Stories for 2007

Wednesday, February 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Japan doubles interest rates signaling end of deflation

Japan's central bank doubled interest rates to 0.5% on Thursday following signs of steady growth in the economy and indicating the end of deflation that has plagued the country for years.
Wednesday, February 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
US inflation surprises with 0.2% increase in January

United States consumer prices increased 0.2% in January pushed by rising medical and food costs despite a fall in energy prices, reports the US Department of Labor
Wednesday, February 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Venezuela's Chavez grants Kirchner more financial support

Argentina and Venezuela signed Wednesday several agreements establishing ever closer cooperation and financial links including a joint issue of a 1.5 billion US dollars Bond of the South.
Tuesday, February 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
New Editor for Falkland Islands Association Newsletter

The Falkland Islands Association announced the appointment of a new editor for their newsletter. She is Mrs Lisa Johnston, a Falkland Islander who was editor of Penguin News, the Islands' weekly newspaper from 1994 until 2002.
Tuesday, February 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Respsol-YPF plans seismic surveying in Malvinas basin

The Spanish oil consortium Respsol-YPF in planning to undertake seismic surveying in the Malvinas basin in 2008, and could invite Argentina's new government owned oil company Enarsa to participate in the operation
Tuesday, February 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Twelve Taiwanese crew members abandon ship in Falklands

The Royal Falkland Islands Police is investigating the case of twelve crew members who abandoned a Taiwanese flagged fishing vessel anchored in Stanley Harbour.
Tuesday, February 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Colombia names former hostage Foreign Affairs minister

Colombian president Alvaro Uribe appointed Fernando Araújo Perdomo as Foreign Affairs minister, a former cabinet member who on December 31 escaped from six year guerrilla captivity.
Tuesday, February 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Europeans prefer “relaxed and optimistic” Spain to work

Spain has become the most popular destination for Europeans thinking of working abroad, ahead of the UK according to a Financial Times/Harris poll taken in five European countries.
Tuesday, February 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Venezuelan cheap fuel for 250.000 London bus users

London's Mayor Ken Livingstone signed an oil deal with Venezuela providing cheap fuel for London's buses and giving cut price travel for those on benefits, reports the BBC.
Tuesday, February 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Australia's summer crop production slashed 60%

Australia's summer crop production is forecast to fall by nearly 60% in 2006-07 as most of the main growing areas in southern Queensland, northern New South Wales and the Riverina remain in the grip of drought, the February issue of ABARE (Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics) Australian Crop Report reveals.