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• Tuesday, February 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands' projects in aquaculture confirm industry feasibility

  

  An ambitious multi-field aquaculture project in the Falkland Islands has successfully concluded its first stage and is ready to continue advancing. However Dr. Brendan Gara, Aquaculture Development Manager at the Development Corporation is leaving after having spent two years in the Islands.

• Tuesday, February 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Corporate financing looking to expand in Falklands' fishing

  

  TEN years on from opening their office in Stanley, Falkland Islands, Chartered Accountants Wilkins Kennedy are looking to expand their services.

• Friday, February 8th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Rio Tinto, another Argentina/Uruguay dispute brewing

  

  Uruguayan Minister of Public Works and Transport Víctor Rossi accused the Argentine Foreign Affairs ministry of looking for problems “where they don't exist” following an official request for information on the projected construction of a new port by the mining giant Rio Tinto where the river Uruguay and the River Plate meet.

• Friday, February 8th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Fed offensive exposes cut-rates/inflation balance dilemma

  United States central bank officials came out in what seems a concerted offensive to inject optimism and downplay fears of a full fledged US recession as negative data on the economy keeps piling and a discouraging factor feeling extends.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Super Tuesday: McCain pulls ahead; Clinton, Obama close

  

  Sen. John McCain jumped to a commanding lead in the Republican delegate race over Mitt Romney on Super Tuesday. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton edged ahead of Sen. Barack Obama in the race for Democratic delegates.

• Saturday, February 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile with record fiscal surplus in 2007: 8.7% of GDP

  Chile finished 2007 with a record fiscal surplus of just under 14.5 billion US dollars, government officials acknowledged Wednesday. This figure represents 8.7% of Chile's overall GDP, which is also an all-time record.

• Saturday, February 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands trawler “Ferrameles” sinks; all hands rescued

  

  The Falkland Islands flagged trawler “Ferrameles” went down early Saturday morning in the Islands EEZ after having run into severe weather and sea conditions, reported Spanish sources later confirmed in Stanley.

• Thursday, January 31st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Chilean Conservatives will preside over Congress in 2009

  

  For the first time in half a century a right wing Deputy will become speaker of the Chilean Lower House following an agreement between the ruling coalition and the opposition conservative alliance.

• Wednesday, January 30th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Chilean fish exports reach U$S 3.5 billion in eleven months

  Chilean fish and aquaculture exports totaled 3.5 billion US dollars between January and November 2007, up 6.5% over the same period a year ago (3.3 billion) according to the latest data released the Fisheries Sub-secretariat (SUBPESCA).

• Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Senate divided over Bush & Lower House stimulus package

  

  The United States House of Representatives approved on Tuesday a 146 billion US dollars economic stimulus package proposed by President George W Bush, but the package has an uncertain future in the Senate.