Tag: George Soros

• Wednesday, September 3rd 2014 - 22:05 UTC

  Soros signals Argentina’s shale is biggest place to be

  

  One of the world’s legendary investors is upping his bet on Argentina’s shale oil and gas industry in a show of confidence for shale production in South America’s largest unconventional prize —and a big boost for both super-majors and smaller players making big waves in the heart of new discovery areas.

• Tuesday, August 26th 2014 - 06:42 UTC

  Soros group and others file lawsuit against BONY over payments in Euros

  

  A group of hedge funds, including George Soros’s Quantum Partners and J. Kyle Bass’s Hayman Capital, is seeking a 226 million Euro interest payment on Argentine bonds from Bank of New York Mellon, BONY, that was blocked by a United States judge last month.

• Saturday, August 16th 2014 - 11:15 UTC

  Billionaire Soros becomes the fourth largest holder of YPF shares

  

  George Soros’s 28 billion family office boosted its stake in YPF SA, making Argentina’s largest oil company its biggest U.S.-traded stock holding in the second quarter. Soros Fund Management LLC added 8.47 million shares of YPF, according to a regulatory filing Thursday, bringing its total position to 3.5% of the company’s American depositary receipts.

• Tuesday, January 7th 2014 - 06:09 UTC

  Main threat to world economy in 2014 is not the Euro-zone but China, says Soros

  

  George Soros says stop worrying about the Euro-zone and look at the slower growth in China. The hedge fund boss, who built his fortune betting on the world’s money markets, is concerned that twenty years of rapid growth is about to run out of steam.

• Friday, September 27th 2013 - 07:26 UTC

  Uruguay is much respected in international affairs, said President Mujica

  

  Uruguay’s voice is much respected in international affairs and this can be attributed to the country’s foreign policy, although ‘it’s not only a merit of this administration but a long term achievement’, said President Jose Mujica on Thursday in a brief exchange with the media delegation covering events in New York.

• Tuesday, September 24th 2013 - 07:52 UTC

  Santos accepts with ‘prudence’ Mujica’s offer to host peace talks with Colombia’s ELN guerrilla

  

  President Juan Manuel Santos was grateful and ‘accepted with prudence’ his Uruguayan peer Jose Mujica offer to host a peace-talks process in Montevideo with the other big guerrilla movement in Colombia, the ELN, National Liberation Army

• Tuesday, October 16th 2012 - 07:29 UTC

  Soros suggests that if Germany does not lead, it should leave the Euro

  

  The European Union could be destroyed by the “nightmare” Euro crisis, and Germany needs to take the responsibility to save the common currency, billionaire fund manager George Soros said on Monday.

• Tuesday, September 25th 2012 - 04:17 UTC

  Billionaire Soros meets Cristina Fernandez and exchange ideas of world affairs

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández met on Monday with billionaire investor George Soros at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York, before her speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. The meeting was held on an “open agenda” and lasted for an hour.

• Monday, September 10th 2012 - 01:35 UTC

  Soros calls on Germany “to lead or leave the Euro”; suggests Euro zone target of 5% growth

  

  International financier George Soros has called for Germany to “lead or leave the euro” days before a crucial ruling on the Euro zone's bailout fund by Germany's constitutional court. Mr Soros argued that the euro zone should target 5% economic growth.

• Wednesday, June 6th 2012 - 21:42 UTC

  Billionaire Soros tells EU leaders they have a “three month window” to save the Euro

  

  Billionaire investor George Soros has warned European leaders they have a “three-month window” to save the Euro and insisted that the EU leaders did not understand “the nature of the crisis”.