Stories for April 2009

Saturday, April 11th 2009 - 13:47 UTC
Lula da Silva “obsessed” with reducing bank rates

Brazil named Aldemir Bendine as chief executive of federally owned Banco do Brasil Aldemir Bendine seeking to boost lending in the country's financial system and lower borrowing costs. Bendine, a Banco do Brasil veteran who was previously in charge of its credit card and new retail business, succeeds Antonio Francisco de Lima Neto as CEO.
Saturday, April 11th 2009 - 08:28 UTC
Pope’s Good Friday special prayer for survivors of earthquake

Pope Benedict reflected on the tragedies and disasters that test faith during a Good Friday procession in Rome, just hours after Italians buried victims of the country's devastating earthquake.
Saturday, April 11th 2009 - 08:27 UTC
CNN opinion poll in US shows 71% support relations with Cuba

A new poll from CNN shows that two-thirds of US citizens surveyed think the US should lift its travel ban on Cuba, and three-quarters think the US should end its five-decade estrangement with the country.
Saturday, April 11th 2009 - 08:26 UTC
Bi-national Patagonia Chamber is born in Punta Arenas

Argentine and Chilean delegations officially launched this week in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, the Bi-national Patagonia Chamber which brings together fifteen regional chambers from the regions of Aisen and Magallanes and Argentine Patagonia.
Saturday, April 11th 2009 - 08:15 UTC
Federal Reserve expects US recovery, but jobs market prospect dismal

Minutes from the last meeting of US Federal Reserve policy makers show just how downbeat they had become on the state of the US economy. It was this pessimism that led them to agree to spend more than one trillion US dollars to revive its fortunes.
Saturday, April 11th 2009 - 08:15 UTC
Brazilian meatpacker begins negotiations with creditors

Brazilian meatpacker Arantes Alimentos Ltda has initiated a renegotiation of debts with its creditors, company controler Aderbal Arantes Junior said in an interview Thursday with local newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo.
Saturday, April 11th 2009 - 06:54 UTC
Mystery death of 1.300 penguins in Southern Chile

Argentine and Chilean delegations officially launched this week in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, the Bi-national Patagonia Chamber which brings together fifteen regional chambers from the regions of Aisen and Magallanes and Argentine Patagonia.
Saturday, April 11th 2009 - 06:25 UTC
Manhattan has become a buyers’ property market

Sellers of property have called the shots for years on the Manhattan 22.7 square mile island that is the financial capital of the United States. But now buyers are having their day, according to the first-quarter reports due from major real estate brokerages on Thursday.
Friday, April 10th 2009 - 20:08 UTC
Italy: Day of mourning for quake victims

Grieving relatives collapsed over flower-draped caskets of the victims of Italy's worst earthquake in three decades as the nation joined in a day of mourning.
Friday, April 10th 2009 - 11:07 UTC
Bolivian Congress approves controversial vote law

Bolivia's Congress approved on Thursday the “overall content” of an electoral law hours after President Evo Morales went on hunger strike to protest at opposition lawmakers' efforts to block the bill.