Stories for January 2009

Thursday, January 29th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
China builds station on Antarctica's highest icecap

China set up this week its third Antarctic research station, also the country's first on the continent's inland. Kunlun station was erected at Dome Argus (Dome A), the South Pole's highest icecap at 4,093 metres above the sea level, reports the Beijing press.
Thursday, January 29th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
South Georgia turns self sufficient with hydro energy

Since last mid December South Georgia's two settlements Grytviken and King Edward Point (KEP) have been powered by hydro electricity reports the South Georgia Island Newsletter.
Thursday, January 29th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay's trade deficit trebles in Jan-Nov. 2008

Uruguay's trade deficit trebled during the first eleven months of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007, although November registered a slight ease in the imports' strong annual impetus, according to the latest release from the Central Bank.
Thursday, January 29th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Broadband Internet access for all UK homes by 2012

Every home in the UK is to have broadband internet access by 2012 under Government plans. Lord Carter's Digital Britain report proposed to scrap BT's obligation to ensure every home has access to a telephone line and replace it with a requirement to provide broadband
Thursday, January 29th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay lamb exports reach 19.647 tons to October 2008

Uruguay mutton and lamb exports totaled 19.647 tons in the first ten months of 2008, mainly to Mercosur, European Union and the Middle East, according to reports from the country's National Meat Institute.
Wednesday, January 28th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Germany agrees on Merkel's “most difficult decision”

Germany's cabinet sealed a multi-billion stimulus package on Tuesday aimed at hauling Europe's biggest economy out of what is feared could be its worst slump for six decades.
Wednesday, January 28th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Partisan support for US economy recovery plan flags

US President Barack Obama has called for urgent action on his 825 billion US dollars economic recovery plan, saying the American people expect it. Republican lawmakers are increasingly vocal in opposing the bill, complaining it is too expensive and unworkable.
Wednesday, January 28th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Spanish bank Santander will pay back for Madoff

Two law firms have filed a class action lawsuit in the United States against Spain's Banco Santander and one of its subsidiaries to recover money lost in an alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme orchestrated by U.S. financier Bernard Madoff.
Wednesday, January 28th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Mexican migrant remittances fall for first time on record

Mexican migrant remittances fell in 2008 for the first time on record, Mexico's central bank said Tuesday. Remittances are Mexico's second-largest source of foreign income after oil and they plunged 3.6% to 25 billion US dollars in 2008 compared to 26 billion for the previous year.
Wednesday, January 28th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Fed pledges to keep exceptional “low interest rates”

The United States Federal Reserve pledged to keep interest rates at “exceptionally low levels,” and use “all available tools” to promote the resumption of sustainable economic growth, as it warned that the outlook for the world's largest economy has weakened further in recent weeks.