Stories for September 2010

Friday, September 3rd 2010 - 05:26 UTC
Budget days: Uruguay GDP forecasted to expand 30% in five years

It’s budget time in Uruguay and the government has presented to Congress its revenue and expenditure estimates (821 articles) based on a five-year forecast for the economy, which private analyst consider too rosy.
Friday, September 3rd 2010 - 05:20 UTC
Peru and Xstrata sign 4.2 billion USD deal to develop copper mine

Switzerland's Xstrata mining group and the Peruvian government Thursday signed a 4.2-billion-dollar deal to develop a copper mine in the southeastern Peru of the country, said President Alan Garcia.
Friday, September 3rd 2010 - 05:18 UTC
Uruguayan exports in eight months reach 4.4 billion US dollars

Uruguayan exports in the first eight months of 2010 reached 4.475 billion US dollars which is 22% higher than the same period of last year, according to official data released this week.
Friday, September 3rd 2010 - 05:14 UTC
Manufacturing growth data from the US and China helps boost markets

Manufacturing growth in the US and China improved in August, helping to boost global stock markets. The US sector expanded for its 13th straight month in August, according to the Institute for Supply Management.
Friday, September 3rd 2010 - 05:11 UTC
Former PM Blair warns Labour not to drift to the left

As voting began in the election to choose a new British Labour leader, former prime minister Tony Blair issued a warning to the party not to drift to the left. Although he made no endorsement in his memoirs, published this week, of any of the five candidates to succeed Gordon Brown, Mr Blair's comments will be seen as a mark of support for front-runner David Miliband over his brother Ed.
Friday, September 3rd 2010 - 05:03 UTC
Sweet busting: eleven indicted for biggest food smuggling case in US history.

US authorities have indicted 11 German and Chinese executives for conspiring to illegally import 40 million US dollars of honey from China. The executives were accused of being part of an operation which mislabelled honey and tainted it with antibiotics in an attempt to avoid import duties.
Friday, September 3rd 2010 - 03:30 UTC
Wheat climbs as Russia extends ban on exports until next year’s crop

Wheat climbed after Russia, the third-largest grower last year, extended a ban on exports into next year following a drought destroyed crops, tightening global supplies. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization called a special meeting to address the global grains situation.
Friday, September 3rd 2010 - 03:15 UTC
Chile ski resorts missed Brazilian tourist these winter holidays

Brazilian tourists, who usually come to Chile to ski during the winter months, did not turn up as strongly as in years past, hurting the ski resorts, hotels and tourism in general this year.
Friday, September 3rd 2010 - 03:14 UTC
New York skyscrapers “lights-out” project to protect migratory

A growing number of New York sky-scrapers are switching off their lights to help reduce the number of birds hitting the high-rise buildings. The “lights out” project - organised by NYC Audubon - runs until 1 November, when migratory birds are expected to have completed their autumn migrations.
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 - 22:22 UTC
Bolivia returns “privatized” stake in cement factory to local government

Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Wednesday the expropriation and transfer to a provincial government of the 33% stake in the regional cement factory Fancesa.