Stories for October 2007

Monday, October 22nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Standard Chartered Bk calls for Sovereign Funds code of practice

The influence of Sovereign Wealth Funds, SWF, on global financial markets is set to grow as the world economy shifts to emerging economies, and Western countries should seize the opportunity to find common ground rules and a code of practice, recommends a report on SWF from Standard Chartered Bank.
Sunday, October 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Polls show Kirchner couple retaining office next Sunday

All Argentine public opinion polls released over the weekend show the incumbent candidate First Lady Cristina Kirchner winning the presidential election next Sunday with no need for a run off although in the last few days opposition candidates advanced 8.3 percentage points in vote intention.
Sunday, October 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
On line booking system for hostels in Punta Arenas

Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile is experimenting with an on line booking system for hostels and home lodgings which should be fully operational by next mid January, reports the local press.
Sunday, October 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Insecurity, main concern of four out of ten Argentine voters

Insecurity is the growing, sustained concern among Argentines according to a public opinion poll published Sunday in Buenos Aires daily La Nacion. Poliarquia Consultants state that 39.3% of Argentine residents consider insecurity the country's main problem, which also represents a 12.1 percentage point advance over September's opinion poll.
Sunday, October 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Climate change helps spider specimen move to Magallanes region

Climate change consequences in the entomologic field have reached Magallanes Region in the far south of Chile and local authorities are cautioning about the appearance of a small spider identified as the “false black widow”, which can be lethal for people suffering different allergies.
Sunday, October 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
“Patagonia without dams” activists gather momentum

One week after Chile's top environmentalists gathered in Santiago for the launch of a new book called “Patagonia Sin Represas” (Patagonia Without Dams), activists from Patagonia held a ground-level version of the event in Coyhaique, Region XI
Sunday, October 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Stock market blues: twenty years ago

October 19, two decades ago Alan Greenspan was fresh in the job, only two months before he had been named chairman of the Federal Reserve and that Monday was flying for a bankers conference to Dallas, Texas.
Saturday, October 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Falklands' war restored icon Vulcan takes to the sky

A former Royal Air Force Vulcan bomber has made her first flight in 14 years after a restoration project said to be “probably one of the longest and costliest” in the history of British aviation.
Saturday, October 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
G24 demand IMF surveillance of advanced economies

The International Monetary Fund should step up its surveillance of the United States and other advanced economies in light of the global credit crisis shaking world markets, the Group of 24 developing countries said Friday in Washington.
Saturday, October 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil has plans to search for oil in western Amazon

Plans to search for oil and natural gas in Brazil's remote western Amazon have raised concerns that one of the last untouched areas of the world's largest wilderness will be spoiled.