Stories for 2010

Saturday, April 17th 2010 - 03:26 UTC
Mujica and Mrs. Kirchner prepare for the “day after” The Hague ruling

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica and his Argentine peer Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will meet in Buenos Aires the day after the International Court of Justice rules on the pulp mill dispute which has soured bilateral relations between the neighbouring countries since 2006.
Saturday, April 17th 2010 - 03:21 UTC
IDB promises 3 billion USD annually to finance renewable energy

The Inter-American Development Bank, IDB, announced Friday its intention to increase its financing for renewable energy and climate-related projects to 3 billion US dollars a year by 2012.
Saturday, April 17th 2010 - 03:12 UTC
Reconstruction efforts will turn Chile from capital exporter to importer, says IIF

Increased external financing requirements to cover reconstruction costs triggered by the earthquake and tsunami of February 27 will shift Chile’s external position from capital exporter in 2009 (largely the result of its dynamic private pension system) to capital importer this year and next, according to the Institute of International Finance, IIF.
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.
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.
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.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 23:40 UTC
US regulator accuses Goldman Sachs of defrauding investors

Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street powerhouse, has been accused of defrauding investors by United States’ financial regulator. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleges that Goldman failed to disclose conflicts of interest.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 10:04 UTC
Falklands: Rockhopper Exploration spuds Sea Lion

Rockhopper Exploration (AIM: RKH) has spudded its 100% owned Sea Lion 14/10-B exploration well in the Licence PL032 in the North Falkland Basin. Once drilling is complete, Sea Lion’s results will be eagerly anticipated among investors following the prospective Falkland oil and gas play.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 09:38 UTC
Outsider Clegg judged winner in first UK TV debate

Nick Clegg, a rank outsider to become Britain's next prime minister, upstaged the two main candidates in an unprecedented televised debate on Thursday, according to snap polls of viewers.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 04:31 UTC
Falkland Islands: First loligo season of the year the ‘best since 2000’

FISHING companies are celebrating the best loligo season for ten years, with catches over the past seven weeks exceeding 28,000 tonnes.