Economy

• Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 19:15 UTC

  Latam forecasted to grow 5.5% to 6% this year, spurred by Mercosur members

  

  World Bank's Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean Augusto de la Torre said that the Latin American economy will grow between 5.5 and 6% this year spurred mostly by a good performance from Mercosur members.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 04:40 UTC

  IMF head sees “no major danger” of escalation of currency devaluations

  

  International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kham sees no major danger of an escalation of currency devaluations as countries seek to boost economic growth.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 04:38 UTC

  Argentina chairs G-77; CFK demands effective multilateralism

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner led on Tuesday in New York the 34th G-77 annual meeting to celebrate Argentina's appointment as the group's chairmanship.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 04:27 UTC

  Record gap between the richest and poorest in the US, according to Census

  

  The income gap between the richest and poorest in United States grew last year to the widest amount on record as young adults — and children in particular — struggled to stay afloat in the recession.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 01:14 UTC

  Argentina gold production up 21% this year estimated to reach 2.05 million ounces

  

  Argentina’s gold production will rise by about 21% in 2010 from a year earlier, Mining Secretary Jorge Mayoral announced in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 21:38 UTC

  Brazil claims “global currency war” has broken out, but we have an ‘arsenal’

  

  Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega claimed that an “international currency war” has broken out but the government will buy all “excess dollars” in the market to curb the appreciation of the local currency Real.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 21:35 UTC

  Chinese freighter ‘Fortune Plum’ the millionth vessel to cross the Panama Canal

  

  A Chinese freighter has become the millionth vessel to cross the Panama Canal three years ahead of the waterway's 100th anniversary, the Canal authority said Monday. The vessel actually crossed the canal September 4 with a load of 40.000 tons of steel products from the Pacific to the Atlantic but the authority announced the news only Monday.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 21:18 UTC

  Maersk Line increasingly serving Latin America to tap growing trade

  

  The world's biggest container shipper, Maersk Line, is increasingly serving Latin America and Africa with ships sailing directly from Asia to tap accelerating growth in those markets, the Financial Times said.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 05:16 UTC

  Excellent news for Mercosur beef production from world meat congress

  

  The increase in demand for meat will force world production to more than double by 2050, when the globe’s population is estimated to reach 9 billion, according to Arturo Lavallol a member of the International Meat Organization (OPIC) currently holding its 18th congress in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 04:50 UTC

  German unification conditioned to acceptance of Euro, reveal documents

  

  Deceased French president Francois Mitterrand in 1989 gave his approval to German unification on condition that then Chancellor Helmut Kohl opened the way for the creation of an only currency in the European Union.