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Economy

  • Thursday, May 31st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Zoellick's first job, restore confidence

    The White House nominated Robert Zoellick to be the new president of the World Bank

    Robert Zoellick has dealt with the Cold War, the killing in Darfur, China's rise as an economic colossus. His next challenge: to restore confidence at the badly shaken World Bank.

  • Thursday, May 31st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Soy boom brings wealth, at a price

    Large investments have been made in soybean processing

    Few towns in Paraguay's impoverished countryside have a stoplight, well-paved roads or a library. This remote farming community has all three, and residents cite one reason: soybeans.

  • Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Unemployment in Magallanes 2.3%, lowest in Chile

    Magallanes continues to figure as Chile's Region with the lowest unemployment according to figures released by the local chapter of the country's Statistics Office in Punta Arenas.

  • Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    UN report calls for US dollar support to avoid global recession

    In order for current world economic growth rates to continue, it is crucial to keep the United States dollar from falling rapidly while also avoiding a recession, says a United Nations report released Wednesday.

  • Tuesday, May 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Boosted by savers China's stock markets continue to soar

    The Chinese government trebled the stamp duty on the trading of shares in what analysts say is a bid to cool the country's overheated stock market. The tax will rise from 0.1% to 0.3% with immediate effect, Beijing said.

  • Friday, May 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    World growth is being led by Europe and Japan says OECD

    The Organization for Economic Development (OECD) says that world growth is being led by Europe and Japan, which is compensating for a United States slowdown. Actually economic growth in Europe and Japan this year has overtaken the US

  • Wednesday, May 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    US/China talks reach no tangible results on currency

    Further liberalization of aviation and financial services and greater collaboration on clean energy technologies are among “tangible results” of high-level bilateral talks between the United States and China, according to U.S. officials. But no “tangible results” were arrived on the controversial currency reform issue.

  • Wednesday, May 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Greenspan forecasts “dramatic contraction” of Chinese stocks

    Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Wednesday he feared a “dramatic contraction” in Chinese stocks but said the global economy may be able to shrug off a drop in asset prices. U.S. and Japanese stock markets slipped following his remarks.

  • Tuesday, May 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    US/China clash over “imbalances” and “politicizing trade”

    United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged China to address “persistent trade and financial imbalances” as bilateral high-level discussions kicked off in Washington.

  • Tuesday, May 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Mercosur Bank of the South on track to its creation

    Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte and Mercosur ministers of Economy and Foreign Affairs decided Tuesday the creation of the Bank of the South, --an idea promoted by Venezuela—that should act as an alternative for world multilateral organizations such as the World Bank, IMF and the Inter American Development Bank.