Investments

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 18:10 UTC

  Mass inoculation against Covid-19 in Brazil “only possible” in March with the AstraZenca vaccine

  

  In Brazil, a mass inoculation campaign against Covid 19 will only be possible from March and will rely on the Astra Zeneca vaccine, a senior health official at the country’s leading public biomedical institute told Reuters.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 15:03 UTC

  Lack of confidence, Argentine government main challenge in its first year

  

  Argentina's current government has had a wild ride in its first year of government: a sovereign default, huge debt restructurings together with sliding reserves, a currency crisis, a weak economy battered by COVID-19, and massive money printing.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 14:54 UTC

  China will upgrade Argentina's railway system with a US$ 4,7bn contract

  

  Rail companies from China have signed agreements worth US$ 4.7bn with the government of Argentina, aimed at improving the country’s rail system.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 09:14 UTC

  As airlines reactivate planes, regulators and insurers call for extra attention to conditions and training

  

  Regulators, insurers and experts are warning airlines to take extra care when reactivating planes left in extended storage during the Covid-19 pandemic, citing potential pilot rustiness, maintenance errors and even insect nests blocking key sensors.

• Monday, December 14th 2020 - 07:24 UTC

  Royal Navy's generation Type 31 frigates will be built two at a time side by side

  

  Work has begun on a huge hall for the Royal Navy’s next-generation Type 31 frigates – to build two ships side-by-side. Standing at 147 meters long, the hall at Rosyth includes 30-metre high ‘megadoors’ and will be able to accommodate two of the 138.7-metre vessels being assembled at the same time side by side.

• Friday, December 11th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Spanish government takes over Franco's summer palace and its art collection

  

  The Spanish state on Thursday took over former dictator General Francisco Franco's summer palace, complete with its vast art trove, and evicted his heirs as part of the leftist government's efforts to erase the legacy of his rule.

• Friday, December 11th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Brazil's richest man and world banker Joseph Safra dies in Sao Paulo, aged 82

  

  Joseph Safra, one of the world’s richest bankers who built an empire spanning continents with over US$ 85 billion in banking assets, has died. He was 82. Safra died of natural causes on Wednesday in Sao Paulo, Banco Safra said in a statement.

• Friday, December 11th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Brazil confident of its chicken and pork production in 2021, despite grain costs

  

  Brazil's meat producers increased output for world markets this year and will again boost production next year, even though they face continued challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's meat lobby ABPA said.

• Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:43 UTC

  Facebook faces mass lawsuits and could be forced to sell WhatsApp and Instagram

  

  Facebook could be forced to sell its prized assets WhatsApp and Instagram after the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and nearly every US state filed lawsuits against the social media company, saying it used a “buy or bury” strategy to snap up rivals and keep smaller competitors at bay.

• Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Boeing 737 MAX returns to the skies on a commercial flight Sao Paulo/Porto Alegre

  

  More than 20 months after it was grounded following two deadly crashes, Boeing's 737 MAX returned to the skies on Wednesday with an incident-free commercial flight in Brazil, said AFP journalists on board.