MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 6th 2011
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Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 05:08 UTC
Renault-Nissan plans to double production and market share in Brazil
French automaker Renault will invest 285 million dollars to expand its factory in Brazil and boost production as part of a sales offensive in Latin America's largest economy, Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn announced on Wednesday.
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Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 05:01 UTC
“Occupy Wall Street” movement spreads from New York across the US
Demonstrators from New York City to San Francisco took to the streets Wednesday to protest what they call a growing wealth disparity between large US corporations and average citizens in the wake of the financial crisis.
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Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 02:57 UTC
Preliminary reports show Uruguay could have on shore recoverable gas reserves
The chances for Uruguay of having significant commercial reserves of natural gas and oil are on the increase according to recent reports from US Energy and Geology agencies and published in the Montevideo press.
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Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 02:32 UTC
Falklands and Punta Arenas work to establish closer agriculture technical links
Representatives from the Falkland Islands Agriculture Department and private sector visited Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile to establish closer commercial, technical and academic links related to farming development.
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Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 02:16 UTC
Uruguayan auto assembly industry exempt of Brazil’s IPI 30% tax increase
In the framework of the so called Plan Maior, Brazil adopted measures to stimulate its industry with the purpose of increasing productivity and containing competition from Chinese produce in its domestic market.
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Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 01:55 UTC
“Mercosur won’t destroy European agriculture”, says EU business lobby
The head of Business-Europe International Relations said Wednesday that a free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur “would not destroy European agriculture” in spite of fears from farmers.
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Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 01:45 UTC
FIFA bribery allegations: Grondona apologizes for ‘unacceptable’ insults about England
Julio Grondona, Argentina's FIFA vice-president has apologised for his “unacceptable” insults about England, David Bernstein the chairman of the English Football Association said. The controversy at the time also involved bribery allegations and the Falklands/Malvinas Islands dispute.
