MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 15th 2013
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Friday, November 15th 2013 - 17:01 UTC
EC calls on Spain and Gibraltar for a “constructive dialogue” and cooperation on border controls
The European Commission called on Friday for daily cooperation between Gibraltar and Spain regarding the ongoing dispute over border controls and “encourages all relevant authorities to strengthen their constructive dialogue with their counterparts for this purpose”.
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Friday, November 15th 2013 - 16:27 UTC
The anonymous millions of dollars spent in Chilean campaign donations
It will come as no surprise to Chileans that some of the country’s biggest companies — and richest families — have donated millions of dollars to presidential and parliamentary campaigns this election season. However, until an investigative report was published last week, people were only able to speculate on the matter, as a law passed in 2003 allows donors and donations to remain completely anonymous.
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Friday, November 15th 2013 - 16:15 UTC
Deliver or Die: Financial Survival Challenges for Today’s Junior Oil Companies
Long gone are the days of easy money, so it seems. Junior energy companies are finding today’s capital to be more expensive and harder to access. In the current market, juniors are fighting an ongoing battle just to balance sustainable growth, manage debt, and to compete with peers for dollars that just aren’t there. When assessing a junior, one must look at how they put their budgets together and maintain them if they’re to survive out there in the wild.
