Economy

• Tuesday, September 18th 2018 - 08:38 UTC

  Growing demand for a second referendum on Brexit, but time is running out

  

  Calls for a second referendum on Brexit are mounting as Britain approaches the last six months before leaving the EU - but the sands of time could be running out for diehard Remainers. London Mayor Sadiq Khan became the latest big name to call for a vote, joining former prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major and celebrities like football star Gary Lineker.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2018 - 06:56 UTC

  Argentine Peso recovers on an IMF support message and budget presentation to Congress

  

  Argentina's battered Peso currency inched higher and the risk of its bonds defaulting declined after the government unveiled its budget plan and the IMF said “important progress” had been made on revamping the country's standby loan agreement.

• Monday, September 17th 2018 - 08:12 UTC

  International support for Argentina's general strike against IMF austerity measures

  

  The International Trade Union Conference, ITUC’s affiliates in Argentina, CGT, CTA-A and CTA-T have announced a general strike for 24-25 September in opposition to expected sweeping austerity measures being developed by the government and the International Monetary Fund.

• Monday, September 17th 2018 - 08:07 UTC

  Falklands at UK key party conferences, six months ahead of Brexit

  

  Falkland Islands Members of the Legislative Assembly Mark Pollard and Stacy Bragger are travelling to the UK to attend Labor and Conservative Party Conferences. This is a special year for British politics given the ongoing Brexit debate, and countdown to UK leaving the European Union on 29 March 2019.

• Monday, September 17th 2018 - 07:39 UTC

  UK multiuse satellite launched from India, will monitor suspicious shipping activity

  

  The first all-British radar satellite has launched to orbit on an Indian rocket from Satish Dhawan spaceport. Called NovaSAR, it has the ability to take pictures of the surface of the Earth in every kind of weather, day or night. The spacecraft will assume a number of roles but its designers specifically want to see if it can help monitor suspicious shipping activity.

• Saturday, September 15th 2018 - 08:46 UTC

  Brazilian markets and currency ended the week higher

  

  Brazilian markets ticked higher on Friday, bolstered by a new presidential election poll, sending the benchmark Bovespa index up more than 1% as the country's currency, the real, gained about 0.78%.

• Saturday, September 15th 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  Trump ready to move with a next round of tariffs on Chinese goods

  

  United States President Donald Trump has instructed staff to move forward with the next round of tariffs on Chinese goods, US media have reported. The tariffs are expected to apply to about US$ 200bn worth of imports from China, including electronic parts and consumer goods such as handbags.

• Friday, September 14th 2018 - 09:28 UTC

  Argentine currency drops to a new record low of 39.90 pesos to the US dollar

  

  Argentina's peso currency fell 3.51% on Thursday to close at a new record low of 39.9 per U.S. dollar, as market confidence ebbs away despite President Mauricio Macri's efforts to reassure investors. Dollar demand had risen on Thursday due to high liquidity sparked by an auction of treasury notes, traders said.

• Friday, September 14th 2018 - 09:25 UTC

  Brazil currency closed on Thursday at a record low on political uncertainty

  

  Brazil's currency closed at a record low of 4.197 to the US dollar on Thursday amid uncertainty and unpredictability surrounding next month's presidential elections. The previous record of 4.166 dated back to January 2016, during a two-and-a-half-year recession.

• Friday, September 14th 2018 - 09:20 UTC

  South Korea interested in becoming associate member of the Pacific Alliance

  

  South Korea and Chile agreed on Wednesday to bolster substantive bilateral partnerships in various sectors on the basis of their free trade agreement (FTA). Korean foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha and his Chilean counterpart Roberto Ampuero held talks on the sidelines of a regional meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Hanoi, according to Kang's ministry.