Stories for March 2010

Monday, March 8th 2010 - 07:25 UTC
Encouraging signals from US job market even when unemployment is 9.7%

Encouraging news from the United States labour market: employers shed fewer jobs than expected in February, cutting 36,000 jobs. This was better than the 50,000 analysts had been expecting.
Monday, March 8th 2010 - 07:18 UTC
Latam conservative parties encouraged with recent electoral victories

Latinamerican conservative political parties meeting in Central America said there has been a set back for the left wing in the region following on the recent conservative electoral victories in Chile, Costa Rica, Honduras and Panama.
Monday, March 8th 2010 - 07:15 UTC
Sarkozy promised support for Greece “or else there will be no more Euro”

France will support Greece following its efforts to reduce its deficit and has no intention of seeing the country fall by the wayside because the reason for creating the Euro is at stake, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said.
Monday, March 8th 2010 - 07:08 UTC
BBC poll: 87% of internet users say access should be a “fundamental right”

Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests. The survey - of more than 27,000 adults across 26 countries - found strong support for net access on both sides of the digital divide.
Monday, March 8th 2010 - 07:01 UTC
Yorkshire pudding makers with 18th century recipe fight for EU legal protection

Yorkshire pudding makers have launched a bid to gain European legal protections currently enjoyed by other regional delicacies such as Scotch whisky and champagne. Under EU law, businesses in other countries can be prevented from making products which are named after specific regions of the European Union.
Saturday, March 6th 2010 - 15:35 UTC
Sails of South America 2010 from Buenos Aires head for Ushuaia

Bicentennial celebrations winds arrived in Buenos Aires this week with the imposing figure of eleven tall ships, wonderfully crafted relics of the past that will be docked until next Tuesday when they sail on to the South Atlantic.
Saturday, March 6th 2010 - 15:34 UTC
Tsunami warning failure sweeps away with head of hydrographical office

The head of Chile's hydrographical and oceanographic service has been sacked following the earthquake and tsunami that killed about 500 people last week.
Saturday, March 6th 2010 - 12:09 UTC
Strong 6.6 aftershock hits Chile’s most damaged area

Another strong aftershock jolted Chile nearly a week after the deadly 8.8 magnitude earthquake caused widespread destruction. In the badly-hit city of Concepcion, some residents ran into the streets Friday as the magnitude 6.6 tremor shook the area.
Saturday, March 6th 2010 - 12:02 UTC
Kirchner administration escalates dispute with Congress over bank reserves

Argentine Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo assured on Friday that it's not the Senate's prerogative “to designate the Central Bank Governor,” and informed that their only task is to check whether the person appointed by the Executive “is suitable for the seat or not”.
Saturday, March 6th 2010 - 11:59 UTC
Argentina trusts it will reach understanding with bond holders’ end of March

Argentina will make an offer to restructure the 20 billion US dollars of defaulted debt by the end of this month, Economy Minister Amado Boudou said on Friday.