Fitch Publishes 2013 Comparative Statistics Book for Argentine Corporate Issuers

Fitch Ratings - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Money Market Funds Explore Callable Commercial Paper in Value Search Money market funds (MMFs) are slowly increasing exposure to a relatively new short-term instrument - callable commercial paper (CP), according to Fitch Ratings. MMFs are exploring callable CP as a way to add additional yield and diversification to portfolios, as well as in response to banks' reduced appetite for providing ...

Despite the commodity boom Brazil is close to boiling point

The Telegraph - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

The most original response has come from the President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, who brazenly co-opted the protesters to her cause. "The size of the demonstrations", she said, "shows the energy of our democracy, the strength of the voice of the streets and the civility of our population." Brazilians are certainly civil: you won’t find a cheerier, more relaxed ...

Fitch Cencosuds Credit Card Joint Venture in Chile Argentina Positive to Credit Quality

Fitch Ratings - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Money Market Funds Explore Callable Commercial Paper in Value Search Money market funds (MMFs) are slowly increasing exposure to a relatively new short-term instrument - callable commercial paper (CP), according to Fitch Ratings. MMFs are exploring callable CP as a way to add additional yield and diversification to portfolios, as well as in response to banks' reduced appetite for providing ...

UPDATE 2-Astra Bristol diabetes drug disappoints in key test

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:09pm EDT * Onglyza fails to show cardiovascular benefit in study * Positive results might have added $1 bln to peak sales * Drug achieves non-inferiority goal versus placebo By Ben Hirschler LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb's diabetes drug Onglyza failed to reduce heart risks in a large clinical study, disappointing investors who had ...

Argentina and China boost scientific and economic ties

General Sources - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

China and Argentina have agreed to increase their collaboration in science, which they see as linked to their growing economic and trade ties. They will ...

Argentine president to visit Brazil

People's Daily - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will meet on Friday her Argentine counterpart Cristina Kirchner for talks on enhanced bilateral cooperation, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday.The Brazil-Argentina Business Council created during Rousseff's visit to Argentina on Jan. 31 will meet for the first time in Brasilia on Friday, a statement released Wednesday by the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, ...

Argentina’s Mid-Term Elections The Race is On

Argentina Independent - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

the primaries for the legislative elections, to be held on 11th August, political parties were required to register alliances before the electoral authority. The next deadline is on Saturday 22nd June, when parties and alliances will have to register the candidates that will participate in the ...

Freezing Argentina Temperatures below zero as polar wave continues

Buenos Aires Herald - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Today’s has been so far the coldest day of 2013. A polar wave hitting Argentina’s central and south areas for three days has dropped temperatures to below 0 zero in several areas of the provinces of Buenos Aires and La Pampa as well as in the Southern Patagonia region. Scarf, sweaters, woolen hats, gloves; everything you can wear these days will help you battle the freezing ...

BRIEF-Aerolineas Argentinas to lease 4 Airbus A330-200s from ILFC

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

PARIS, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:41am EDT PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - American International Group Inc : * Aerolneas argentinas agrees to lease four airbus a330-200s from ...

Argentina bans British made ejection seats from local jet trainer IA-63 Pampa III

Merco Press - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Argentine jet trainer manufacturer FAdeA has been banned from installing a British made ejection seat in a new version of the Pampa by the government of President Cristina Fernandez, according to company boss Raul ...

Malvinas C24 Argentina petitioners Maria Angelia Vernet and Alejandro Betts

Merco Press - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Maria Angelica Vernet and Falklands’ born Alejandro Betts will be Argentina’s petitioners at Thursday’s June 20 United Nations Decolonization Committee session in New York when the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute will be ...

Aust U20s lose against Argentina at Junior Champs

General Sources - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The Australian Under 20s fell 22-15 to Argentina in their fifth-place semi-final of the IRB Junior World Championship at Stade Henri Desgrange in La Roche-sur-Yon in France early this morning. The loss pushes the Australians to the seventh-place playoff, where they will meet Ireland, in a bid to improve on last year's overall finish of eighth. Ireland made their way to the match following ...

Argentine Coast Guard catches Chinese jigger with 180 tons of fresh squid

Merco Press - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

An Argentine Coast Guard vessel during a routine patrol caught a Chinese flagged jigger with 180 tons of fresh squid in its hold, and is now being escorted to the Patagonian port of Puerto Madryn where she is expected to arrive Wednesday ...

India-Argentina pledge to improve trade Timerman thanks Delhi support on Malvinas dispute

Merco Press - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

India and Argentina pledged to improve trade relations, particularly in "non-traditional areas" said Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman alongside his counterpart, Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid, at the end of his visit to India. Timerman also thanked New Delhi for its support in the Falklands/Malvinas ...