Investments

Wednesday, September 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Eurostar sets record on Paris-London inaugural journey

Eurostar has set a record on its inaugural journey from Paris to London via Britain's new high-speed line. The train, carrying journalists and VIPs, arrived at St Pancras, instead of Waterloo, for the first time. It took two hours, three minutes, 39 seconds.
Tuesday, September 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's civil aviation chaos forces TAM to delay expansion plans

Brazil's biggest airline, TAM Linhas Aereas said on Tuesday it postponed plans to increase its fleet of Airbus jets from 2008 to 2011 because of a drop in demand for domestic air travel.
Monday, September 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Panama set to begin $5bn project to widen the Canal to increase its capacity

Panamanian President Martin Torrijos and former US President James Carter lead Monday the starting ceremony for the modernization of the inter-oceanic canal zone.
Monday, August 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Rio Tinto to become world's largest producer of aluminum

Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto announced Monday that its bid to buy Canada's Alcan for 38.1 billion US dollars has been approved by US antitrust authorities.
Monday, August 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian company buys main Chilean abattoir in Tierra del Fuego

A leading Brazilian meat industry group Marfrig acquired an abattoir in Tierra del Fuego belonging to a group of cattle farmers from Magallanes Region, reports La Prensa Austral from Punta Arenas. The operation involved 8.5 million US dollars.
Thursday, August 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Latinamerica and East Asia meet to boost trade ties

Foreign ministers and envoys from 33 Latin America and East Asian countries on Wednesday opened in Brasilia two days of talks here to boost fledgling trade ties and build links between the far-flung regions.
Friday, August 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Botnia plant workers on strike demand better safety conditions

Workers of the Botnia pulp mill in Uruguay voted Friday to continue the work stoppage begun Thursday, until next Monday alleging “insufficient guarantees”. This week several workers were intoxicated with sulphur sodium during trials at the plant, which is in the heart of an international controversy with Argentina.
Tuesday, August 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina successfully tests rocket for space research

Argentina successfully tested at the beginning of July the Tronador I (Thunderer) rocket, the first step of a project to join the space race having as a target a rocket capable of sending a satellite into orbit.
Monday, August 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
UK: House prices 'to soar by 40% and will reach £300,000'

The cost of an average home in England is set to soar by 40% during the coming five years, to break through the £300,000 barrier by 2012, a report has warned.
Tuesday, July 31st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Air traffic on the rise: 1.800 new aircrafts in next 18 months

Air traffic results for the first six months of the year expanded 6.3% in year-on-year international passenger demand, slightly higher than the 5.9% full-year rise recorded for the year 2006, according to the latest report from the International Air Transport Association, IATA