Stories for March 21st 2011

Monday, March 21st 2011 - 23:15 UTC
Falklands’ 2010 land-based tourism ‘surprisingly good’ as opposed to cruise ships

Using the United Nations definition of tourism, 2010 was a surprisingly good year for land-based, as opposed to cruise ship tourism in the Falkland Islands, with numbers up from 4,241 in 2009 to 6,017 in 20010.
Monday, March 21st 2011 - 22:23 UTC
Ireland: EU agriculture commissioner supports strong position against Mercosur

Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has pressed Ireland’s anxieties about ongoing trade talks with Mercosur with agriculture commissioner Dacian Ciolos who was most receptive to Ireland’s position, reports the Dublin media.
Monday, March 21st 2011 - 22:17 UTC
US farmers concerned with Mercosur expanding farm exports to Colombia

United States farmers have called on the US government to approve the free trade agreements with Colombia and Panama because Mercosur countries are taking a bigger share of US agriculture exports to those countries.
Monday, March 21st 2011 - 21:52 UTC
US Export-Import bank loans Brazil 3 billion USD for oil and World Cup

The US government's export credit agency has authorized $3 billion in financing for Brazil, including 2 billion US dollars for the Brazilian government-managed oil company Petrobras.
Monday, March 21st 2011 - 21:50 UTC
Speculation that Brazil’s s steel industry is in the process of consolidation

Brazil’s biggest maker of steel products for the auto and construction industries, Gerdau SA, plans to sell as much as 4.2 billion Real (2.5 billion USD) of stock, boosting speculation that it has plans to buy a stake in a Brazilian rival, most probably Usiminas.
Monday, March 21st 2011 - 21:41 UTC
EU farm ministers support strong CAP with “proportional financial resources”

European Union agriculture ministers at the weekend rejected capping subsidies to Europe's biggest farms but compromised on a fairer share-out of funds between farmers in Eastern and Western Europe.
Monday, March 21st 2011 - 21:37 UTC
Italy fears massive inflow of African refugees, asks for help from EU members

Italy is urging other European countries to take a greater share of the immigrants pouring across from North Africa. The tiny island of Lampedusa is just south of Sicily and only 150 kilometers from the Tunisian coast and has borne the brunt of the flood of refugees.
Monday, March 21st 2011 - 19:40 UTC
IATA warns of setback in the air travel industry while Japan recovers

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned that fuel prices could increase and the global aviation industry will face a setback while Japan recovers from the earthquake.
Monday, March 21st 2011 - 19:35 UTC
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental begins first successful flight test program

The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental successfully began its flight test program Monday taking off from Paine Field in Everett, Washington state, before more than several thousand employees, customers, suppliers and community leaders.
Monday, March 21st 2011 - 19:11 UTC
Fearing social unrest, Beijing bans “hedonistic, high-end” lifestyles advertising

China's capital has banned outdoor advertising that promotes hedonistic or high-end lifestyles as the government seeks to ease public concerns about the country's widening wealth gap.