MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 10th 2014
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Friday, January 10th 2014 - 07:10 UTC
The delayed Mercosur summit will have to address the EU new foreign aid policy
When Mercosur finally holds its much delayed summit in Venezuela at the end of the month following two postponements (12 December and 17 January), besides its normal agenda of agreements and disagreements, it will have to address a new challenge, this time from the European Union which has redefined its development support policy, leaving all Mercosur members, except Paraguay out of its tariffs and market access benefits.
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Friday, January 10th 2014 - 06:46 UTC
Falklands oil industry will have its 'Made in USA' dock facility in Stanley harbor
The Falkland Islands budding oil and gas industry advanced a further step this week when the Falklands' Planning and Building Committee gave planning permission to a temporary dock facility (TDF) in Stanley harbor that will provide logistics support to exploration drilling.
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Friday, January 10th 2014 - 06:40 UTC
Brazil treasury pays highest yield to launch new 10-year fixed-rate domestic bond
Brazil's Treasury on Thursday paid the highest yield ever to launch a new 10-year benchmark fixed-rate domestic bond. The Treasury said it sold two million NTN-F bonds maturing in January 2025, worth 1.64 billion Reais (683 million dollars), at a yield as high as 13.3899%. The bond is expected to become Brazil's new 10-year benchmark paper.
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Friday, January 10th 2014 - 06:35 UTC
France fines Google for ignoring local law on tracking and storing users info
France's data protection watchdog has fined Google 150,000 Euros after the US search engine ignored a three-month ultimatum to bring its practices on tracking and storing user information in line with local law.
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Friday, January 10th 2014 - 06:27 UTC
Construction of Monsanto plant in north Argentina halted on environmental grounds
A labor appeals court in north-central Argentina ruled that the construction of a Monsanto plant is unconstitutional, halting work on the site. The three judge court ruled 2-1 in favor of the activists who filed a legal appeal against Monsanto’s GMO seed plant on environmental protection grounds in the municipality of Malvinas Argentinas, located in central Cordoba Province.
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Friday, January 10th 2014 - 06:22 UTC
Safest airline is Australia's Qantas with a fatality free-record in the jet era (1951)
AirlineRatings the world's safety and product rating website has announced its top ten safest airlines for 2013 from the 448 it monitors. Top of the list is Qantas which has a fatality free record in the jet era (since 1951).
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Friday, January 10th 2014 - 06:11 UTC
Europe short of bees to pollinate crops, warns report from Reading university
Europe needs an extra seven billion bees to pollinate its crops, with Britain in the poor position of having less than a quarter of the honeybees it requires. The demand for insect pollination across Europe is outpacing the growth of honeybee colonies as farmers grow more oil-bearing crops like oilseed rape and sunflowers, and also fruit.
