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Stories for October 16th 2014
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Thursday, October 16th 2014 - 07:45 UTC
Brazilian presidential runoff in a neck to neck technical tie
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and her challenger Senator Aecio Neves for the 26 October runoff, are technically tied according to the latest public opinion poll released by Datafolha, which so far has shown to be one of the most reliable pollsters.
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Thursday, October 16th 2014 - 07:40 UTC
September inflation in Argentina: anywhere between 1.4% and 2.48%
Argentina's inflation during September reached 1.4% and accumulates 19.8% in the nine months according to the latest release from the government stats office Indec. However earlier in the week the Freedom of Expression committee from the Lower House which regularly announces the average of private analysts, (identified as the congressional index), said the consumer price index for the ninth month of the year was 2.48% and 41.6% in the last twelve months.
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Thursday, October 16th 2014 - 07:30 UTC
Venezuela 'ripe' for default on foreign debt forecast Reinhart and Rogoff
Venezuela will almost certainly default on its foreign debt, according to Harvard economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff. They add that the beleaguered Latin American economy has already defaulted on “every conceivable kind of domestic debt”.
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Thursday, October 16th 2014 - 07:00 UTC
Falkland Islands distinguished as the “Best Destination for Wildlife and Nature”
The Falkland Islands have been awarded the “Best Destination for Wildlife and Nature” prize by the Travel Agents Choice Awards, an annual event organized by the prestigious tourism industry publication, Selling Travel Magazine.
