Stories for 2011

Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 10:36 UTC
Second Fed governor in a week against extending US stimulative policies

The Federal Reserve has less need to support an improving US economy beyond the 600 billion dollars Treasury purchase plan already in place, and any changes to the central bank’s stimulative policies should be considered some time after the program ends, said Charles Evans, , president of the Fed’s regional bank in Chicago.
Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 10:30 UTC
Unrest extends across Syria including Damascus; security forces shoot on protestors

Protests have been staged in towns and cities across Syria, including the capital Damascus, a day after the government announced limited changes. Unconfirmed reports said a number of people had been killed in at least three separate protests.
Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 09:03 UTC
BBC changes 70 year Mandarin service for BBC Chinese language websites

BBC Chinese Service has made its final radio broadcast in Mandarin after nearly 70 years. Shortwave programming in Mandarin is a casualty of spending cuts announced by the BBC World Service in January.
Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:57 UTC
Brazil expected to raise benchmark interest rate as inflation “worsens”

Brazilian Central bank President Alexandre Tombini admitted inflation forecasts may “worsen”. Consumer prices in the 12 months through mid-March rose 6.13%, the biggest jump in more than two years.
Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:53 UTC
WTO rules US is illegally taxing imported Brazilian frozen orange juice

The World Trade Organization ruled Friday that the United States is illegally taxing about 2 billion US dollars a year of imported Brazilian frozen orange juice.
Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:33 UTC
Repsol divests another 6.67% of its stake in Argentina’s YPF

Spain’s main oil company Repsol has listed 26.21 million shares of YPF on the New York Stock Exchange for 1.08 billion US dollars as part of a plan to divest its stake in its Argentine unit.
Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:29 UTC
Swiss ambassador denies “any plot or anything of the sort” against Moyano

Swiss Ambassador in Argentina Johannes Mattyasy said that “there was no complot, pressure or anything of the sort” in the request of information on CGT Labour Confederation leader Hugo Moyano in connection to a case of money laundering.
Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:20 UTC
Brazil’s UN vote on Iran marks first great difference between Dilma and Lula da Silva

Brazil’s vote in the UN Human Rights Council in support of a rapporteur to monitor human rights in Iran, proposed by the US, signals the first great divergence in foreign policy between the current administration of President Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor and mentor Lula da Silva.
Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:13 UTC
Deaths and thousands infected with dengue in Paraguay and Bolivia

The dengue disease transmitted by the ”Aedes aegypti” mosquito is again on the attack in most South American countries with Paraguay reporting 18 deaths and Bolivia, 20 and thousands infected so far this year.
Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:10 UTC
AH1N1 swine flu cases climb to 202, report Venezuelan health officials

Venezuelan health officials say the number of confirmed AH1N1 swine flu cases in the country has risen to more than 200 people. Health Minister Eugenia Sader says 23 new cases have been diagnosed, raising the nationwide total to 202.