Stories for June 28th 2010

Monday, June 28th 2010 - 05:45 UTC
Netherlands and Uruguay to sign treaty for exchange of fiscal data

The Netherlands is planning to exchange fiscal data in future with Uruguay, Mauritius and Brunei, reports the Dutch press.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 05:42 UTC
China’s central bank assesses steps to make the Yuan a global currency

China must create more channels for investors and companies to use the Yuan if it wants to internationalize the currency and put it on a par with the Yen and the Euro, central bank officials and economists told a forum in Shanghai.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 05:35 UTC
NZ Farming needs 60 million USD to complete dairy investment in Uruguay

New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay needs to raise about 60 million US dollars to complete the development of the company, says Chairman John Parker. The company was set up to develop dairy-farm operations in Uruguay and floated on the NZX in 2007.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 05:34 UTC
Five million people visited the tall ships of the Bicentennial Regatta

This weekend and after five months at sea the eight tall vessels that participated in the Latinamerican Bicentennial Regatta docked in Veracruz, Mexico, the last leg of the long itinerary which was launched last February in Brazil and called at major ports in South America.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 01:00 UTC
G-20 agree to cut budget deficits without stunting economic growth

Leaders at the G20 summit in Canada have agreed to cut national budget deficits without stunting economic growth. Summit host Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the group's richest members should halve their deficits within three years.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 00:58 UTC
Honda to start manufacturing cars in Argentina in 2011

Honda plans to start manufacturing automobiles in Argentina next year, when the Japanese automaker’s plant in Campana, a city on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, opens, the press reported, citing company executives.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 00:53 UTC
Japan was prepared to yield and regrets a package regulating whaling was not achieved

Failure to agree a common way forward at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) annual meeting is “unfortunate”, says Japan's minister attending. In an interview with BBC News, Ms Yasue Funayama said Japan had had to “sweat and bleed” to bring agreement closer.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 00:52 UTC
Berlusconi and Italian business delegation arrive in Brazil

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is scheduled to arrive Monday with a delegation of sixty businesspeople in Brazil where he will consider with President Lula da Silva investment projects involving at least 10 billion US dollars.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 00:29 UTC
Lugo calls Congress to vote for Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation

Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo called on Congress, under opposition control, to support the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur, as has already been voted by Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.