Stories for 2010

Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 06:59 UTC
China resumes purchases of Argentine soy beans banned since April

China’s two largest state-owned grains and oilseeds trading companies to import soybean oil from Argentina, easing restrictions imposed in April. Beijing-based Cofco Ltd., China’s biggest grain trader, and China Grain Reserves Corp. have been cleared by the commerce ministry to import soybean oil from Argentina.
Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 06:55 UTC
Nobel Economics Prize for experts in labour market and jobs

US born Peter Diamond and Dale Mortensen, and British-Cypriot Christopher Pissarides, have won the 2010 Nobel economics prize. They were honoured for work on how unemployment, job vacancies and wages are affected by regulation and policy.
Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 06:51 UTC
“Queen Elizabeth” maiden voyage fully booked less in less than 30 minutes

The Queen has officially named Cunard's new Queen Elizabeth cruise ship in the port of Southampton. The ship will leave on her maiden voyage to the Canary Islands on Tuesday - a trip that was fully booked less than 30 minutes after going on sale.
Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 06:36 UTC
UN corn and soybean futures resumed rally on Monday

United States corn and soybean futures resumed their rally Monday as a surprising government crop report from last week continued to drive concerns over supplies.
Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 01:02 UTC
Falklands’ military tests: CFK complains to UN; UK says it’s 28 year routine

Argentine Ambassador to the United Nations Jorge Argüello confirmed Monday that a copy of the formal verbal complaint to London was channelled to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon as a way of deepening the protest over the military exercises being deployed by British forces in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.
Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 00:57 UTC
Falklands fishing boat and Argentine Navy “unsettling’ encounter

An encounter between an Argentine Naval vessel and trawler fishing in Falklands waters was described as ‘unsettling’ today by Director of the Falkland Islands Fisheries Department John Barton.
Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 00:55 UTC
The Kirchner couple government “is corroded by corruption”

Peruvian Nobel Literature Prize 2010 Mario Vargas Llosa claims Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner leads a “government corroded by corruption” and said that Argentina is disappearing as a political reference in Latinamerica.
Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 00:49 UTC
Netherlands Antilles disappear, become autonomous within the Kingdom

Dutch Caribbean dependency the Netherlands Antilles has ceased to exist with a change of the five islands' constitutional status. Curacao and St Maarten have become autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, joining Aruba, which gained the status in 1986.
Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 00:48 UTC
Brazilian auto production up but exports threatened by the strong Real

Automobile production in Brazil is forecasted to grow 13.1% this year, more than the 6.5% expansion predicted previously according to the national automakers' association Anfavea. Output will probably end the year at 3.62 million units, Anfavea said.
Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 00:42 UTC
Spanish, the third most common language in the web

Spanish is the third most common language in the web with 136 million users which represents 8% of the total number of internauts in the world, behind English (38%) and Chinese (22%) according to a report from Fundacion Telefonica New York.