MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 27th 2013
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Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 01:52 UTC
Argentina’s industrial production marked a modest 0.2% rise in January
Argentina's industrial production started the year with a modest improvement rising 0.2% in January from a year earlier after output shrank 1.2% in 2012 as a whole, government data showed. Factory output rose 0.6% in January compared with December, seasonally adjusted.
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Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 01:49 UTC
Repsol sells package of LNG assets to Shell to cut its debt and hold to credit rating
Spanish energy giant Repsol SA said Tuesday that it agreed to sell a package of liquefied natural gas assets to Royal Dutch Shell Plc in a transaction valued at 6.65 billion dollars. Shell will pay 4.4bn in cash and assume 2.25bn in debt, Repsol said in a regulatory filing.
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Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 01:22 UTC
Fish discard clash in Brussels; NE Atlantic has highest discard rate, says UN
Europe's fisheries ministers may dilute plans for a total ban on the practice of discarding fish at sea, as they meet in Brussels. An outright discards ban was widely welcomed when backed by the European Parliament last month, but it is being resisted by France, Spain and others.
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Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 01:14 UTC
Italy fears knock world stock markets; US recovers on Bernanke’ defence of stimuli
World stock markets and southern European government bonds sank on Tuesday on fears that political stalemate in Italy would leave its economic reforms in tatters and reignite the Euro zone's broader debt crisis.
