Stories for 2011

Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 06:09 UTC
July official inflation in Argentina 0.8%; private estimates, 1.62%

Argentina's official inflation was up to 0.8% in July, the government reported on Monday, but private analysts said the real rate was about double that.
Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 06:06 UTC
Industrial activity soars 9.3% in Argentina led by the auto production

Argentina's industrial activity in June rose 9.3% on the year led by automobile production, according to manufacturers association UIA (Argentine Industrial Union).
Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 06:02 UTC
DNA samples close to solving case of murdered French tourists in Argentina

Forensic studies conducted on the DNA samples found on the bodies of the two murdered French tourists in the Argentine northern province of Salta matched the samples extracted from one of the suspects in the double murder case.
Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 05:52 UTC
World Bank warns a ‘hard landing’ in China would have great impact in Latam

The World Bank's chief economist for Latin America and the Caribbean said Monday that the bank is maintaining its 2011 outlook for the region's economic growth at about 4.5% despite concerns of a new global crisis.
Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 02:44 UTC
Global food prices in July 33% higher than a year ago, says World Bank

Global food prices are at high levels and when combined with continued volatility, put the poorest people in the developing world at continued risk, according to the World Bank Group’s Food Prices Watch released Monday.
Monday, August 15th 2011 - 23:43 UTC
Soros backs creation of Euro bonds to solve Euro debt crisis; Germany rejects idea

George Soros has backed “Eurobonds” - joint debts of the 17 Euro zone members - to solve the Euro zone debt crisis. Speaking to the BBC, the billionaire investor said if European leaders fail to keep the Euro together, there would be a “really serious global calamity”.
Monday, August 15th 2011 - 23:41 UTC
Buffett calls on the US Congress to “stop coddling the super rich”

Warren Buffett has called for Congress to make him and his “mega-rich friends” pay more income tax. In a piece in The New York Times newspaper, the billionaire investor and philanthropist said the rich should do more to help plug the deficit.
Monday, August 15th 2011 - 23:15 UTC
Renewed UK interest in South America in spite of Argentina’s Falklands’ policy

The UK is showing a renewed interest in South America and has been successful in establishing cooperation with individual countries in spite of Argentina’s attempts to gather multilateral support for its claim on the Falkland Islands, according to World Politics Review.
Monday, August 15th 2011 - 22:32 UTC
Chilean family group interested in taking over Shell assets in Argentina

Chile's Luksic family group plans to buy Royal Dutch Shell Plc's assets in Argentina, which include service stations and the country's second-biggest oil refinery, financial daily Ambito Financiero reported on Monday.
Monday, August 15th 2011 - 22:04 UTC
Rockhopper raises its estimate of oil in North Falkland basin to 608 million barrels

Rockhopper Exploration PLC upgraded its estimates of how much oil it could find off the Falkland Islands, boosting hopes that the remote territory in the South Atlantic could become a new oil province.