Investments

• Monday, April 29th 2019 - 08:56 UTC

  Argentine mining investments expected to reach US$ 29 billion this year

  

  The Argentine Chamber of Mining Entrepreneurs issued a report this week stating that it expects mining industry investments to reach US$ 29 billion and employ about 80,000 people in 2019.

• Monday, April 29th 2019 - 08:32 UTC

  Amazon Prime Service promises to cut delivery times worldwide

  

  Amazon has promised to cut delivery times worldwide for customers of its Prime service. Amazon Prime is a subscription service offering free delivery and access to Amazon's TV shows.

• Saturday, April 27th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Piñera in Beijing business forum invites Chinese companies to invest in Chile

  

  Chilean President Sebastian Piñera kicked off an investment forum in Beijing this week with an invitation for China to use Chile as a jumping off point to do business in Latin America, even as Washington has warned Chile to proceed with caution.

• Saturday, April 27th 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  Tompkins Foundation donates Chile a million acres for two newly created national parks

  

  The foundation created by the late creator of U.S. clothing brands Esprit and The North Face turned over 407,000 hectares (1 million acres) of forest, mountain, lakes and glaciers in Patagonia to the government of Chile on Friday, the Tompkins Conservation Foundation said.

• Friday, April 26th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Second black day for Argentine markets and Peso; panic at a possible return of Cristina Fernandez and Kirchnerism

  

  Argentine bonds and the country’s embattled peso currency fell for a second day on Thursday, cranking up the challenge facing President Mauricio Macri as his drop in the polls ahead of knife-edge elections later this year unnerves investors.

• Friday, April 26th 2019 - 02:26 UTC

  Robots and computers will deeply transform 32% of current jobs, OECD says

  

  Robots and computers threaten 14% of existing jobs over the next 20 years, so countries must retrain workers for a transformed labour market, the OECD warned on Thursday.

• Thursday, April 25th 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  Xi receives Piñera, praises Chile and calls for a pragmatic cooperation

  

  China and Chile should connect their development strategies and promote interconnectivity between Chile and other Latin American countries, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 08:25 UTC

  US approves first drone home delivery, which will operate as an airline

  

  Drone home delivery company Wing has been approved as an airline by the US Federal Aviation Authority. It means the company will start delivering goods in rural Virginia within months. Wing, owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, says the drones will carry food and medicine from local shops.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  US threatens sanctions on countries that continue to purchase Iranian oil: crude hits six month highs

  

  The United States on Monday demanded that buyers of Iranian oil stop purchases by May 1 or face sanctions, a move to choke off Tehran's oil revenues which sent crude prices to six-month highs on fears of a potential supply crunch.

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:14 UTC

  Russian billionaire announces first private icebreaker: Antarctica cruise in 2022

  

  One of the top 50 richest Russians, banker Oleg Tinkov, wants to present what he calls a first private icebreaker to the public next year, before the €100 million vessel sets sail to the Antarctic among other destinations.