Economy

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2012 - 06:00 UTC

  Argentine frozen chips retained in the border because of trade dispute with Brazil

  

  Canada’s Mc Cain has suspended production of frozen chip potatoes in Argentina because of the trade barriers which impede exports to Brazil in the framework of a bilateral dispute that is limiting the flow of goods both ways.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2012 - 03:47 UTC

  Argentina’s 12-month inflation expectations remain steady above 30%, says UTDT

  

  Argentina's 12-month inflation expectations held steady for a third straight month at over 30% in May, according to the median estimate in a survey published by the Torcuato Di Tella University.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2012 - 03:22 UTC

  Brazil announces measures to boost sales of vehicles and stimulate growth

  

  Brazil lowered taxes on consumer borrowing and created incentives for banks to boost vehicle lending as policy makers struggle to revive economic growth in the Latin America’s largest market.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2012 - 03:11 UTC

  Banker launches another challenging controversial book with Germany as the “Euro-zone hostage”

  

  Former German central banker Thilo Sarrazin, whose musings on Muslim immigrants sparked outrage in 2010 has triggered fresh controversy with a book that paints Germany as the Euro zone's hostage, forced to pay out vast sums to atone for the Holocaust.

• Monday, May 21st 2012 - 03:56 UTC

  Brazilian economy slows down in March for third consecutive month

  

  Brazilian government's economic activity index dropped for the third consecutive month in March, confirming a slowdown in the economy in the period.

• Monday, May 21st 2012 - 03:48 UTC

  Biggleswade farm exports pedigree pigs by air to the Falkland Islands

  

  Guy Kiddy who runs Solitaire Farm in Drove Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire has been exporting pigs across the world for years, but never expected he had to prepare to send two to the Falkland Islands for breeding.

• Monday, May 21st 2012 - 01:25 UTC

  Bargains forecasts in Uruguay as Argentine investors withdraw funds following new bank rules

  

  By Dean Steinbeck (*) As much as it defies common sense, Uruguay entered into a tax sharing agreement that will scare off Argentine investors; the same group of people who are Uruguay’s biggest source of capital, investment, and innovation.

• Saturday, May 19th 2012 - 14:21 UTC

  Argentine activity expands 4% in March but continues steady deceleration

  

  Argentina's economic activity slowed in March to 4% year-on-year continuing a steady deceleration from the China-like rates seen through October, government data showed on Friday.

• Friday, May 18th 2012 - 23:03 UTC

  World’s 29 biggest banks need to raise 566bn dollars of common equity by 2019

  

  The world’s biggest banks may have to raise about 566 billion dollars of common equity to meet rules on capital to be implemented by 2019, curtailing shareholder returns, according to analysts at Fitch Ratings.

• Friday, May 18th 2012 - 22:54 UTC

  EU ambassador in Argentina suggests “negotiated agreement” for the Repsol/YPF dispute

  

  The European Ambassador to Argentina, Spanish native Alfonso Díez Torres, stressed on Friday that the solution for the YPF seizure conflict would be “a negotiated agreement” between Argentina and Repsol.