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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 01:24 UTC

Stories for July 2nd 2009

  • Thursday, July 2nd 2009 - 09:20 UTC

    Boosted by tax exemption GM Brazil breaks sales record

    GM sales in Brazil in June totalled 55.629

    General Motors Brazil car sales broke a record in June thanks to continued government tax breaks for auto makers, the company said Wednesday. The company said sales soared to 55.629 vehicles last month, the highest monthly sales volume in the company's 84-year history in Brazil.

  • Thursday, July 2nd 2009 - 09:17 UTC

    Gibraltar plans to purchase vessels “to put an end to Spanish incursions”

    Chief Minister Peter Caruana made the announcement during budget week

    The Gibraltar Government plans to boost its presence in Gibraltar’s territorial waters by purchasing larger vessels with which to enforce its jurisdiction reports the Gibraltar Chronicle. Chief Minister Peter Caruana made a brief reference to the plan during his closing address to Parliament at the end of last week’s budget session.

  • Thursday, July 2nd 2009 - 08:21 UTC

    US car sales drop in June but Ford shows stabilization signs

    Japan’s Toyota US sales fell 31.9% and Honda, 29.5%

    United States vehicle sales dropped in June, but there were signs of stabilisation as Ford saw its smallest fall in a year. Ford, the only one of the so-called “Big Three” carmakers not to have gone bankrupt, had the smallest drop, with sales down 10.7% from a year earlier. General Motors said sales fell 33.6%, while Chrysler sales fell by 42%.

  • Thursday, July 2nd 2009 - 08:17 UTC

    PM Brown and Tory leader Cameron clash over public spending cuts

    “There's only one person we want to put on the unemployment register and that's you!”

    The leader of the British opposition, David Cameron has accused the Prime Minister of “deceit” over public spending cuts. Tory leader Cameron rounded on Mr Brown at Commons question time, after he again claimed the Tories were planning 10% cuts.

  • Thursday, July 2nd 2009 - 08:11 UTC

    Unemployment in Magallanes Region soars to over double a year ago

    Contraction in seasonal activities is hitting hard a Chilean region quite stable in employment terms

    Unemployment in Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile surged to 6.3% in the March-May quarter which is more than double the same period a year ago, 2.6%, and higher than the previous immediate quarter, 5.8%, according to the latest release from the regional Statistics Office.

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