chile with his wife and more than 50 members of the business, tourism and academic communities, as well as two Philadelphia Regional Port Authority officials. Also traveling are two of Corbett's secretaries, the chairmen of the Public Utility Commission and Liquor Control Board, 11 aides and three Pennsylvania State Police troopers.
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*Cargill, JBS, Maple Leaf Foods, Olymel biggest Canada packers. MOSCOW, April 5- Russia plans to ban meat imports from most Canadian and Mexican suppliers from April 8 over concerns about the use of the feed additive ractopamine, Russia's veterinary and phytosanitary service said on Friday.
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SEOUL- North Korea has placed two of its intermediate range missiles on mobile launchers and hidden them on the east coast of the country in a move that could threaten Japan or U.S.
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The Saudi's investment in a Texas refinery's expansion is meant to ensure that it will retain an important market for its crude in the United States at a time when American politicians intend to wean the country off imported oil, The New York Times reports.
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*CME sounds out Chile as location for copper warehouses. LONDON/ NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. exchange operator CME Group is sounding out Chile as the location for a network of warehouses as its copper contract takes market share from the London Metal Exchange, sources familiar with the matter said.
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LA PLATA, Argentina-- Argentine police and soldiers searched house to house, in creeks and culverts and even in trees for bodies on Thursday after floods killed at least 57 people in the province and city of Buenos Aires.
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WASHINGTON-- The U.S. trade deficit likely widened in February for a second consecutive month, reflecting a rising foreign oil bill. The Commerce Department will release the report at 8:30 a.m. EDT Friday. In January, the deficit increased by a sharp 16.5 percent to $44.4 billion, as U.S. exports fell, reflecting declines in sales to Europe, China, Japan and Brazil.
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SEOUL/ NEW DELHI, April 5- Asian policymakers braced for a flood of capital unleashed by the Bank of Japan's huge monetary stimulus, but some conceded on Friday the impact on global money flows and currencies might prove to be a necessary side-effect to get the region's No.2 economy growing.
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Airbus recaptured the aircraft industry's top spot in the first quarter as U.S. rival Boeing fell behind on orders and grappled with the grounding of its newest jet.
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MEXICO CITY, April 4- Mexico's competition watchdog Cofeco said mobile phone company Telcel dominates the country's phone market, opening the door to tougher regulation of the company owned by Carlos Slim, the world's richest man.
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MEXICO CITY, April 4- Mexico's competition watchdog Cofeco said mobile phone company Telcel dominates the country's phone market, opening the door to tougher regulation of the company owned by Carlos Slim, the world's richest man.
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*Facebook takes battle for ad revenue, user times to Google. *Facebook's shares climb, Google's fall.
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*Technical support seen near 85- to 86- cent range- broker. NEW YORK, April 4- ICE cotton fell on Thursday, as weekly U.S. government export data were not seen as strong enough to boost prices and losses across commodities markets weighed. The most-active May cotton contract on ICE Futures U.S. fell 0.89 cent, or 1 percent, to settle at 88.33 cents per pound.
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*Tele2 says deal is closed, eight days after unveiled. *Vimpelcom, a Fridman investment, has bid for Tele2 unit, alongside MTS. Fridman is linked with two bids for the Russian unit of Nordic operator Tele2- one from his A1 vehicle and the other, at a higher price, from MTS and Vimpelcom, in which he is a leading investor.
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LONDON, April 4- The International Energy Agency will invite China and other emerging economies to take part in key strategic talks, sources in the IEA said, in a bid to strengthen ties with non-members whose share in global oil demand has rapidly grown.
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*Boeing sold 220 jets or 209 after cancellations. *Airbus delivers 144 aircraft, Boeing 137 in Q1. PARIS/ NEW YORK, April 4- Airbus recaptured the aircraft industry's top spot in the first quarter as U.S. rival Boeing fell behind on orders and grappled with the grounding of its newest jet, the 787 Dreamliner, data from both companies showed on Thursday.
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HOUSTON-- Energy company Harvest Natural Resources Inc. says it will need to restate some financial results published between 2010 and 2012..
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LONDON, April 4- Rio Tinto has hired investment bank Macquarie to sell its majority stake in the Northparkes copper mine in Australia, a source familiar with the matter said, adding to a growing list of planned divestments.
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WASHINGTON, April 4- The president of the U.S. Export-Import Bank on Thursday defended his agency in face of attacks by conservative Republicans who want to close it and a new complaint by Delta Air Lines Inc that the bank's support for Boeing gives foreign airlines an unfair advantage.
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LONDON, April 4- Copper inched up on Thursday but was still hovering around its lowest level in eight months on concerns about high inventories and weak global demand, especially in top metals consumer China. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange was trading at $7,405 by 1502 GMT, slightly up from Wednesday's close at $7,386.50.