Stories for February 2015

Friday, February 6th 2015 - 23:36 UTC
Anti-austerity Podemos party becomes Spain's second party and political option

Spain’s anti-austerity left-wingers Podemos would come in second, ahead of the Socialist party (PSOE), if general elections were held today, a polling firm declared this week, as the party, barely one year old, continues its surge in popularity.
Friday, February 6th 2015 - 23:27 UTC
Market reacts negatively to Petrobras new CEO: too political and too close to Rousseff

Shares in Brazil's oil giant Petrobras plunged Friday as banking executive Aldemir Bendine, who is seen as too close to President Dilma Rousseff's party, was named the scandal-hit firm's new chief executive.
Friday, February 6th 2015 - 23:10 UTC
US reports strong surge in employment and wages during January

United States employment rose solidly in January and wages rebounded strongly, a show of underlying strength in the economy. Nonfarm payrolls increased 257,000 last month, the Labor Department said on Friday.
Friday, February 6th 2015 - 23:02 UTC
Qatar Airways takes 10% of IAG, owner of British Airways and Iberia

Qatar Airways has emerged as the owner of a 10% stake in International Airlines Group (IAG), the owner of British Airways (BA) and Iberia. The Gulf airline is already a member of the Oneworld Alliance.
Friday, February 6th 2015 - 21:57 UTC
Argentine prosecutors confirm 'silence march' marking a month since Nisman's death

Argentine prosecutors and the judicial employees union have officially called for a demonstration on February 18 marking a month since the death of Alberto Nisman who was in charge of investigating the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center that killed 85 people back in 1994.
Friday, February 6th 2015 - 17:38 UTC
Falklands offered oil industry scholarships from Trinidad

Three scholarships for Falkland Islanders at the National Energy Skills Centre (NESC) in Trinidad and related to the oil and gas industry are likely to be available within two years and will be overseen by the Training Centre in the Falklands.
Friday, February 6th 2015 - 07:25 UTC
Argentina warns the US not to interfere with the investigation of Nisman's death

Argentina will not tolerate any United States intervention in the investigation of prosecutor Alberto Nisman's death, and will consider any attempt as an interference in the country's domestic affairs and a violation of Argentine sovereignty.
Friday, February 6th 2015 - 07:15 UTC
Cristina Fernandez will write letters to Mia Farrow and Navratilova explaining the Nisman case

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez plans to write actress Mia Farrow and retired tennis star Martina Navratilova to rebut their recent criticism and explain that the scandal engulfing her is a smear campaign, officials said Thursday.
Friday, February 6th 2015 - 06:57 UTC
Brazil ruling party's treasurer questioned on the Petrobras corruption probe

Brazilian federal police said on Thursday they had started questioning João Vaccari Neto, the treasurer of the country's ruling Workers' Party, as a corruption probe focused on state-run oil company Petrobras widened to include political figures.
Friday, February 6th 2015 - 06:53 UTC
FAO Food Price Index continued de decline in January; cereal record crop anticipated

The FAO Food Price Index continued to decline in January, averaging 182.7 points for the month, or 1.9 percent below its December 2014 level. Lower prices reflect strong production expectations as FAO also raised its 2014 forecast for world cereal production to a record high and noted that early indications for crops in 2015 are favorable.