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Stimulus package lifts Argentine stocks higher

São Paulo :: Brazil | about 1 hour ago | Business News

Source: Belleville News-Democrat

Argentine stocks rose on the government's announcement of an economic stimulus package, while other Latin American markets were flat in midday trading Thursday. Argentina's benchmark Merval increased 2 percent to 990 in late trading, while Brazil's Ibovespa index was nearly...

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Funding Argentina's “New Deal”

Buenos Aires :: Argentina | about 9 hours ago | Business News

Source: The Economist

Funding Argentina's “New Deal” Dec 4th 2008 From the Economist Intelligence Unit ViewsWire The president is seeking funds to boost the economy Faced with slowing economic growth, dwindling reserves and an international financial crisis, Argentina’s president, Cristina Fernández de...

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BOJ's, others' strategies worlds apart - As international interest ...

Kingston :: Jamaica | about 11 hours ago | Business News

Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner

Monday's dramatic hike in interest rates by the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) contrasts sharply with what is happening across the world, where other central banks are moving rates in the opposite direction as part of efforts to deal with the...

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Argentine house passes airline expropriation bill

Buenos Aires :: Argentina | about 21 hours ago | Business News

Source: Palm Beach Post

Argentina — Argentina's lower house of congress approved a bill Wednesday authorizing the expropriation of the country's largest airline from its Spanish owners. Supporters of the measure — which passed 152-84 and now goes to the Senate — said the...

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Brazil to up infrastructure spending amid meltdown

São Paulo :: Brazil | 1 day ago | Business News

Source: Palm Beach Post

Brazil — A top government official says Brazil will boost infrastructure spending by about 34 percent to counter the effects of the global economic meltdown. Official news service Agencia Brasil quotes Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff as saying the government...

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Outlook Revised to Positive for China Insurance NZ

Saint George :: Bermuda | 1 day ago | Business News

Source: Scoop

and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating of bbb- ...NZD 488,000, compared to a net loss of NZD 246,000 in the prior year...Return on equity (ROE) for the year ending December 31, 2007 was...

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EEZ opens new office

Saint George :: Bermuda | 1 day ago | Business News

Source: Bermuda Sun

The EEZ, under the direction of the Bermuda Small Business Development Corporation and the Ministry of Finance, this week opened a new office at 30 Union Street. Finance Minister Paula Cox, who presided over the opening, said "[the office] will...

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Cuba eyes Canadian business --

Havana :: Cuba | 1 day ago | Business News

Source: Trinidad Express

Cuba hopes to increase business with Canada to bolster the Caribbean nation's economy during the global economic crisis, the country's trade minister said last week. Raul de la Nuez met last week with Canada's International Trade Minister Stockwell Day and...

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Tobago getting ripe with greenhouses --

Trinidad :: Bolivia | 1 day ago | Business News

Source: Trinidad Express

Tobago farmer Orwin Dillon planted cauliflower a month ago for the first time and is expecting to begin harvesting late next month. He set up a greenhouse at Friendsfield, Scarborough, Tobago in February last year and has been growing lettuce....

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Brazil to sell 100 missiles to Pakistan

Brasília :: Brazil | 1 day ago | Business News

Source: The Courier-Mail

Pakistan which can be used in air-to-surface attacks on radar tracking instalations, Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said. The MAR-1 medium-range missiles made by the Brazilian firm Mectron are tactical anti-radiation weapons whose existence was kept under wraps for many years,...

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