Investments

• Tuesday, December 16th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay: global pulp company presents strategic project

  

  Sweden-Finland's Stora Enso paper, pulp and wood giant which, has plans to establish a plant in Uruguay has formally presented a strategic environment assessment plan as part of its forestry exploitation project.

• Sunday, December 14th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  China stimulus targets five areas; admits slowdown

  For the coming fiscal year China will put the bulk of its investment on the development of agriculture, low-cost housing projects, infrastructure, energy conservation and social welfare, according to the Sunday edition of the People's Daily (Communist Party official newspaper).

• Monday, December 8th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  EU agrees on need to invest on digital infrastructure

  

  British PM Gordon Brown said more investment is needed in technology and environmentally friendly industries in an effort to tackle the downturn. Brown held Downing Street talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Jose Manuel Barroso, head of the European Commission.

• Thursday, December 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  British Airways exploring potential merger with Qantas

  

  British Airways announced it is exploring a potential merger with the Australian flag-carrier Qantas Airways. However BA warned there was “no guarantee that any transaction will be forthcoming”.

• Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Kuwait sovereign fund also interested in Repsol-YPF

  The Kuwait Investment Authority, KIA, could rival a bid by Russian oil company Lukoil for the 20% stake in the Spanish oil corporation Repsol.YPF, according to the Finmarket website, which was published in Madrid's ABC newspaper.

• Thursday, November 27th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Investors “priorities” in Latam: Brazil, Mexico, Argentina

  Although Chile is considered the market with the most favourable environment for business, only two out of ten Spanish corporations consider it a priority and focus their efforts in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina.

• Saturday, November 22nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Russian oil giant Lukoil targets Spain's Respsol-YPF

  

  Spanish savings bank La Caixa may sell its 14% stake in struggling Spanish-Argentine energy firm Repsol to Russian firm Lukoil, it said. The sale is tied to the acquisition by Lukoil of a 20% stake held in Repsol by construction group Sacyr Vallehermoso.

• Friday, November 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  MercoPress: In Spanish and from the South

  

  When we started almost fifteen years ago with the MercoPress project, in English and internet, it was hard to imagine how far we could advance, but with the standing support of our readers who encouraged us all along, we have managed to stamp a name which has become synonymous of news credibility.

• Tuesday, November 18th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Rockhopper: North Falkland basin oil economic at 25 USD

  

  Rockhopper Exploration has reiterated its intention to start drilling over its licenses in the North Falkland basin as soon as rig availability, financing and relevant consents have been resolved.

• Sunday, November 9th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Magallanes/Tasmania universities set to increase close links

  The Dean of Tasmania University recently visited Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile a special guest of the Magallanes University. The two institutions have close links in Antarctic research and climate change projects.