Trade

Verdi opera uses World Trade Center, Hitler for shock value (San Francisco Chronicle)

17 May 2008

A new staging of Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" has been retooled for shock value, moving the setting to the smoking ruins of the World Trade Center and inserting liberal doses of flabby flesh and Hitler in drag. The staging at the Theater Erfurt, which...

Man sentenced in theft of trade secrets (The Sacramento Bee)

17 May 2008

SACRAMENTO – An El Dorado County man was sentenced Friday in federal court to two years in prison for the theft of trade secrets from his former employer, Genesis Microwave Inc., and their sale to foreign governments.

South Korea, New Zealand Agree to Study Free-Trade Accord (Bloomberg.com)

17 May 2008

May 17 (Bloomberg) -- South Korea and New Zealand officials will study the feasibility of a free-trade agreement, the first step toward signing an accord.