Investments

• Friday, February 15th 2013 - 05:40 UTC

  Apple fighting to recover “iPhone” trademark registered in Brazil by local company

  

  Apple Inc, which lost the rights to its iPhone trademark in Brazil this week, is challenging the ruling by Brazil's copyright regulator to prevent local firm Gradiente Eletronica SA from using the “iphone” brand name.

• Thursday, February 14th 2013 - 01:49 UTC

  Argentina’s January inflation, 2.58%, highest in 22 months according to private estimates

  

  Argentina’s inflation last January was the highest in twenty two months, 2.58%, according to the average of private estimates which are banned from making public their findings, but which are released by the Congressional Freedom of Expression Committee.

• Wednesday, February 13th 2013 - 20:36 UTC

  USA and EU make official talks to begin Atlantic free trade alliance

  

  The United States and the European Union agreed on Wednesday to push for the launch by the end of June of talks to create an Atlantic free trade alliance that could be a benchmark for global partners to follow. A free trade deal would be the most ambitious ever attempted, encompassing half the world's economic output and a third of global trade flows.

• Wednesday, February 13th 2013 - 05:24 UTC

  Obama challenges Congress to ‘take a vote’ on a package of progressive reforms

  

  President Barack Obama pledged in his annual State of the Union speech to revive the sluggish US economy by creating “good, middle-class jobs”. The Democratic president promised “smarter” rather than bigger government for “the many, and not just the few” and called on Congress 'to take a vote' on a package of progressive reforms..

• Monday, February 11th 2013 - 00:56 UTC

  Brazil January inflation spike triggers concern for the government and investors

  

  Brazilian inflation in January climbed to 0.86%, the highest for the month in the last ten years, according to the country’s stats office, IBGE. Inflation in December was 0.79%, ending the twelve months of last year at 5.82% which was in the target range with a ceiling of 6.5%.

• Saturday, February 9th 2013 - 09:16 UTC

  India signs ambitious mining agreement with Uruguay

  

  India has shown great interest in mining iron ore, granite, gold and diamond in Uruguay and has entered into a deal for exploring and encouraging investment opportunities in the mining sector, according to Indian sources visiting Uruguay.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 05:54 UTC

  Argentina eases pressure on potash project timetable but denies fiscal incentive

  

  Argentine authorities backed away from a recent ultimatum for Brazilian mining giant Vale to submit a new timeline for its 6 billion dollars Rio Colorado potash mine, giving the company more time to find a solution for the imperiled project.

• Wednesday, January 30th 2013 - 15:34 UTC

  US economy contracts in fourth quarter, first time since 2009 global recession

  

  The US economy unexpectedly shrank at an annualised rate of 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2012, initial official estimates indicate. If confirmed, it would be the first contraction logged by the US economy since the 2009 global recession. The world's largest economy grew 3.1% in July to September.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2013 - 03:42 UTC

  South Falklands gas condensate discovery in ‘technically and commercially viable”

  

  Hydrocarbons exploration company Borders and Southern Petroleum announced on Monday that the development of its gas condensate discovery in the Falkland Islands is commercially viable. B&S made its Darwin (East-West) discovery in April and has been carrying out tests to determine the nature of its find.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2013 - 02:57 UTC

  Betting on Mediterranean Shale: three players and one winner

  

  By James Stafford - The Mediterranean has joined the shale game, but as most of Europe's Mediterranean countries drag their feet, all eyes are on Israel, Turkey, and Algeria. For Israel, it will be a slow road without the majors.