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Stories for June 4th 2012

• Monday, June 4th 2012 - 03:49 UTC

  Merkel signals to the opposition she is ready to accept measures to boost growth

  

  Chancellor Angela Merkel praised higher German wage deals and signalled flexibility on a financial transaction tax, in a sign she is open to new measures to boost growth in Europe.

• Monday, June 4th 2012 - 03:40 UTC

  Berlin conditions Euro area bonds to an EU fiscal authority to control budgets

  

  When former European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet called last June for the creation of a European finance ministry with power over national budgets the idea seemed fanciful, a distant dream that would take years or even decades to realize, if it ever came to be.

• Monday, June 4th 2012 - 03:22 UTC

  Latin America holds 42% of the world’s agriculture expansion potential

  

  Latin America is one of the few regions of the world where agriculture production can expand since it holds 42% of that potential globally, said Victor M. Villalobos Director General of the Inter American Institute for the Cooperation on Agriculture, IICA.

• Monday, June 4th 2012 - 03:08 UTC

  “Malvinas for Argentina and sea outlet for Bolivia” demands Morales at OAS meeting

  

  As anticipated in the opening speech of the 42 OAS General Assembly hosted by landlocked Bolivia, President Evo Morales put on the discussion table his country’ aspiration for an outlet to the Pacific Ocean linking it to Argentina’s sovereignty dispute with the UK over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.