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Stories for June 29th 2006

• Thursday, June 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  TAM to start London flights, orders new planes

  TAM, Brazil's largest airline, will start a daily flight to London as of October 28, landing at Heathrow airport, the main entrance to the United Kingdom.

• Thursday, June 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Most of Chileans fear losing their job

  A recent study by the Liberty and Development Institute revealed that 56 percent of Chileans fear losing their job within the next few months. Twenty percent describe this fear as “very high,” while 36 percent describe it as “high.”

• Thursday, June 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Fed raises interest to 5.25% to curb inflation pressures

  The Federal Reserve raised Thursday its interest rate 25 basic points to 5.25%, the highest level in five years, with the purpose of limiting inflation pressures.

• Thursday, June 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Strong peso makes Chile the most expensive in South America

  Chile became in 2005 the most expensive country South American country to live in, followed by Brazil and Uruguay, while the cheapest are Bolivia and Paraguay, according to a report released this week by the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE.