Investments

• Saturday, December 10th 2011 - 20:50 UTC

  CFK ratifies model but calls for competitiveness from labour and corporations

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández began on Saturday before Congress her second term with a seventy minutes speech strongly focused on domestic issues with clear messages to labour, corporations, the financial sector, the Judiciary but also a “fine tuning” pledge to continue with the current national, popular, inclusive economic development model.

• Saturday, December 10th 2011 - 05:55 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil agree to jointly promote trade and manufacturing

  

  Argentina and Brazil agreed on Friday to “increase” in the “short term” regional trade in a shared strategy to address the consequences of the global crisis. The commitment was endorsed by Argentina’ Industry minister Debora Giorgi and her Brazilian counterpart Fernando Pimentel.

• Saturday, December 10th 2011 - 05:54 UTC

  Moody’s downgrades the debt of the three main French banks

  

  Ratings agency Moody's downgraded the debt of BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, and Credit Agricole on Friday, citing deteriorating liquidity and funding conditions.

• Saturday, December 10th 2011 - 05:52 UTC

  IMF praise for Uruguay but warns about the need of labour flexibility

  

  The IMF recommended Uruguay greater flexibility in the management of macroeconomic policy, ahead of unexpected changes in the international scenario.

• Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:56 UTC

  Two major Brazilian corporations exchange assets in Argentina and Uruguay

  

  Brasil Foods SA, the world’s largest poultry exporter, said it signed an asset-swap accord with Marfrig Alimentos SA after being ordered to shed some units as part of a regulatory approval for a 3.8 billion dollars takeover.

• Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:32 UTC

  Falklands’ oilfield development, Rockhopper Exploration next move

  

  Rockhopper Exploration announced Thursday in its interim results statement that the Falkland Islands drilling campaign has been very successful as it has established the Sea Lion discovery as a world-class asset.

• Thursday, December 8th 2011 - 06:31 UTC

  Delta Air moves into the Brazilian market with a stake in Gol

  

  US Delta Air Lines Inc. agreed to buy a 100 million dollar stake in Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, Brazil's second-largest airline by market value, and begin booking passengers on each other's jets.

• Thursday, December 8th 2011 - 06:28 UTC

  Ford invests 446m dollars in Brazil to build a new global model

  

  Ford Motor Company announced that it will invest 800 million Reais (446 million dollars) to build a new global model in its Sao Bernardo do Campo plant, the heart of Brazil’s auto industry.

• Thursday, December 8th 2011 - 06:20 UTC

  American Airlines and OpenSkies sign new code-share agreement

  

  American Airlines and OpenSkies, a premium subsidiary of British Airways, American's oneworld® and trans-Atlantic joint business partner, have signed a new code-share agreement that gives American's customers more travel options when flying to and from Europe and OpenSkies customers easier access to major business markets in the United States.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2011 - 18:49 UTC

  Boom of the wind power energy in north-east Brazil: 11.2 MW by 2014

  

  Brazil is going through a wind power boom as production prices fall and government incentives attract a growing number of foreign suppliers. The wind power sector has a current capacity of around 1,400 megawatts, and is expected to grow nearly eight-fold by 2014, according to the Brazilian Association of Wind Energy ABEEolica.