MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 2006
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Thursday, October 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Fifth Avenue, world's most expensive shopping street
New York's Fifth Avenue and Causeway Bay in Hong Kong retained top positions as the world's most expensive shopping streets in the world, according to Main Streets Across the World 2006, an annual report by Cushman & Wakefield, one of the world's leading real estate services firm.
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Thursday, October 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Greenspan optimistic on US economy performance
Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Thursday the US economy was overcoming the housing sector downturn and described growth prospects as “reasonably good”.
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Thursday, October 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
US Security Council: Dominican Republic a new option
The Dominican Republic is considering its candidacy to the disputed United Nations Security Council non permanent seat following a suggestion from Venezuela, said Dominican president Leonel Fernandez.
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Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchner's “obstinacy” as described by Financial Times
Under the title of “Argentine obstinacy”, the Financial Times October 23 edition publishes a scathing editorial on President Nestor Kirchner who is “on his way towards throwing away a historic opportunity” to a long term transformation of the country's economic prospects.
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Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Europeans represent 40% of Chile's tourism income
Europeans make up 18% of tourists visiting Chile but represent 40% of tourism income according to a report from the Euro-Chile business foundation released this week.
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Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Panama Canal expansion begins second half 2007
Work on an ambitious project to enlarge the canal of Panama including three new locks will begin next year making Panama the Americas' most important logistics hub, announced Tuesday the water way's General Manager Alberto Aleman Zubieta.
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Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Fruit controversy: “Terminator” denies, Chile apologizes
Chile's Ministry of Agriculture and Pro-Chile denied Tuesday that California's governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had called on consumers to abstain from buying Chilean produce and described reports in several Chilean media as “inadequate”.
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Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Second pulp mill in Uruguay delayed until 2008
Spain's forestry and pulp company ENCE announced Tuesday in Madrid that is was delaying construction of a pulp mill in Uruguay until 2008.
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Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Petrobras closer to its two million barrels pd target
Brazil's oil company Petrobras reached the record production of 1,912,733 barrels of oil in Brazil on Monday October 23rd. The record improved 30.000 barrels on its previous record of 1,882,000 barrels achieved last May.
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Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean Navy establishes closer links with France
Chile's Navy second Scorpene class submarine “SS Carrera” left Spain Tuesday after completing several months' navigation and equipment trials.
