Stories for 2007

Thursday, August 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
IMF: turbulences will impact growth, “but not dramatically”

Turbulences affecting world markets which will be around for some time will have an effect on global economic growth because of the uncertainty it has created, said IMF Managing Director Rodrigo Rato in Sao Paulo.
Thursday, August 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Latinamerica and East Asia meet to boost trade ties

Foreign ministers and envoys from 33 Latin America and East Asian countries on Wednesday opened in Brasilia two days of talks here to boost fledgling trade ties and build links between the far-flung regions.
Thursday, August 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Interpol arrest warrant for the cash-filled suitcase man

Interpol Argentina Office said Wednesday an international arrest warrant has been issued for a Venezuelan-US businessman wanted in Argentina on fraud charges stemming from the seizure of a cash-filled suitcase in a Buenos Aires airport.
Thursday, August 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Cepal forecasts commodities boom to continue 5/10 years

Latinamerica is poised to enjoy exceptionally high prices for its exports during the next five to ten years given the growing demand for commodities from China and India, according to a report from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latinamerica and the Caribbean, Cepal.
Thursday, August 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Commons to scrutinize relations with Overseas Territories

UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee is inviting written and oral submissions on the relationship between the Foreign Office and UK Overseas Territories, including Gibraltar.
Wednesday, August 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Unrelenting upheaval in President Kirchner's home province

Argentine president Nestor Kirchner faced on Tuesday another political challenge in his own turf, the province of Santa Cruz he ruled for years and where unions and other social groups marched along the capital Rio Gallegos to reject violence and bullying by former local allies of the president, one in particular who last Friday with his vehicle run over seventeen protestors.
Wednesday, August 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela oil deal gives low income Londoners cheap bus fares

Up to a million people on income support will be eligible for half fares on London's buses under Ken Livingstone's oil deal with Hugo Chávez, Venezuela's president.
Wednesday, August 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Hurricane Dean targets Mexican oilfields in the Bay of Campeche

Dean smashed up the arty resort of Tulum and washed sand off the famous beach at Cancun before crossing the peninsula and heading out into the southern Gulf of Mexico where state oil company Pemex has hundreds of wells and installations.
Wednesday, August 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Barclays borrows from BoE standing lending facility

Barclays was identified as the bank that borrowed £ 314 million (624 million US dollars) from the Bank of England's standing lending facility, the first time the financial instrument has been used since credit conditions deteriorated a month ago.
Wednesday, August 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Suitcase scandal in limelight in spite of Kirchner and Chavez

Argentina's renowned anti-corruption crusader, lawyer Ricardo Monner Sans, urged the prosecution in the so-called suitcase scandal to investigate whether controls that led to the discovery of 800,000 dollars in possession of Venezuelan-US citizen Guido Antonini Wilson in Buenos Aires, also applied to other officials who arrived on the same plane.