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Investments

  • Wednesday, April 19th 2017 - 05:49 UTC

    The disputed FIH Group plans to release this week a trading update

    FIH Group had been subject to a takeover battle with Staunton Holdings Ltd and Dolphin Fund Ltd having both vied to buy the London-listed company

    FIH Group PLC said on Tuesday it plans to release a trading update later this week which will outline its anticipated results for the recently ended financial year while also updating shareholders on the future strategy following failed takeover offers for the firm.

  • Wednesday, April 19th 2017 - 04:36 UTC

    Gibraltar's football upbeat: FIFA will finance an UEFA category 4 stadium

    GFA will pay £16.5m for the stadium and invest a further £15m in revamping the facility to accommodate 8,000 people and meet UEFA Category 4 standards.

    The Gibraltar Football Association is to buy the Victoria Stadium from the Gibraltar Government, in a move that paves the way for local football teams to play international games at home and, in parallel, will trigger a £16.5m investment in new sport infrastructure around the Rock, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

  • Friday, April 14th 2017 - 18:33 UTC

    Falklands: Dolphin Fund desists from taking over FIH Group, at this time

    FIH received a letter from FIG stating the company could lose the status that allows FIH to acquire land without a licence should the ownership of the business change.

    Dolphin Fund Ltd said late Thursday that it has decided not to make an offer for FIH Group PLC at this time, following a letter from the Falkland Islands Government warning FIH about its status should it undertake a change of ownership.

  • Wednesday, April 12th 2017 - 10:18 UTC

    YPF interested in Shell's refinery and network of gasoline stations

    The assets, including a 113,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Buenos Aires, were put on the block as part of Shell's program of asset sales

    Argentina's state-run oil company YPF is among the bidders for Royal Dutch Shell Plc's refinery and network of gasoline stations in Argentina. Other nationally owned oil companies are interested in the assets but YPF is seen as having an edge because of its strong position in Argentina, the reliable industry sources said.

  • Tuesday, April 11th 2017 - 05:30 UTC

    Chinese company buys 50% share of the Veladero mine in Argentina

    Barrick's CEO John Thornton and Shandong chairman Chen Yumin during the ceremony that closed the deal (Pic by Barrick Gold Corporation)

    Barrick Gold and Shandong Gold, a Chinese company, have signed a strategic co-operation agreement that includes half the Veladero gold mine in Argentina. Shandong has agreed to purchase 50% of the Veladero mine in Argentina for US$960 million, and a joint venture will be created to operate it.

  • Saturday, April 8th 2017 - 07:25 UTC

    Positive outcome of ASSI visit to St Helena Airport

    The St Helena airport has received an ASSI endorsed certification of Air Traffic Services for a twelve month period from 3 April 2017

    Senior Aerodrome Inspector, Justin Rothwell, and Air Traffic Services Inspector, Sarah Lee, from Air Safety Support International (ASSI), the regulator for St Helena Airport, visited the Island recently. The purpose of their visit, according to an official release from the Overseas Territory, was to undertake an audit to consider the extension of the certification of St Helena Airport.

  • Friday, April 7th 2017 - 11:52 UTC

    Manchester City parent company purchases Uruguayan football club

    Manchester City chairman Khaldoon after confirming the purchase of Athletic Torque

    Manchester City's owners have confirmed their purchase of Uruguayan club Atletico Torque as the Abu Dhabi-based investors add to their growing portfolio. City's parent company, City Football Group (CFG), announced second tier Atletico Torque will become part of their global network of clubs.

  • Friday, April 7th 2017 - 10:31 UTC

    “I have gotten nothing” from Xi, but a strong friendship has developed, Trump admits

    Trump said the two leaders had quickly “developed a friendship,” and he predicted that “long term we’re going to have a very, very great relationship”

    United States President Donald Trump said to light laughter at a Thursday evening dinner he hosted for Chinese President Xi Jinping that after a long discussion, “I have gotten nothing, absolutely nothing” from his guest. But Trump added that the two leaders, who chatted earlier at the president’s Florida resort, had quickly “developed a friendship,” and he predicted that “long term we’re going to have a very, very great relationship and I look very much forward to it.”

  • Wednesday, April 5th 2017 - 20:59 UTC

    Tesla electric car maker market value overtakes Ford; 2016 sales reached 76.000

    Tesla's shares rose after it was announced record vehicle deliveries in the first quarter: 25,000 cars in the first quarter, up 70% on the same quarter last year.

    Tesla's market value has overtaken that of Ford after shares in the electric car maker added more than 7%. At the close of trading Tesla had a market value of US$49bn, compared with Ford's value of US$46bn.

  • Wednesday, April 5th 2017 - 06:22 UTC

    IDB ends annual meeting with agreement to replenish innovation fund

    “What we’re witnessing is a region that’s shouldering its own responsibilities,” said IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno.

    The Inter-American Development Bank and the Inter-American Investment Corporation wrapped up the annual meeting of their Boards of Governors after reaching an agreement to replenish the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), the IDB Group’s innovation lab.