MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 17th 2010
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Saturday, April 17th 2010 - 03:08 UTC
Foreign capital inflow to Latinamerica to grow 21% (190.4 billion USD) in 2010
Foreign capital inflow to Latinamerica should increase by 21% this year over 2009 particularly because of Brazil and Mexico anticipates the Institute of International Finance, the world’s largest bankers’ association.
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Saturday, April 17th 2010 - 03:04 UTC
Exxon-Mobil claims to have drilled the longest extended-reach well offshore
Exxon-Mobil has completed an extended-reach well offshore southern California, which it claims is the world’s longest extended-reach well drilled from an existing offshore fixed platform drilling rig.
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Saturday, April 17th 2010 - 01:37 UTC
Ash cloud over Europe cancels 17.000 flights, costs carriers 200 million daily
Millions of passengers have been stranded in Europe as air traffic controllers cancelled 16.000 flights Friday after a huge ash cloud spread from an Icelandic volcano covering much of the northern continent.
