MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 8th 2005
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Friday, April 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
IMF warnings on oil prices and US dollar weakness
Global economic growth could be affected if oil prices continue to surge, if United States trade deficit worsens and if US interest rates increase abruptly warned Thursday International Monetary Fund, IMF, Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato in a speech at the George Washington University.
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Friday, April 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay discussing three year program with IMF
Uruguay will be concluding a three year agreement with the IMF April 14/17, in Washington announced this week Uruguayan Economy Minister Danilo Astori.
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Friday, April 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update.
Headlines:
Best practice' approach to drilling, minerals company assures Falklands; Disappointing illex season to close two months early; Mass at St Mary's on Pope's funeral day; Racecourse housing deferred. -
Friday, April 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Pemex on the “verge of bankruptcy”
Mexico's state-run oil monopoly, Pemex, is “on the verge of bankruptcy” with liabilities totalling 88.5 billion US dollars and pending annual investment requirements of 10 billion, the corporation's top executive said Thursday.
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Friday, April 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
When John Paul II visited Punta Arenas
Magallanes Region and Punta Arenas particularly have been very moved by the death of Pope John Paul II, the leader of Catholicism who in 1978 prevented a war in south Chile, later in 1987 visited the region and looking even further south, called for conservation in Antarctica, recollects La Prensa Austral in an editorial this week.
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Friday, April 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Germany optimistic about Kirchner-Schröder meeting
German Ambassador Rolf Schumacher says relations between both countries are “very good.”
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Friday, April 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
MG Rover calls in receivers
Cash-strapped car manufacturer MG Rover Group is going into financial administration after a proposed takeover deal with a Chinese firm fell through, the British government said last night
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Friday, April 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Multitudes join powerful for Pope's funeral
Presidents, prime ministers and kings from around the world joined hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, prelates and other religious leaders in paying a final farewell Friday to Pope John Paul II in one of the largest religious gatherings in the West in modern times.
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Friday, April 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina: 60,000 tonnes of hake in first quarter
The Argentine commercial fishing fleet landed 61,264 tonnes of common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) during the first quarter of this year, mostly caught south of parallel 41º S.
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Friday, April 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Scotiabank sues Argentina for 600 million US dollars.
Canada's Bank of Nova Scotia is seeking more than 600 million US dollars in damages from the Argentine government, blaming actions by authorities for the losses it suffered when it shut down its Argentine banking unit, Quilmes, during the 2002 currency crisis and massive sovereign default.
