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05/09/2008 06:03 AM |
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05/09/2008 06:03 AM |
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Norway's Cermaq ASA hit by production problems in Chile, posts Q1 pre-tax loss of NOK41.2m |
Norwegian aquaculture group Cermaq ASA (OSE:CEQ) published its first quarter figures on Friday (9 May) reporting a pre-tax loss of NOK41.2m, as compared to a profit of NOK179.7m in the first quarter of 2007. Operating revenues amounted to NOK1,768.3m, up
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05/09/2008 06:03 AM |
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Oligarchs trying to break up Bolivia |
On May 4, massive demonstrations of Indigenous people, peasants, workers and students took place all over Bolivia to protest an attempt by wealthy landowners and business heads to divide their country. These demonstrations got little attention in the
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05/09/2008 06:03 AM |
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Acquittal in Nun's Killing Provokes Outcry in Brazil |
Locality: !sem cidade - AC Source: New York Times Link: http://www.nytimes.com/ Human rights advocates and the Brazilian government on Wednesday sharply criticized the acquittal of a man accused of being behind the murder of an American Roman Catholic
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05/09/2008 06:03 AM |
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Apco Argentina Reports First-Quarter 2008 Results |
TULSA, Okla., May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apco Argentina Inc. (News) today announced first-quarter 2008 net income of $6.4 million, or $0.22 per share, compared with first-quarter 2007 net income of $7.7 million, or $0.26 per share. The
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05/09/2008 06:00 AM |
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UPDATE 2-Mexico's Fresnillo raises $1.8 bln in London IPO |
(Adds fund manager, analyst, shares, detail, background) LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - Shares in Fresnillo Ltd <FRES.L> fell as much as 10 percent after the world's biggest silver producer raised 905 million pounds ($1.77 billion) in a London flotation
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05/09/2008 05:57 AM |
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Indians, Brazilians consumers top greenest citizens survey; US scores least |
PM IST Indian and Brazilian customers have the most environmentally friendly lifestyles, according to a new global survey. American customers scored lowest in the survey from the National Geographic Society, and the international polling firm GlobeScan,
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05/09/2008 05:54 AM |
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Apco Argentina Reports First-Quarter 2008 Results |
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05/09/2008 05:50 AM |
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Farm-Out Agreement Signed for Tranquilo Block, Chile |
- Manas Petroleum Corporation announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Manas Energia Chile Limitada farmed-out interest in the Tranquilo block in the Magallanes Basin, Chile to a local group exploring and producing in the basin. Erik Herlyn, Chief
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05/09/2008 05:38 AM |
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[REPORTS] Monte Verde: Seaweed, Food, Medicine, and the Peopling of South America |
Monte Verde: Seaweed, Food, Medicine, and the Peopling of South America Dillehay et al.Science 9 May 2008: 784-786DOI: 10.1126/science.1156533 Need ? How Do I Get Access? Sign In Registered Users and Subscribers User Name: Password: Auto Sign-In: Save
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05/09/2008 05:38 AM |
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Bandit joins Iglesias in South America |
USA - Bandit Lites is working with Enrique Iglesias whose Insomniac tour began in South Africa and Europe last year. Bandit joined the tour in South America, where Iglesias recently played 10 shows. The tour is scheduled to continue in Central America,
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05/09/2008 05:34 AM |
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Brazilian woman who won |
Melbourne, May 8 : A 28-year-old mum has made it to Brazil's version of the Guinness Book of World Records for her FFF breast implants. However, her desire to look even better is now being thwarted by doctors. Model Sheyla Hershey has had 8 breast
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05/09/2008 05:29 AM |
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Low wages and brain drain: an alert from Peru |
David McCoy and colleagues,1 and the related Comment,2 show the diversity of factors related to low wages of sub-Saharan health professionals. In Peru, physicians' salaries have decreased to a quarter of 1976 salary levels, from S/.7974 to S/.1919 in
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05/09/2008 05:19 AM |
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Chvez threatens to intervene in Bolivia's constitutional crisis |
After news that the Bolivian president, Evo Morales, in his administration, now comes the alarming suggestion that the Venezuelan leader, Hugo Chvez, against 'the forces of oligarchy'. The link includes a video of Chvez addressing his cabinet. He says:
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05/09/2008 05:17 AM |
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Top Mexican police officer shot dead in his home. 'They were hunting him' |
MEXICO CITY -A top Mexican federal police officer involved in the government's war on drugs was shot dead early yesterday, the fourth senior policeman killed in recent days. Gunmen fired nine shots at regional commissioner Edgar Millan, pictured. 'They
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05/09/2008 05:15 AM |
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Chinalco to invest US$2.15 bn on Peru copper project |
