Stories for 2008

Friday, November 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
CAP reform cuts subsidies, liberalizes dairy market

European Union farm ministers have agreed to reform agricultural policy by shifting more subsidies away from production and liberalising the dairy market. The deal on reforming the Common Agricultural Policy came on Thursday after marathon all-night talks.
Friday, November 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
World economic confidence index falls to 20-year low

A world economic confidence index released Thursday dropped to its lowest level in 20 years amid further news of heavy losses on global markets and an ongoing crisis among the world's carmakers.
Friday, November 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
FDA announces offices world wide; first in Beijing

The United States opened Wednesday a Food and Drug Administration office in Beijing, as the first step in an FDA strategy to try to improve food and drug safety standards around the world.
Friday, November 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Santiago airport plan to double passenger traffic

Santiago de Chile's international air terminal Pudahuel will be expanded to receive 20 million passengers annually from its current 9 million. The original plan was for the reform to become operational in 2018/19 but given the rapid growth of air traffic plans were advanced to 2013/14.
Friday, November 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

Headlines: Celebrities on deck as Ilen refit gets underway in Ireland; Stanley Services Ltd: kerosene price explosion not imminent; Longer wait for would-be residents pending public consultation on immigrant points scheme; New leaders in renewable energy; FIDC's David Waugh to arrive in New Year; This weeks cruise ships.
Friday, November 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Spanish bank says Latinamerica will avoid global crisis

For the first time a global economic crisis will not hit Latinamerica and in 2009 “the region's economy will experience positive growth” in the range of 2%, according to the president of one of Spain's leading banks.
Friday, November 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Magallanes ten years of growth based on energy projects

In spite of the global recession and the international gloomy atmosphere, Magallanes region in the extreme south of Chile has been forecasted ten years of 6.3% annual average growth speared by investments in energy related projects.
Friday, November 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Drought forces Argentine farmers to move to soybean

The Argentina's Agriculture Secretariat announced that it expects a record 18 million hectares of soybean for the coming 2008/09 soybean area, up from 16.6 million hectares a year ago.
Friday, November 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Japan, Australia meet to talk about whaling campaign

Japan and Australia say they will pursue diplomatic channels to resolve their long running dispute over whaling. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith met his Japanese counterpart, Hirofumi Nakasone in Peru, in anticipation of this weekend's APEC leaders meeting.
Friday, November 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Peru, China agree zero tariff on 90% of bilateral trade items

A free trade agreement to be signed by China and Peru in March will go into effect in the second half of 2009, if everything goes as planned, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced.