MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 31st 2013
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Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 06:35 UTC
IDB approves 300 million dollars loan for north Argentina road network
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a 300 million dollars loan to finance a multiple-work road program aimed at improving the conditions of accessibility, efficiency, and safety of priority roads of Argentina’s Norte Grande Region’s provincial road network and at contributing to the area’s sustainable economic development.
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Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 04:47 UTC
President Cristina Fernandez resting but also involved in some decisions
Argentine president Cristina Fernandez who is currently recovering from cranium surgery to drain a blood clot, “reads and knows everything” about the current state of things in the country, revealed governor of Entre Ríos province Sergio Urribarri.
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Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 04:05 UTC
Shell aggressively quickening offshore oil exploration pace in Uruguay
Oil exploration in Uruguay picked up strongly with the arrival of Anglo-Dutch Shell which took over Brazil's Petrobras participation in two offshore blocs according to the country's oil company Ancap Exploration and Production manager Hector de Santa Ana.
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Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 03:49 UTC
Greater ports congestion forecasted in Brazil with record soy crop and delayed sugar shipments
Brazil’s delays loading soybeans for export may worsen in 2014 due to a bigger crop and as some grain facilities are used for sugar shipments, crop analyst Soybean & Corn Advisor Inc. said.
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Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 03:46 UTC
US with the lowest federal budget deficit since 2008: surplus in September
Tax increases, spending cuts and a stronger economy nearly sliced the United States budget deficit in half in fiscal 2013, reducing it to the lowest level since 2008, Treasury Department data showed. The federal government took in 75.1 billion more than it spent last month, leaving the deficit for the fiscal year, which runs from October to September, at 680 billion, down from 1.09 trillion in 2012.
