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Falkland Islands Holdings expects a quantum leap in the local economy over the next decade

Friday, April 19th 2013 - 06:32 UTC
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Falkland Islands Holdings, which owns the Falkland Islands Company, FIC, expects to report a slight fall in annual profits but anticipates a quantum leap in the Falklands’ economy over the next decade with the oil industry and the commencement in 2014 of the Sea Lion project. Read full article

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  • Escoses Doido

    I think we should give argentina a big round of applause for ultimately being the cause (their 1982 invasion) of the good fortune/prosperity these Islands are about to experiance.

    Apr 19th, 2013 - 07:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pete Bog

    Also congratulations to Argentina for persuading the MLA's to get off their asses and give the Falkland Islander's views plus the accurate history of the Falklands (ie backed up by documents raher than flatulence) that Argentina is incapable of telling the world.

    Apr 19th, 2013 - 05:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Brazilian

    Quantum leap? Long live hyperbole!

    Apr 20th, 2013 - 04:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Escoses Doido

    @3
    You should learn to spell in Portuguese, if you want to give the impresion you are not an argentinian.

    Twat.

    Apr 21st, 2013 - 07:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Steve-33-uk

    ''Malvinas by peoples' hood grows in Patagonia, NOA and NEA
    The campaign “Falklands towns”, which ensures that citizenship is “guarantor of dialogue”, grows in Patagonia and the Northwest (NOA) and northeast (NEA) Argentine and adds signature of Governors and mayors and supported by provincial legislatures and mayors, as well as endorsements from across the political and social spectrum, organizers reported.
    The Patagonian Parliament endorsed last week a million signatures by Falkland initiative, supported by the front for victory (FpV), within the framework of the last session of this political space that brings together the provinces of La Pampa, Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra de Fuego.
    On the occasion, the various supporters of the Regional Parliament blocks pledged to territorialize campaign, pawning their local actors to add one million signatures, which will be forwarded to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to be presented subsequently to the United Nations Decolonization Committee....'
    http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201304/14955-la-campana-pueblos-por-malvinas-crece-en-la-patagonia-noa-y-nea.html

    Apr 23rd, 2013 - 02:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Be serious

    Tinkadova is invested here. Not that he's in the know or anything just that this particular Company had taken his fancy so to speak. BK was of a similar mind.

    Apr 23rd, 2013 - 02:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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