Stories for 2010

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.
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 - 21:53 UTC
Santos invites Brazil to list the FARC guerrilla as a “terrorist group”

Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos said the best way Brazil can help to find a solution to the internal conflict of Colombia is by declaring the FARC guerrilla a “terrorist group”.
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 - 21:41 UTC
Anti-corruption academy with UN and EU sponsoring opens in Austria

An anti-corruption academy co-sponsored by the United Nations opened Thursday in Austria with the aim of filling the rising global need for training, research and contemporary measures and techniques in the fight against corruption.
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 - 21:21 UTC
The 29 dollars ten pound “burger” that brings family and friends together

The biggest hamburger in the Caribbean, a ten pound (4.5 kilos) family burger, is prepared and served with a secret sauce in Puerto Rico and for the very tempting price of 29 US dollars.