News Topic - South America
Articles 31 - 40 of most recent articles
ESD approves funding for Luther Forest, Starfire
The states economic development arm approved up to $31.6 million in grants on Thursday that will go toward separate projects in the town of Malta. (AMD) Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:56:06 GMTFed: Recession to last into mid-2009http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2008/11 ... more »
bizjournals.com – Nov 21, 2008 09:20 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Business: Manufacturing
The states economic development arm approved up to $31.6 million in grants on Thursday that will go toward separate projects in the town of Malta. (AMD) Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:56:06 GMTFed: Recession to last into mid-2009http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2008/11 ... more »
bizjournals.com – Nov 21, 2008 09:20 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Business: Manufacturing
From the Kremlin to Caracas, how oil collapse changes everything
RussiaRussia is lurching towards a major economic crisis, experts predicted yesterday, following news that the price of oil had slumped to under $50 (£33.72) a barrel. The collapse was likely to have catastrophic consequences including a possible devaluation of the rouble and a severe drop in l ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 21, 2008 12:58 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Technology: Science
RussiaRussia is lurching towards a major economic crisis, experts predicted yesterday, following news that the price of oil had slumped to under $50 (£33.72) a barrel. The collapse was likely to have catastrophic consequences including a possible devaluation of the rouble and a severe drop in l ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 21, 2008 12:58 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Technology: Science
President Hugo Chavez poised to make deep cuts in Venezuelan government spending as petro-dollars dry up
Hugo Chavez has reduced Venezuela's support to foreign allies and is poised to make deeper cuts at home and abroad as plunging oil revenues hit his self-styled socialist revolution.The government has warned of austerity measures after years of breakneck spending on social programmes, nationalis ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 20, 2008 6:37 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in World
Hugo Chavez has reduced Venezuela's support to foreign allies and is poised to make deeper cuts at home and abroad as plunging oil revenues hit his self-styled socialist revolution.The government has warned of austerity measures after years of breakneck spending on social programmes, nationalis ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 20, 2008 6:37 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in World
Nov. 20, 1820: One Whale Exacts His Revenge
1820: The whaling ship Essex is rammed and sunk by a sperm whale 2,000 miles off the west coast of South America. The ordeal of the crew inspires Herman Melville's classic, Moby Dick.The Essex was an aging vessel from Nantucket, which at the time possessed the largest whaling fleet in the world ... more »
Wired News – Nov 20, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Technology
1820: The whaling ship Essex is rammed and sunk by a sperm whale 2,000 miles off the west coast of South America. The ordeal of the crew inspires Herman Melville's classic, Moby Dick.The Essex was an aging vessel from Nantucket, which at the time possessed the largest whaling fleet in the world ... more »
Wired News – Nov 20, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Technology
S. Fla. CPI drops along with national index
Consumer prices for Miami-Fort Lauderdale dropped 0.8 percent in the September-October period, slightly less than the national consumer price index, which plummeted 1 percent the biggest drop since the U.S. Department of Labor started keeping track in 1947. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:16:36 GMTESD to take u ... more »
bizjournals.com – Nov 20, 2008 04:20 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Business: Manufacturing
Consumer prices for Miami-Fort Lauderdale dropped 0.8 percent in the September-October period, slightly less than the national consumer price index, which plummeted 1 percent the biggest drop since the U.S. Department of Labor started keeping track in 1947. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:16:36 GMTESD to take u ... more »
bizjournals.com – Nov 20, 2008 04:20 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Business: Manufacturing
International Latin Pop Artist - Still Alive - Debut Single Hits Big
Patron Records - Latin pop artists Still Alive, who hail from Colombia South America, featured as the next big thing since Shakira coming out of Colombia; Debut their hit single video "Lady" on Latin TV. [PR.com - January 18, 2008]
PR.com – Nov 19, 2008 11:06 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Top Stories: Press Releases
Patron Records - Latin pop artists Still Alive, who hail from Colombia South America, featured as the next big thing since Shakira coming out of Colombia; Debut their hit single video "Lady" on Latin TV. [PR.com - January 18, 2008]
PR.com – Nov 19, 2008 11:06 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Top Stories: Press Releases
Exchange Rates Makes Luxury Travel to South America 50% Less Expensive
Secure exceptional Rates for Your Personalized Travel Package in the upcoming holiday season. [PR.com - November 19, 2008]
PR.com – Nov 19, 2008 08:06 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Top Stories: Press Releases
Secure exceptional Rates for Your Personalized Travel Package in the upcoming holiday season. [PR.com - November 19, 2008]
PR.com – Nov 19, 2008 08:06 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Top Stories: Press Releases
Cocaine users are destroying the rainforest - at 4m squared a gram
Four square metres of rainforest are destroyed for every gram of cocaine snorted in the UK, a conference of senior police officers as told yesterday.Francisco Santos Calderón, the vice-president of Colombia, appealed to British users of the class A drug to consider the impact on the environment ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 19, 2008 12:59 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Technology: Science
Four square metres of rainforest are destroyed for every gram of cocaine snorted in the UK, a conference of senior police officers as told yesterday.Francisco Santos Calderón, the vice-president of Colombia, appealed to British users of the class A drug to consider the impact on the environment ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 19, 2008 12:59 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Technology: Science
South Florida's connections to China poised to grow
Miami on Wednesday will become the official home of the Asia America Equity Exchange (AAEE), a group that will promote investment between North and South America and China.
bizjournals.com – Nov 18, 2008 11:45 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Business: Manufacturing
Miami on Wednesday will become the official home of the Asia America Equity Exchange (AAEE), a group that will promote investment between North and South America and China.
bizjournals.com – Nov 18, 2008 11:45 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Business: Manufacturing
Congresswoman remembers day of horror
Second of Three Parts "I'm 28 years old, and I am about to die." I was curled up behind the wheel of an airplane on a jungle airstrip in Guyana, South America. This isn't what I expected when I signed on to work for a United States congressman. Our fact-...
SFGate.com – Nov 17, 2008 08:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Local: California: San Francisco
Second of Three Parts "I'm 28 years old, and I am about to die." I was curled up behind the wheel of an airplane on a jungle airstrip in Guyana, South America. This isn't what I expected when I signed on to work for a United States congressman. Our fact-...
SFGate.com – Nov 17, 2008 08:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Local: California: San Francisco