Stories for 2018

Tuesday, February 6th 2018 - 08:01 UTC
Costa Rica presidential runoff between evangelical preacher and ex minister

Costa Rica’s presidential election is headed to a runoff after no candidates secured enough votes to win outright. The top vote-getter, evangelical preacher Fabricio Alvarado, is expected to face his closest opponent, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, a former labor minister, April 1. Alvarado won nearly 25% of votes on Sunday to Alvarado Quesada’s 22%.
Tuesday, February 6th 2018 - 07:51 UTC
US stocks Monday plunge erasing 2018 gains; economy fundamentals are strong, says White House

United States stocks plunged in highly volatile trading on Monday, with both the S&P 500 and Dow Industrials indices slumping more than 4%, as the Dow notched its biggest intraday decline in history with a nearly 1,600-point drop and Wall Street erased its gains for the year.
Monday, February 5th 2018 - 20:10 UTC
Taxman knocking on Falklands homes: time to present 2017 Income Returns

The Falkland Islands has announced that individual 2017 Income Returns will be issued on 2nd March 2018, and if any individuals do not receive a return by 9 March 2018, and believe they should complete one, please contact the Tax Office on 28470.
Monday, February 5th 2018 - 09:16 UTC
China's finance minister visits Argentina ahead of G20: meeting with Macri

Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie, visited Argentina last week where he met with president Mauricio Macri and other officials ahead of the upcoming meeting in Buenos Aires of the G20 finance ministers and central banks governors. There was no official briefing of the different meetings or the interview with Macri in Casa Rosada.
Monday, February 5th 2018 - 09:08 UTC
Can The Shale Boom Avoid These Bottlenecks?

By Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com <br />
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Shale companies continue to drill at a frenzied pace, adding rigs and breaking U.S. oil production levels with each passing week. Yet, the oil production is becoming increasingly geographically concentrated. Not only is the Permian basin accounting for much of the new oil production in the U.S., but a relatively small number of counties within the Permian are home to most of that action.
Monday, February 5th 2018 - 09:02 UTC
Scotiabank takes over Citi´s consumer and small business operations in Colombia

Citibank has sold its Colombian consumer and small business operations to Banco Colpatria Multibanca Colpatria S.A, the Colombian subsidiary of leading Canadian financial institution Scotiabank. Citibank operations in Colombia include 500,000 customers, 47 branches, and 424 self-service access points in Colombia. The deal also includes “assumption by Banco Colpatria of Citibank’s workforce,” according to Scotiabank.
Monday, February 5th 2018 - 08:47 UTC
India industry flexes its muscle in UK: extends a hand to post-Brexit

More than a hundred business leaders, parliamentarians, government representatives, and other influential figures gathered in the British Houses of Parliament for a unique event aimed at highlighting the major success stories of UK-India economic cooperation.
Monday, February 5th 2018 - 05:16 UTC
Falklands' oil industry expected to receive an FPSO by 2022

A total of 55 planned and announced floating production, storage, and offloading units (FPSOs) are expected to begin operations by 2022 worldwide, according to a report by GlobalData. In the South American list Brazil figures with 24 FPSOs, plus the Falkland Islands and Guyana with one each.
Monday, February 5th 2018 - 05:02 UTC
Argentine officials and Malvinas relatives preparing trip to the Falklands

Argentine officials and representatives from the Relatives of the Malvinas fallen committee met last Friday to consider details of the trip to the Falklands, which is being organized for the next of kin of the 88 recently identified Argentine combatants remains buried at the Darwin cemetery.
Sunday, February 4th 2018 - 21:08 UTC
Falkland Islands Government initiate Review of Education Facilities

The Falkland Islands Government last week initiated a review of the educational buildings and facilities in the Falkland Islands. This review has been driven by both internal and community pressure and questions over whether facilities continue to meet the growing needs of the community.