Investments

Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 03:38 UTC
Cristina Fernandez with her mind set on October elections launches the 500 frozen-prices list

The Argentine government has made public the list of the 500 products with ‘frozen prices’, until next October when mid term elections are scheduled. Consumers can check the information online at the website of the state news agency Télam and with the sites of several of the main supermarkets of the country.
Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 03:23 UTC
Europe accepts austerity must be less austere amid concerns over stagnant growth

The European Commission has said it will allow some EU member states to slow their pace of austerity cuts, amid concerns over growth. France, Spain, Poland, Portugal, the Netherlands and Slovenia are all being given more time to complete their austerity plans.
Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 03:17 UTC
FAO says ‘environmentally friendly farming’ can help quadruple cassava yields

‘Save and Grow’, an environmentally-friendly farming model promoted by FAO can sustainably increase cassava yields by up to 400% and help turn this staple from a poor people's food into a 21st Century crop, the UN Food and Agriculture organization said.
Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 03:10 UTC
Germany fearing a ‘lost generation’, more conciliatory with youth unemployment

Chancellor Angela Merkel, stung by criticism she is cracking the whip of fiscal discipline in Europe, has shown a more caring approach by pledging to fight record youth unemployment on the crisis-hit continent.
Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 03:04 UTC
Europe unable to counter increasing youth unemployment

Unemployment among the under 25s rose in April to 23.5% within the EU and 24.4% across the Euro area. The rates released by EU statistics office Eurostat show an increase on the same month last year, when youth unemployment reached 22.6% across both zones.
Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 02:51 UTC
Chinese company targets US biggest pork firm in a 7.1bn dollar deal

The biggest pork firms in China and the US plan to join forces in a 4.7bn dollar deal that aims to feed the world's most populous country. China's Shuanghui International has agreed to pay cash for the Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, which including debt, values the firm at 7.1bn.
Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 02:39 UTC
OAS warns about ‘distinct categories of citizens’ in terms of access and quality to basic services

The Organization of American States (OAS), Secretary General José Miguel Insulza, highlighted the “important progress” made in the region’s democratization in recent decades, but also warned about worrying “risks of deconstruction” which are creating ‘distinct categories of citizens’ particularly in terms of access and quality to basic services such as education, health and security.
Friday, May 31st 2013 - 17:23 UTC
Falklands’ government praised for five year plan to develop oil and gas industry

The Specialist Oil & Gas Advisor for the Falkland Islands Government (FIG), Anne Drinkwater has stated that the Falkland Islands are an attractive location for the oil and gas industry and has praised FIG five year plan which sets the desired economic and social context for development generally.
Wednesday, May 29th 2013 - 20:21 UTC
Streetview Buenos Aires

By Albert Canil (*) - As Wrong As Rain - Yesterday saw Argentines fearful of a sequel to the tragic flood that took more than 54 lives in early April. For once weathermen would have chosen to be wrong but night overtook day and the heavens opened: in some neighbourhoods the rain gauges mercilessly read more than 52 mm of rainfall between 11:30 and 2 pm.
Tuesday, May 28th 2013 - 06:20 UTC
St Helena airport to open February 2016; on line survey to assess travel potential

As from 2016 the British Overseas Territory of St Helena in the mid Atlantic will have regular flight connections when the island’s first airport opens which opens a magnificent opportunity for promoting tourism and for Saints living overseas to visit their homeland.