Stories for 2012

Saturday, February 4th 2012 - 05:31 UTC
Argentine 2011 car sales in domestic market set to establish a new record

Argentine auto sales rose 8.2% in January from a year earlier to 112,607 units, the car dealers’ association Acara said in an e-mailed report on Friday. January’s sales were 43.5% more than December’s, the report said.
Saturday, February 4th 2012 - 05:28 UTC
New York State sues three top leading US banks on mortgage database abuse

Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co and JP Morgan Chase & Co were sued by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman over the use of a mortgage database that the state said led to improper foreclosures.
Saturday, February 4th 2012 - 05:25 UTC
Argentina eliminates tax breaks for big oil and gas companies

Argentina has cut 461 million dollars in annual tax breaks granted as investment incentives to big oil companies operating in the country, the government said on Friday, as part of a wider austerity program.
Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 23:19 UTC
IMF calls on emerging countries to contribute to increase its war-chest

International Monetary Fund should proceed with talks on increasing the size of its war-chest at the same time as Europe discusses how to build a firewall to contain its debt crisis, a senior official from the fund said on Friday.
Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 23:13 UTC
ALBA summit takes off celebrating a frustrated 1992 military coup by Chavez

Cuban president Raul Castro arrived on Friday to Caracas for the XI summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of America, ALBA, and to participate in the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the frustrated military coup by then a young Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chavez, currently Venezuelan president.
Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 23:11 UTC
Bolivian government promises neighbouring countries to return thousands of stolen cars

The Bolivian government promised to call the ambassadors from neighbouring countries to define a legal framework that allows the devolution of thousands of cars stolen in their countries and which found their way to the landlocked country.
Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 23:08 UTC
Cuba’s pro-democracy blogger denied permission to travel to Brazil

Cuba’s best-known pro-democracy blogger said she was denied permission to leave her country after Brazil granted her a visa ahead of President Dilma Rousseff’s state visit to the Castro brothers’ island last week.
Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 23:04 UTC
Brazil follows Argentina: sets up a special unit to monitor and control imports

Following on Argentina’s track the Brazilian government created a special unit to monitor and control imports in the framework of the country’s new trade policy implemented by the administration of President Dilma Rousseff.
Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 19:04 UTC
Spain committed to best UK relations but asks for Gibraltar sovereignty talks

Spain has formally asked Britain to reopen talks over the sovereignty of Gibraltar. The petition was made by Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Garcia-Margallo shortly after UK Europe Minister David Lidington told an audience in Madrid that Britain would not discuss sovereignty against Gibraltar’s wishes.
Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 19:00 UTC
China has neither the ability or the intention to ‘buy Europe’ says Wen Jibao

China's Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday the Asian giant had neither the ability nor the intention to “buy Europe”, amid concerns over growing Chinese investment in debt-stricken Euro zone economies.