International

• Tuesday, August 7th 2012 - 08:14 UTC

  China central bank anticipates injecting more liquidity in second half of 2012

  

  China's central bank said on Sunday it will strengthen the fine-tuning of its monetary policy in the second half of this year, indicating as many analysts believe that more liquidity may be injected into the world's second largest economy.

• Monday, August 6th 2012 - 21:18 UTC

  US Noble Energy farms in to explore for oil in east and south Falklands’ waters

  

  London AIM listed Falkland Oil and Gas announced it has reached an agreement to farm out a 35% stake in most of its Falkland Islands’ exploration licenses to the US Noble Energy to help fund its drilling plans off the Islands.

• Monday, August 6th 2012 - 07:21 UTC

  Slowdown in Latin America further exposed vulnerabilities of Spain and Portugal

  

  The slowdown in Latin America’s once booming economies could take a heavy toll on profits for Spanish and Portuguese companies whose two-decade investment spree abroad has provided a lifeline during a deepening crisis at home.

• Friday, August 3rd 2012 - 08:06 UTC

  IMF calls for “policy game changer” in the Euro zone to arrest spread of debt crisis

  

  The IMF called on Thursday for a “policy game changer” in the Euro zone to arrest the spread of the debt crisis it now says is clearly engulfing the entire currency bloc and its smaller neighbours.

• Friday, August 3rd 2012 - 08:01 UTC

  ECB disappoints but keeps markets’ expectations of bold actions alive

  

  Asian shares and the Euro eased on Friday as the European Central Bank, as happened with the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, disappointed markets looking for an imminent move to deal with the Euro zone debt crisis.

• Friday, August 3rd 2012 - 07:57 UTC

  Bank of England waiting for the latest stimuli measures to filer into the economy

  

  The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold for August, and also held off from any more stimulus measures, as had been expected. Its rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to maintain rates at the historic low of 0.5%.

• Thursday, August 2nd 2012 - 22:57 UTC

  Argentina’s noose on Falklands: Buenos Aires province bans UK flagged vessels

  

  In what is seen as another step of Argentina’s noose-tightening of the Falkland Islands’ economy and development, the Buenos Aires Province Senate passed a law on Thursday banning British flagged vessels from calling at Argentina’s largest province ports.

• Thursday, August 2nd 2012 - 07:31 UTC

  YPF after Chinese cooperation for development of Vaca Muerta shale deposits

  

  Federal Planning Minister Julio de Vido announced that several members of the Argentine Government would be flying to China in September in order to close several cooperation agreements between Chinese oil companies and YPF, intended to deepen the bilateral relations.

• Thursday, August 2nd 2012 - 07:04 UTC

  Massive capital outflow in Spain: €163 billion left in five months

  

  Capital outflows from Spain more than quadrupled in May to €41.3 billion compared with May 2011, according to figures released on Tuesday by the Spanish central bank. In the first five months of 2012, a total of €163 billion left the country, the figures indicate. During the same period a year earlier, Spain recorded a net inflow of €14.6 billion.

• Thursday, August 2nd 2012 - 06:40 UTC

  Swedish authorities turn down offer to question Assange in Ecuadorian embassy

  

  Ecuador wants to prevent Julian Assange's extradition to Sweden because it is disappointed that the Scandinavian country has turned down an offer to question the WikiLeaks founder in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, a minister said on Wednesday.