Repsol inicia su batalla legal contra la nacionalización de YPF
Friday, May 18th, 2012Por DARCY CROWE
MADRID (EFE Dow Jones)--Repsol YPF SA comenzó el martes una batalla legal contra la nacionalización por parte de Argentina de su filial en el país el mes pasado, en lo representa el primer paso de la petrolera española para lograr una indemnización mediante un arbitraje.
La petrolera dijo que ha comunicado a Argentina sobre una disputa bajo el Tratado de Promoción y Protección de Inversiones.
Esta comunicación es un primer… Read More
US sanctions Dawood India aides
Thursday, May 17th, 2012The United States has placed sanctions on two top Indian aides of former Mumbai underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
The Treasury Department has named Chhota Shakeel and Ibrahim "Tiger" Memon as key drug traffickers.
The move is aimed at freezing their assets and curbing their access to global business and finance networks.
Dawood Ibrahim is accused of smuggling narcotics from Afghanistan and Thailand to the US, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.
He was named a "global terrorist" in October 2003, and in June 2006, he was named by the US president as a "foreign… Read More
Who is the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’?
Thursday, May 17th, 2012During the five-day orgy of slaughter at Srebrenica, which Mladic is accused of being directly involved in, up to 8,000 Muslims were exterminated in what was described by the U.N. war crimes tribunal as "the triumph of evil." A judge at The Hague tribunal described what happened there in July 1995 as "truly scenes from hell written on the darkest pages of human history."
Born in Kalnovik, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during the height of World War II,… Read More
La incertidumbre golpea los bonos
Thursday, May 17th, 2012Por NEELABH CHATURVEDI
LONDRES—Acontecimientos políticos en Francia y Holanda golpearon los mercados de bonos el lunes, elevando los rendimientos de la deuda de ambos países.
La posible victoria del candidato socialista François Hollande en la segunda vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales de Francia, lo que podría socavar los esfuerzos de reparar las finanzas del país, afectó su deuda soberana, mientras que los bonos holandeses se vieron presionados… Read More
Avengers sets box office record
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012Superhero movie The Avengers has topped the US and Canadian box office for the second week in a row, taking $103.2m (£64m), studio estimates suggest.
The film is now the first in Hollywood history to ring up more than $100m in its second weekend of release.
It is the movie's second record, after scoring the biggest-ever US opening weekend, with takings of $207.4m.
The blockbuster sees a team of Marvel comic-book heroes team up to fight an extra-terrestrial threat.
Among the cast are Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson and Chris Hemsworth - who have appeared in previous Marvel movies… Read More
Syria profile
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012Once the centre of the Islamic Empire, Syria covers an area that has seen invasions and occupations over the ages, from Romans and Mongols to Crusaders and Turks.
The government has dealt harshly with domestic opposition. Tens of thousands are estimated to have been killed in the crackdown on the 1982 uprising of the Muslim Brotherhood in Hama.
Following the death of Hafez al-Assad in 2000 Syria underwent a brief period of relaxation. Hundreds of political prisoners were released, but real political freedoms and a shake-up of the state-dominated economy never materialised.
In 2011-12 security forces… Read More
Connecticut, Wisconsin parties consider Senate nominees
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
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n">(Reuters) - The Connecticut Democratic convention on Saturday endorsed Congressman Christopher Murphy for an open U.S. Senate seat, but former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson failed to win the Republican party convention endorsement in that state.With long-serving senators in Wisconsin and Connecticut retiring, those Senate seats more vulnerable to switching parties… Read More
US teen cleared of killing mother
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012An Indian appeals court has overturned the conviction of a US teenager who had been accused of slashing his mother's throat at an Indian resort in 2010.
Joncarlo Patton, who was 15 or 16 when arrested, denied murdering his mother, Cynthia Iannarelli, in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan.
He was arrested at an airport a day after she was found dead near the city of Jodhpur.
He was sentenced last year to three years in a juvenile detention facility.
It is not clear on what grounds the conviction was overturned, Associated Press reports.
The teenager had been accused of attacking… Read More
China profile
Monday, May 14th, 2012China is the world's most populous country, with a continuous culture stretching back nearly 4,000 years.
Many of the elements that make up the foundation of the modern world originated in China, including paper, gunpowder, credit banking, the compass and paper money.
After stagnating for more than two decades under the rigid authoritarianism of early communist rule under its late leader, Chairman Mao, China now has the world's fastest-growing economy and is undergoing what has been described as a second industrial revolution.
The People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded in 1949… Read More
Los costos que están en la base de la economía
Monday, May 14th, 2012Por DAVID WESSEL
El oro brilla, por supuesto. Lleva haciéndolo desde hace siglos. La economía mundial oscila según las alzas y bajas de los precios del petróleo. La subida de los precios de los alimentos amenaza incluso a las dictaduras más inflexibles. Los precios de las materias primas importan y no sólo a los operadores de bolsa e inversionistas.
Durante décadas, los precios de las materias primas cayeron casi inexorablemente. Pero alrededor del… Read More