Politics

• Friday, July 20th 2012 - 07:43 UTC

  New Yahoo CEO compensation package could reach 70 million in five years

  

  New Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's compensation package could total more than 70 million dollars in salary, bonuses, restricted stock and stock options over five years, according to a regulatory filing made by the company Thursday.

• Friday, July 20th 2012 - 07:37 UTC

  Mexican president-elect accused of laundering money in his campaign

  

  Mexico's ruling conservatives lent their support to accusations that President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto benefited from laundered money in his campaign, piling more pressure on the country's next leader.

• Friday, July 20th 2012 - 05:44 UTC

  Falklands after young leaders to attend Youth Parliamentary event in London

  

  Following on the successful experience of this year’s attendance at the UN Decolonization committee, the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly is looking for young Islanders interested in representing the Falklands’ at another political event.

• Friday, July 20th 2012 - 02:40 UTC

  Argentine government entities can only buy fuel from YPF

  

  Argentina's state entities must purchase diesel, gasoline and lubricant supplies for cars, boats and planes solely from YPF, the recently nationalized oil company, and not competitors like ExxonMobil, Petrobras or Shell, the government ordered Thursday.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 23:35 UTC

  Further ‘parsimonious’ monetary-easing anticipated from Brazilian central bank

  

  Brazil’s central bank reiterated that inflation will continue to slow toward its target, signalling it will further reduce interest rates that have already been cut to a record.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 22:36 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez unleashes tax agency against opponents, claims The Economist

  

  Under the heading of “Knock, knock, the government unleashes the tax agency against its opponents” The Economist latest edition claims that President Cristina Fernandez is using the tax revenue office to hound its political enemies.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 20:50 UTC

  Argentines main concern insecurity, but also greater satisfaction with democracy

  

  The main concern of Argentines is insecurity, followed at a distance by poverty according to a public opinion poll released this week in Buenos Aires, which also revealed that one out of three interviewed had been victims of some kind of criminal activity.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 20:43 UTC

  Argentina’s top agro-show opens with strong criticism of government farm policies

  

  The head of the Argentine Rural Society (SRA) Hugo Biolcati blasted the national and provincial governments economic policies towards the agricultural sector during his opening remarks at the inauguration of the 126 annual edition of the entity’s exhibition held at La Rural pavilion in Palermo, Buenos Aires City.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 18:38 UTC

  EU, US and Japan battle with China at WTO over rare earth minerals

  

  European Union, the United States and Japan on Wednesday requested a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organization (WTO) after failing to resolve a battle over China's export restrictions on rare earth minerals.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 18:14 UTC

  Police and Civil Guard members join massive spontaneous protests in Spain

  

  The protest movement against the conservative Spanish government's latest austerity measures swelled on Thursday as public sector workers stepped up demonstrations in Madrid and around the country after more than a week of spontaneous action.