MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 15th 2015
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Thursday, January 15th 2015 - 08:45 UTC
Guyana dismisses warning of Commonwealth action for suspending Parliament
Guyana's ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) dismissed a warning from Britain that Guyana risks being referred to the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group after the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country suspended Parliament in November last year.
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Thursday, January 15th 2015 - 08:13 UTC
Five ways to play the oil price plunge
The collapse of the oil price has created losers and winners, and like every major movement in a commodity sector, the trick for investors is figuring out which side of the trade to be on.The most obvious victim of the slide in Brent and WTI prices over the last 6 months has been the major oil producers. Holders of these equities have seen price slides up to 33%.
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Thursday, January 15th 2015 - 07:56 UTC
Mexico's Slim poised to become New York Times Co. largest shareholder
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is poised to become the largest shareholder in the New York Times Co. after already almost doubling his money from an investment that helped the newspaper get through the financial crisis.
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Thursday, January 15th 2015 - 05:42 UTC
Argentine government bluntly rejects 'Iran cover up' accusation as 'nonsense'
Argentina's Presidency Secretary General Anibal Fernandez bluntly rejected the accusations by the prosecutor in the AMIA bombing probe against president Cristina Fernández, foreign minister Hector Timerman and other Kirchnerite officials for allegedly “covering up” Iranian citizens in the investigation.
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Thursday, January 15th 2015 - 05:32 UTC
Argentine president accused of 'covering up' Iran's role in Buenos Aires deadly attack
An Argentine federal special prosecutor on Wednesday accused President Cristina Fernandez of seeking to cover up the involvement of Iran in a 1994 terrorist attack on a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires that claimed 85 lives and 300 injured.
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Thursday, January 15th 2015 - 05:09 UTC
Premier drastically cuts spending; Falklands projects included in 2015 agenda
UK hydrocarbons producer Premier Oil with strong interests in the Falklands expects to book a 300 million dollars impairment charge due to the plunge in oil prices and plans to cut jobs and investment by 40% compared to 2014, to rein in costs, it said on Wednesday.
