Stories for 2010

Friday, April 16th 2010 - 04:17 UTC
Argentine bonds’ swap could not be sufficient, warn anks

In spite of Argentine authorities optimism regarding the 20 billion USD bonds’ swap launched on Thursday the Institute of International Finance, (IIF), warned that the initiative could be insufficient to re-establish the country’s full access to voluntary money markets.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 04:15 UTC
Pluna places order for three extra Bombardier CRJ900 totalling a fleet of ten

Canada’s Bombardier Aerospace announced Thursday that Pluna Lineas Aereas Uruguayas S.A. has signed a follow-on firm order for three CRJ900 NextGen regional jets and has taken options on an additional six CRJ900 NextGen aircraft.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 04:09 UTC
Argentina launches defaulted bonds swap with a 66.3% discount

Argentina offered new bonds to holders of 20 billion US dollars of sovereign debt left out of an earlier settlement, seeking to end a nine-year default and regain access to international capital markets.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 04:02 UTC
Iceland volcano ashes cause massive flights disruption across Europe

Flights across much of Europe are being cancelled on a second day of massive disruption caused by drifting ash ejected from a volcano in Iceland. Hundreds of thousands of passengers are affected and severe disruption could extend into the weekend, including on flights to North America and Asia.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 03:58 UTC
Shrimp vessels to be ordered to use selectivity devices

The subsecretary of Argentine Fisheries and Aquaculture, Norberto Yauhar, is planning to urgently implement measures to conserve the population of hake (Merluccius hubbsi) juveniles in the north Patagonian breeding ground.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 03:41 UTC
High-level corruption, not a few dissidents, is the main threat to communist Cuba

Corruption at the highest levels of government - not the meddling of a small band of dissidents - is the greatest threat to Cuba's communist system, a leading academic said in a highly unusual opinion posted Thursday on a state Web site.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 03:38 UTC
Researchers discover a huge North Atlantic Garbage Patch

A vast patch of floating plastics garbage extending for thousands of square kilometres in a remote area of the North Atlantic has been documented by two different groups of scientists sailing from Bermuda to the Azores islands.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 01:46 UTC
Argentine Judge annuls first gay union, but Congress set to vote same-sex marriage bill

A judge in Argentina has annulled the first gay marriage in Latin America, state media said Thursday, but the two men in the groundbreaking union said they would appeal the decision.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 00:10 UTC
China agrees to invest heavily in Brazilian infrastructure

China and Brazil bolstered their growing ties with trade and investment agreements on Thursday in Brasilia before a summit of the world's top four emerging markets that was cut back after China's leader decided to return home to deal with a major earthquake.
Thursday, April 15th 2010 - 19:35 UTC
More changes anticipated in Ecuador’s cabinet and military commands

Ecuador president Rafael Correa announced changes in the military command and further cabinet reshuffling as part of the restructuring of his administration’s team for the next three years.