Friday, May 2, 2008

Daily Headlines: May 2, 2008

* Peru: Anger over rising food prices led to a protest by more than 1000 women banging empty pots and pans in Lima.

* U.S.:
Latinos have become the largest minority group in the U.S. and make up 15.1% of the country's total population, according to Census Bureau data.

* Caribbean: Swedish-based furniture retailer IKEA supposedly wants to open its first Latin American store in the Dominican Republic.

* U.S.: Argentina, Chile, and Venezuela are some of the countries placed on a White House list of states that are weak in preventing intellectual property crimes.

Sources- Reuters, Bloomberg, International Herald Tribune, Wall Street Journal
Image- International Herald Tribune

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