Investments

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 11:58 UTC

  Argentina sends “debt sustainability” bill to Congress to restructure interest and capital payments

  

  Argentina’s government of Alberto Fernandez is seeking to push through legislation to help solve a mounting debt crisis as the country struggles to make repayments to global creditors.

• Wednesday, January 22nd 2020 - 07:38 UTC

  Argentina needs dollars and will strongly promote tourism; 625.000 cruise visitors expected this season

  

  Argentina is considering the updating and redesign of port infrastructure in Buenos Aires to help improve docking facilities for cruise vessels. The announcement was done by Transport minister Mario Meoni given the growing number of tourists arriving at the Argentine capital.

• Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 06:18 UTC

  Brazil's Embraer studying to launch a turboprop aircraft to compete with Franco-Italian ATR

  

  Brazilian planemaker Embraer is in the advanced stages of studying the launch of a new turboprop aircraft to be developed through a venture it is planning with Boeing, subject to necessary approvals, a top executive said on Monday.

• Monday, January 20th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina pledges bill to attract investment for production of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernandez will send a bill to Congress to attract investment for the production of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons, a spokesman for the Production Development ministry said.

• Friday, January 17th 2020 - 10:23 UTC

  Google-parent Alphabet reaches plus US$ 1 trillion market value: time to cash on the extraordinary gains?

  

  As Google-parent Alphabet became on Thursday the fourth US company to top a market value of more than US$1 trillion, some funds holding its shares are wondering whether now is the time to cash in on the stock's extraordinary gains.

• Thursday, January 16th 2020 - 19:15 UTC

  Brazilian Antarctica base reopened from its ashes after eight years

  

  Brazil Wednesday reopened its scientific Comandante Ferraz base in Antarctica, which had been destroyed in a fire in 2012. In the incident two soldiers died and more than two thirds of the facilities were destroyed.

• Wednesday, January 15th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Leading Chinese auto makers planning to produce vehicles in Mexico

  

  At least three Chinese automakers are preparing to produce vehicles in Mexico or expand existing operations, the Mexican ambassador to China earlier this week, in what would be a boost to one of the Latin American country’s top export industries.

• Thursday, January 9th 2020 - 09:45 UTC

  Walmart confirms it is the largest retailer in Mexico; last year it opened 134 new stores

  

  Walmart last year launched its biggest expansion in Mexico since 2013, opening 134 new stores in its top foreign market and boosting its presence by nearly five percent, the retailer said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, January 8th 2020 - 09:44 UTC

  Falklands' Sea Lion project reaches farm-in deal with Tel Aviv listed Navitas

  

  Rockhopper Exploration PLC on Tuesday said it has signed a milestone farm-in deal at the Sea Lion project in the Falkland Islands. Rockhopper shares were 30% higher in early trade in London at a price of 19.44 pence each. Premier was 13% higher at 114.62p.

• Tuesday, January 7th 2020 - 09:08 UTC

  Brazil: mining company agrees to compensation for 17.000 relocations in a capital city

  

  Brazilian petrochemical producer Braskem SA has agreed to a 2.7 billion reais (US$ 667 million) settlement with federal and state authorities in the northeastern state of Alagoas to cover damage caused by a salt mining project there.