Argentina and Brazil are monitoring the movement of a 15-square-kilometer locust swarm in Argentina’s northeast, though authorities and specialists said so far it had not caused significant damage to crops in the South American countries.
Uruguay raised US$ 2 billion from a dual-currency debt deal on Wednesday, issuing UYU47.1 billion (US$ 1.12 billion) in new inflation-linked, 20-year notes and adding US$ 400 million to its 4.375% 2031 bonds, plus a rescheduling of US$ 500 million in 2027, 2028 and 2030 Indexed Units.
Argentina is examining alternatives to the planned expropriation of financially ailing soymeal exporter Vicentin, including a possible private-public partnership, Production Minister Matias Kulfas and other sources revealed on Wednesday.
Italy's government said on Wednesday it would guarantee a 6.3-billion-euro (US$7.1 billion) loan to Fiat Chrysler, as the automaker struggles with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Argentina's economy contracted 5.4% in the first three months of 2020, the government statistics agency said on Tuesday, the worst quarter in a year as the major grains and oilseeds producer was sideswiped by the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic.
London City Airport received its first commercial flight in nearly three months on Sunday as Britain moved another step closer to fully emerging from its coronavirus lockdown on Jul 4.
Asia's richest man has entered a new league of wealth. The net worth of Mr. Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd, has jumped to US$64.5 billion, making him the only Asian tycoon in the exclusive club of the world's top 10 richest people, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Argentina extended a deadline for bondholders to accept a debt restructuring proposal for the fifth time as creditors blamed the government for “walking away” from talks.
The UK aircraft manufacturer, Britten-Norman, celebrates the 55th anniversary of the Islander’s maiden flight with a look to the future of British Aviation. The Islander is one of the world’s most successful and enduring aircraft designs.
Argentina’s debt markets were rattled on Thursday after bond restructuring talks with creditors appeared to stall, pushing the country’s risk spread up sharply over safe-haven U.S. Treasuries, a sign of investors growing cautious.