International

• Friday, September 10th 2010 - 03:49 UTC

  Spanish congress approved labour market reforms; protest strike Sept. 29th

  

  Spain's lawmakers gave their final approval to a package of government-proposed labour market reforms aimed at cutting down the country's high unemployment rate and reviving the economy.

• Friday, September 10th 2010 - 03:45 UTC

  Bank of England leaves interest rates on hold at 0.5% for 18th month running

  

  The Bank of England has kept UK interest rates on hold at a record low of 0.5% for the 18th consecutive month. The Monetary Policy Committee's (MPC) decision had been expected, but calls have been growing for an increase in rates to curb inflation.

• Friday, September 10th 2010 - 03:31 UTC

  A rare copy of “Birds of America” to be auctioned could raise 15 million USD

  

  Ten years ago, a copy of painter and naturalist John James Audubon’s Birds of America was sold by Christie’s for £5.7m (8.8 million USD). On 7 December this year, another copy of the book will be auctioned by Sotheby’s, along with other rare and valuable books, letters and manuscripts.

• Friday, September 10th 2010 - 03:28 UTC

  Invasive “killer shrimp” discovered at water reservoirs in England

  

  A killer shrimp has been found for the first time in the UK at an Anglian Water reservoir in Cambridgeshire, England. Two anglers spotted the shrimp, which can be as small as three mm, at Grafham Water near St Neots on Friday September 3 and sent samples to the Environment Agency for identification.

• Friday, September 10th 2010 - 03:21 UTC

  Goldman Sachs fined 27 million USD in UK for “inadequate disclosure”

  

  The United Kingdom financial watchdog slapped a 27 million US dollars fine on Goldman Sachs for inadequate disclosure of a US probe into the Wall Street powerhouse.

• Friday, September 10th 2010 - 03:17 UTC

  Gibraltar prepares to celebrate National Day

  

  Chief Minister Peter Caruana has highlighted the importance of Gibraltar’s National Day, September 10, as a celebration of identity and culture.

• Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 23:08 UTC

  India increasing trade and investment links with Peru

  

  Following closely on the steps of China but with lesser exposure India is increasing trade, investment and business links with Latin America, the latest of which a Bussiness seminar in Lima, Peru.

• Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 22:52 UTC

  Forbes: Chile, Peru, Colombia, best countries for business in Latin America

  

  Chile, Peru, Colombia are listed among the Best Countries for Business according to a ranking from the US Forbes magazine which includes 129 countries taking into consideration several indexes: GDP growth, GDP/capita, trade balance, population and budget affairs.

• Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 05:31 UTC

  Time Magazine has Cristina Kirchner among the world’s top ten Female Leaders

  

  Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been listed by Time magazine among the top ten Female Leaders of the world. Time says Mrs. Kirchner “has proven to be her own woman” having survived since elected in 2007 several serious standoffs.

• Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 05:26 UTC

  Japanese Yen rallies to 15-year high on China’s record purchase of bonds

  

  As the Yen rallied to a fifteen year high against the US dollar, Japan’s government said it will seek discussions with China over the nation’s record purchases of Japanese bonds as an appreciating currency threatens to undermine an economic recovery.