MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 12th 2017
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Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 12:46 UTC
July inflation in US at 0.1% and the annual rate stands at 1.7%
Prices in the United States rose by less than expected last month, as inflation in the economy remained tame. The Labor Department's Consumer Price Index (CPI) inched up 0.1% last month, only a slight improvement on a stagnant June figure. Economists polled by Reuters had expected a 0.2% month-on-month increase.
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Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 11:08 UTC
Argentina' final sprint to the midterm elections; the primary cost the central bank US$ 1.8bn
With trading much more relaxed on Friday ended the several days of money market uncertainty leading to Argentina Sunday´s primary election, an anticipation of what can happen in the midterm elections of 22 October when President Mauricio Macri's economic reforms will be put to test in the polls, and hopefully his coalition will increase its congressional support.
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Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 10:57 UTC
British government and Scotland exchange threats over Brexit legislation
The legislation to formally remove the UK from the European Union will not be changed by Westminster, a senior member of Theresa May’s Cabinet has said despite threats from Scotland's SNP ministers to refuse consent for the Bill as it stands.
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Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 08:14 UTC
Trump´s military threat “an act of craziness”, says Venezuela´s defense minister
U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of military intervention in Venezuela was “an act of craziness,” the country's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said on Friday. Venezuela's foreign ministry was expected to issue a statement on Saturday responding to Trump's comment that “a possible military option” was under consideration for the crisis-racked nation.
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Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 07:59 UTC
Century old English fruitcake found in Antarctica: could belong to Scott's expedition
New Zealand scientists have found a 'perfectly preserved' 106-year-old fruitcake in a remote Antarctic hut. The delicacy, made by British cake makers Huntley and Palmers, was still wrapped in paper and encased in the remains of a tin-plated iron alloy tin, the researchers at the Antarctic Heritage Trust in Christchurch said in a statement on Thursday.
