Thursdays vote at a U.N. meeting in Doha, Qatar, rejecting the ban was front-page news in all major Japanese newspapers Friday morning.
Japan consumes about 80 percent of the worlds Atlantic bluefin tuna, and the possibility of a ban had consumers and fish wholesalers worried that prices for the pink and red meat of the fish - called “hon-maguro” here - would soar or that it might even vanish from some menus.
Stocks of the fish have fallen by 60 percent from 1997 to 2007, and environmentalists argue that a trading ban imposed by the 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered - - - - >

Millipore hired Goldman Sachs as financial adviser after receiving the bid and a deal may be reached as early as next week, said the person who declined to be identified because the talks arent public.
The purchase would be Thermo Fisher Chief Executive Officer Marc Caspers first large acquisition since taking over in October for Marijn Dekkers, who left to take the CEO post at Bayer AG. Adding Millipore, the Billerica, Massachusetts-based supplier of diagnostics and laboratory equipment to biotech companies, would bolster Thermos presence in the - - - - >

The company said Fisher died at his home in San Francisco on Sunday morning surrounded by his family. Those who knew him said he was a great entrepreneur and philanthropist who helped shape the retail world and his local community.
Fisher and his wife Doris opened the first Gap in 1969 in San Francisco, after running into difficulties finding jeans that fit. They named the store after the idea of “The Generation Gap” and sold jeans and music, to appeal to a younger crowd.
The simple, affordable style that became the namesake brands trademark resonated with shoppers and took off quickly.
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Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke on Thursday approved the Arctic Fishery Management Plan, which was prompted by changes in the Arctic that have come with global warming and the loss of sea ice.
Locke said the goal now is to come up with a sustainable fishing plan that will not harm the overall health of the fragile Arctic ecosystem.
“As Arctic sea ice recedes due to climate change, there is increasing interest in commercial fishing in Arctic waters,” Locke said in a statement. “This plan takes a precautionary approach to any development of commercial fishing in an area where there has been - - - - >

The deal is valued at $530 million, comprised of cash and 6.5 million Publicis Groupe treasury shares. The two companies also signed a five-year strategic alliance agreement that will allow Publicis to purchase display and search advertising from Seattle-based Microsoft on favorable terms across Microsofts digital properties in exchange for certain minimum guaranteed purchases.
Under terms of that agreement, Razorfish will continue to be a preferred provider to Microsoft for digital strategy, creative and marketing services and Microsoft has committed to spend a minimum amount for those services each year.
In addition to Microsoft, Razorfishs major clients include Ford Motor Co., Best - - - - >

The 21st century reality, though, is a far cry from that. There are no treasure-laden islands or Blackbeards in this part of the world, no wooden schooners flying skull and crossbones flags.
Instead: a vigilante movement that years ago tried to defend Somali shores morphed into a full-blown pirate scourge - after fishermen on defense stumbled upon an astoundingly lucrative bounty waiting to be had on their doorstep: around 25,000 ships, most unarmed, transiting the Gulf of Aden each year.
Picture ragged Somali fishermen armed with rocket launchers, GPS systems and satellite phones. Picture tiny skiffs cruising the coast of a war-infested - - - - >