Chinalco will inject 2.15 billion US dollars into the exploration work. Toromocho's copper resources equal to 19 percent of China's copper reserves and the annual output is expected to hit some 250,000 tons, one third of the annual copper concentrate
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05/09/2008 05:13 AM |
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Drug cartel suspected in slaying |
MEXICO CITY The national coordinator of Mexico's battle against organized crime was slain Thursday by an assassin hiding in his home in what appeared to be the latest revenge killing by one of the country's most notorious drug cartels. Edgar Millan
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05/09/2008 05:12 AM |
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Chile: 14,000-year-old seaweed sign of earliest humans |
Xinhua English BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Seaweed thought to be more than 14,000 years old found in southern Chile has scientists suggesting it is evidence of the earliest humans in the Americas. Researchers date the seaweed found at Monte Verde to
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05/09/2008 05:10 AM |
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Brazilian Aircraft Maker Embraer Up 32% in Net Revenues |
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05/09/2008 05:07 AM |
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MTS to launch Brazilian electronic bond market |
9886..... Share Volume: 2381944..... Turnover(?): 93,669,567.54 | Amsterdam Number of Trades: 5117..... Share Volume: 3390016..... Turnover(?): 71,348,981.13 | Frankfurt Number of Trades: 5733..... Share Volume: 1800292..... Turnover(?):
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05/09/2008 05:04 AM |
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Iamgold selling Peruvian gold - copper project for $47.6 million plus shares |
NEW YORK (AP) - Iamgold Corp., a Canadian gold mining company, said Thursday it will sell a Peruvian copper and gold project for $47.6 million and an interest in Rio Alto Mining Ltd. The Toronto-based company's La Arena project is being sold to Rio Alto
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05/09/2008 05:00 AM |
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DJ Brazil President Says Brazil Wants To Join OPEC - Report |
In November 2007, state-run oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro S/A (PBR) announced it had discovered oil reserves of between 5 billion and 8 billion barrels of oil equivalent in the Santos Basin off the coast of the state of Sao Paulo. In mid-April it
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05/09/2008 04:59 AM |
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US: AmBev Q1 suffers from weakness in Brazilian market |
AmBev today (8 May) posted a 3.1% rise in gross profit for the first quarter with strong performances in Quinsa and North America failing to offset weakness in the Brazilian market. Gross profit was up to US$3.2m for the period to 31 March, compared with
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05/09/2008 04:57 AM |
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Bush Says Cuba Has Made 'Empty Gestures' at Reform |
U.S. President George Bush says he rejects calls to change his Cuba policy, now that Fidel Castro has ceded power to his brother Raul. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports in a speech to business leaders in Washington, Mr. Bush also made a
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05/09/2008 04:49 AM |
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Deep Ties Between Venezuela, Colombian Rebels: Paper |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Computer files found on a dead guerrilla leader's laptops captured in a March raid show deep ties between the Venezuelan government led by President Hugo Chavez and the communist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the Wall
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05/09/2008 04:42 AM |
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China eyes South America, Africa |
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Beijing is considering a plan to encourage Chinese companies to purchase farmland abroad in an effort to ensure stable food supplies, according to media report Friday. A proposal drafted by the Ministry of Agriculture would
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05/09/2008 04:41 AM |
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Compal to Set Up Plants in Poland and Brazil |
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05/09/2008 04:36 AM |
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Soccer-Nine-man San Lorenzo hit back to knock out River |
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 9 (Reuters) - San Lorenzo, trailing 2-0 and down to nine men with half an hour left, produced an extraordinary fightback to draw 2-2 with River Plate and reach the Libertadores Cup quarter-finals on Thursday. Santos completed the
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05/09/2008 04:36 AM |
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Bolivian leader agrees to recall vote |
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05/09/2008 04:36 AM |
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Mexico's Fresnillo raises $1.77 bln in London IPO |
LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - Fresnillo Ltd <FRES.L>, the world's biggest silver producer, said on Friday it was raising 905 million pounds ($1.77 billion) in an initial public offering priced at 555 pence a share. Sources close to the matter told
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05/09/2008 04:36 AM |
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UPDATE 1-Mexico's Fresnillo raises $1.8 bln in London IPO |
LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - Mexico's Fresnillo Ltd <FRES.L>, the world's biggest silver producer, has raised 905 million pounds ($1.77 billion) in an initial public offering in London priced at 555 pence a share, it said on Friday. Sources close to
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