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Stories for August 22nd 2006

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Mercosur official says “FTAA is dead”

  A top Argentine trade official was quoted in Bs. Aires Tuesday as saying the Free Trade Area of the Americas, or FTAA, a hemispheric commerce initiative pushed by the Bush administration, “is dead.”

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Arrest of British terrorist suspects helps Bush

  United States president George W Bush popularity increased following the arrest in Britain of the suspects in the terror plot to blow up US-bound passenger planes according to a USA Today public opinion poll published Tuesday.

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Fed member does not rule out further rates hike

  The Federal Reserve “pause” in the series of rate hikes which was interrupted earlier this month has proved “constructive”, but further increases might be needed to tame inflationary tendencies admitted Tuesday Michael Moskow, president of Chicago's Fed branch.

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay planning to cancel IMF debt by 2010

  Uruguay will have cancelled all IMF debts by March 2010, when the current government's mandate comes to an end announced in Montevideo the country's Finance Minister Danilo Astori.

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean fisheries exports reach 718 million US dollars

  Chile fisheries exports during the first half of this year increased 7.6% in value totalling 718.5 million US dollars, in spite of a slight 4% drop in landings which was compensated with an increase in prices and greater added value

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' aquaculture development project

  Falkland Islands Aquaculture Development Manager, Brendan Gara has 18 months left of his contract and
  thinks it would be a good idea to introduce someone who will benefit from 12 months training rather
  than to keep bringing consultants in.

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Welsh asked British Royal Navy to take over Chubut

  A taste of the contents of the British National Archives (formerly Public Records Office), in Kew, south London, was provided recently by Bruno Derrick, reader adviser at what the international academic and political community considers one of the prime sources of historical research resources.

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Santiago, 48th most expensive city in the world

  Chile's capital ranks as the world's 48th most expensive city, according to a recent study by Swiss investment bank UBS.