International

• Tuesday, October 13th 2009 - 11:10 UTC

  Abu Dhabi one of many buyers of Santander Brazil IPO

  

  Publicly listed Abu Dhabi fund Aabar Investments PJSC which is the biggest shareholder in Daimler AG, invested 328 million US dollars in Banco Santander (Brasil) SA by buying shares in its initial public offering.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2009 - 06:58 UTC

  British PM Brown has agreed to repay £ 12.000 in expenses

  

  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has agreed to repay more than £12,000 in expenses after an inquiry found he made excessive claims for cleaning, gardening and decoration at his second home.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2009 - 06:56 UTC

  The 2009 Nobel Prizes round winners includes five women

  

  With economists Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson the round of 2009 Nobel Prizes comes to an end. Of the thirteen, five are women with a first in Economics.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2009 - 04:16 UTC

  Most developing countries workers did not benefit form global trade boom

  

  The boom in global trade over the last two decades has failed to improve the quality of most jobs in poorer countries, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and United Nations labour agency (ILO) said on Monday.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2009 - 04:10 UTC

  FAO: Food commodities prices forecasted to remain high and volatile

  

  Food commodities prices are likely to stay high and volatile in the medium term, while a repeat of the 2007-2008 price spikes is seen as a realistic possibility, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said on Monday. Between 2006 and 2008, international prices for basic food commodities shot up by 60% while grain prices doubled.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2009 - 04:06 UTC

  Freshwater ecosystems the most threatened

  

  Mismanagement and growing needs for water are causing freshwater ecosystems to collapse, making freshwater species the most threatened on Earth with extinction rates 4 to 6 times higher than their terrestrial and marine cousins, say scientists at the Diversitas 2nd Open Science Conference, in Cape Town, South Africa.

• Monday, October 12th 2009 - 10:47 UTC

  General Motors record sales in China’s booming car market

  

  General Motors and affiliate companies in China sold almost 1.3 million cars in the first nine months of 2009, with September a record month, according to a release from the main offices in Detroit.

• Monday, October 12th 2009 - 10:40 UTC

  Major missile systems upgrade for Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll

  

  The Royal Navy warship HMS Argyll is to have her missile system upgraded in a major £19m refit in Fife. The Type 23 frigate has just arrived in Rosyth, Scotland for a year-long overhaul by 120 Babcock staff who will provide her with new electronic guns.

• Monday, October 12th 2009 - 07:58 UTC

  Gorbachev says the world was a safer place during the Cold War

  

  Mijail Gorbachev, the last leader of the defunct Soviet Union said that the “world was a safer place during the Cold War” and warned that the major current risk to the world is the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

• Monday, October 12th 2009 - 07:47 UTC

  British government to sell assets to help balance public finances

  

  The British Government is to sell off £16 billion of assets as part of moves to restore stability to the public finances, Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to announce. Details of an initial round of sales that could raise £3 billion - including the Tote, the Dartford crossing, the Channel Tunnel rail link, and the Student Loan book.