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Despite the warning, some of Palm Beach County 's top elected officials still aren't sold on accepting the new measures that county commissioners imposed on themselves Dec. 15. Read More

North Korea signaled a readiness to court foreign investment during meetings this month with a U.S. business delegation that included CV Starr & Co. Inc. Chief Executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg and H. Ross Perot Jr. "They certainly want economic contributions. They certainly want investment," Charles Boyd, president of Business Executives for National Security, said today in a telephone interview from Washington. Read More

Global chip sales in November were strong according to analysts at Carnegie Group (Oslo, Norway). Read More

CHINA Pacific Insurance (Group) Co recouped some of its earlier losses to end 1.1 percent up at HK$28.30 (US$3.63) on its Hong Kong debut yesterday. Read More

Ford Motor Co. confirmed Wednesday that all substantive commercial terms relating to the potential sale of its Volvo Car Corp. unit have been settled between Ford and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. Ltd. of China. Read More

Canadian mining company, Kinross Gold Corporation ( KGC - Analyst Report ) announced recently that its Kupol mine in the Far East Region of the Russian Federation has been fully certified under the International Cyanide Management Code. Kupol is the first mine in Russia to obtain this certification. Read More

Sinclair Broadcast Group will test Rentrak's local TV measurement service based on set-top box data -- which is challenging Nielsen's panel-based data for local advertising -- in four markets with seven stations. Read More

The Indian government is opposing a proposed demerger by Vodafone Essar Ltd., the Indian unit of the U.K.'s Vodafone Group PLC, the Press Trust of India reported on Tuesday, citing Additional Solicitor General Parag Tripathi. Read More