Stories for August 2007

Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
UK: Foot-and-mouth control zones lifted but relentless vigilance still needed

Defra has confirmed that two temporary control zones in Kent and Surrey, set up to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease, have been lifted.
Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Paulson: risk re-pricing “inevitable”, but no recession

United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the current turmoil in financial markets will slow economic growth but should not spark a recession, according to a report published Thursday in The Wall Street Journal.
Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Malvinas war veterans file lawsuit against Argentine officers

About 39 Argentine war veterans from the 1982 Falkland/Malvinas conflict with Great Britain are expected to file a lawsuit before a federal judge in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, accusing their officers of torture during the war.
Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina implements strict conservation in hake fisheries

Argentina's Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Foods (SAGP&A) established strict limits on common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) catches with the purpose of safeguarding the species fisheries.
Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Peru “megathrust” quake toll keeps mounting as rumbling ceases

The death toll rose to 500 on Thursday in the magnitude-8 earthquake that devastated cities of adobe and brick in Peru's southern desert. Public services collapsed, emergency operations are slow in delivering and rescue efforts seem minimal compared to the magnitude of the tragedy.
Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
RN super destroyer surpasses all expectations in trials

A Royal Navy warship built in Clyde shipyards and billed as the world's most advanced destroyer finished Thursday its first test run on the open sea. HMS Daring, the first in a batch of six destroyers ordered by the Royal Navy, has completed a month of sea trials and arrived at the town of Largs on the west coast.
Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Black Thursday for markets but mixed signals from Wall Street

Global markets plunged again on Thursday with London's main FTSE 100 index seeing its sharpest fall in four-and-a-half years, but in New York Wall Street shares staged a dramatic recovery after suffering heavy losses earlier in the day.
Wednesday, August 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Insufficient hake has Argentine industry on the edge

A drop in hake catches, international prices coupled with problems arising from the several weeks strike in Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires province), when workers blocked access to port facilities protesting low salaries, have all had an impact on Argentina's fisheries industry.
Wednesday, August 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian oil industry in corporate social responsibility forum

The Brazilian Petroleum Institute, Pro-Natura International hosted the first Brazilian workshop on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which is part of a 3-year programme sponsored by the UK Government's Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Wednesday, August 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
US markets remain volatile; in EU risk pricing “normalizing”

United States shares have fallen again with problems in the mortgage sector continuing to have an adverse effect on market sentiment but also on warnings from two big retailers Wal-Mart and Home Depot.