Stories for August 4th 2018

Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 12:44 UTC
Jeremy Corbyn: Labour is not a threat to Jewish life in Britain

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said “people who dish out anti-Semitic poison need to understand: you do not do it in my name”. In an article for The Guardian he said anti-Semitism was a “real problem” that Labour was “working to overcome”. But he did not give in to demands to adopt all the examples of anti-Semitism cited by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).
Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 12:35 UTC
Argentina's industrial output was down 8.1% in the twelve months to June

Argentina’s industrial output plunged 8.1% in June compared with the same month last year, government statistics agency Indec said, the sharpest monthly drop since the country was in the grips of an economic meltdown in 2002.
Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 12:25 UTC
Ex Finance minister Meirelles joins the Brazilian presidential race

Henrique Meirelles, a former finance minister in unpopular President Michel Temer's government, joined Brazil's presidential race on Thursday, promising market reforms to rebuild the battered economy.
Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 12:04 UTC
The possibility of a “no deal Brexit is uncomfortably high”, wars Carney

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Friday Britain faces an “uncomfortably high” risk of leaving the European Union with no deal, comments that drove sterling to an 11-day low against the dollar.
Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 11:54 UTC
Trade war: “China's countermeasures are rational”, argues Beijing

China’s state media said on Saturday the government’s retaliatory tariffs on US$60 billion in U.S. goods showed rational restraint, although in an opinion piece it still admonished the United States for blackmail and bullyboy tactics.
Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 11:48 UTC
Leading business group complains of “information void” on Brexit

Companies have been left in the dark over planning for Brexit amid an “information void”, a leading business group has warned. The Institute of Directors has called on the government to speed up guidance on what companies should expect if no deal on leaving the EU is reached.
Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 11:41 UTC
Petrobras profits soar thirty fold in the second quarter helped by rising oil prices

Brazil’s Petrobras benefited from the rising oil prices and booked a thirty-fold yearly jump in its second-quarter net income, which also beat analyst expectations.
Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 09:27 UTC
Brazil's Workers Party have a Plan B to replace Lula: Fernando Haddad

Former Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad will be the Brazilian leftist Workers Party’s presidential candidate if jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is barred from running in the October vote, party sources anticipated on Friday.
Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 09:11 UTC
Brazilian parties' nomination Saturday; Workers Party will insist with Lula

Brazil's ex president and currently jailed for corruption, Lula da Silva is expected to secure his Workers Party's nomination this Saturday and continue to overshadow more likely candidates in the country's most unpredictable presidential election for decades.