BBC News | Americas | World EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.Argentina drops disputed farm tax- July 18, 2008 Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner cancels tax rises on farm exports, after months of protests.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7514762.stm China loses WTO car parts dispute- July 18, 2008 The World Trade Organization (WTO) rules that Chinese import tariffs on foreign car parts break the trade body's rules.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7514592.stm Citigroup posts another big loss- July 18, 2008 Citigroup reports another big three-month loss, although it lost less than had been expected.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7513946.stm Cost-cutters boost IBM's results- July 18, 2008 IBM benefits from companies calling in its services division to help them cut costs.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7513208.stm Google profits trigger concerns- July 18, 2008 Google's quarterly profits rise by less than expected, raising concerns of a slowdown in the online advertising market.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7513110.stm Microsoft results hit its shares- July 18, 2008 Microsoft's quarterly earnings and predictions for the next three months are worse than expected, hitting the software firm's shares.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7513159.stm Barbie firm wins Bratz court case- July 18, 2008 Mattel triumphs in a copyright court case against the maker of the popular Bratz dolls, MGA Entertainment.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7513087.stm $5bn loss adds to Merrill's woes- July 17, 2008 US bank Merrill Lynch posts a $4.89bn (2.49bn) loss due to heavy exposure to the sub-prime mortgage market.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7512460.stm IMF raises world economic targets- July 17, 2008 The IMF says the global economy has weathered the impact of the credit crunch better than first feared.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7511766.stm Write-downs hit JP Morgan profit- July 17, 2008 JP Morgan Chase sees profits in the second three months of 2008 fall, partly because of mortgage-related write-downs.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7511535.stm |