LATIN AMERICA News, Sep 05, 2011

Food inflation rises in Caribbean, Latin America Trinidad Guardian SANTIAGO—The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Thursday that the inflation rate of food increased almost 1 per cent, reaching 8.7 per cent in July in Latin America and the Caribbean after four months of stability. ... See all stories on this topic »

Chery begins Venezuela assembly China Daily Just a few weeks before the carmaker's moves in South America and Eastern Europe, it reached an agreement with the China-Africa Development Fund on Aug 19 to form the Chery Overseas Industrial Investment Co joint venture to provide financial and ... See all stories on this topic »

Brunello Cucinelli planning Milan listing Financial Times Mediobanca and Bank of America Merrill Lynch have been appointed to handle the listing of as much as 35 per cent of the company, together with a small capital increase. Cucinelli made a turnover of €200m in 2010, a yearly increase of 28 per cent.... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

Global emerging market private equity deal volume up 11pc to $14b Pakistan Observer Global emerging market private equity deal volume jumped by 11 per cent to $14 billion from January to June, 2011, and fundraising doubled to $22.6 billion, the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) said in its latest report. ... See all stories on this topic »

China Trade Policy and the Fallacy of 'Idea-Land' American Thinker In Idea-Land, America's future looks a lot like Latin America's past. Greg Autry is the co-author of Death by China. He teaches macroeconomics at the Merage School of Business, UC Irvine. He writes and speaks on China, space, economics, investing, ... See all stories on this topic »

Foreign Box Office Report: Record Summer Box Office Looms as 'The Smurfs ... Hollywood Reporter 1 debuts in five Latin American markets were led by Mexico ($5.2 million from 1403 venues). No. 3 was Warner Bros./New Line's Final Destination 5, the latest in the 11-year old horror series, which tallied $18.7 million derived from some 4300 screens ... See all stories on this topic » Hollywood Reporter

Business with Heart Success Magazine It happens every year, as regular as the rains in Latin America's coffee-growing regions. The buyers in the industrialized world scratched their heads over the phenomenon, until they realized that the farmers had converted most of their land from... See all stories on this topic » Success Magazine

Update on the latest in sports: KMOV.com DAEGU, South Korea (AP) — Usain Bolt powered home to help Jamaica set a world record of 37.04 seconds in men's 4x100-meter relay Sunday at the world championships in South Korea. The US botched an exchange and did not finish. An American won the men's ... See all stories on this topic »

Bachmann stands aside as Super PAC skewers Perry Minneapolis Star Tribune The PAC's attack, one of the first TV spots to launch in South Carolina, is the latest example of Super PACs taking on an outsized role in the 2012 election. Created in the wake of the US Supreme Court's Citizens United decision in 2010, ... See all stories on this topic »

Gold outlook Journal Online In the Middle East, Far East, and South and Central America, gold is considered the protector of wealth, a hedge on currency deficiency (inflation)m and governmental fiscal-mismanagement tool (budget deficit). In Western countries, gold is considered ... See all stories on this topic »

Photo: Contributed - (Flickr user, 27117418) Castanet.net Relatively strong growth is also expected to continue in Asia and Latin America. What does this means for us as investors? It is very difficult to sit through a downturn, especially with the financial crisis of 2008 still fresh in our minds. ... See all stories on this topic »

Free Trade, Consumerism, and Sweat Shops Intellectual Conservative As the price of a pound of coffee fluctuates under free trade agreements and conditions, coffee pickers in Latin America struggle to make a living. However, Fair Trade Certified coffee guarantees to pay coffee pickers $1.26 a pound compared to the ... See all stories on this topic » Intellectual Conservative

Dry weather looms, drought possibility Gisborne Herald The weather pattern was blamed for extremely heavy downpours in Australia, southeast Asia andSouth America over late 2010 and early 2011, the WMO said in May. Although ocean temperatures in the Pacific levelled to their long-term, “neutral” conditions ... See all stories on this topic »

Show Stealers Delhi Newsline Through this hybrid language, the dances express a voice at once South Asian and American. The troupe will perform at ICCR on September 6. Contact: 22499000 Akbar Padamsee conducts a lecture and slide show on his works at the Chandigarh Lalit Kala ... See all stories on this topic »

Can the jobs come back? Buffalo News Over the past generation, conservatives and moderates of both parties have advocated “free trade” agreements with Latin America and Asia to create jobs. Some new service jobs have undeniably been created, but the Economic Policy Institute (which is ... See all stories on this topic »

Virtues and Hopes in Cuba's Tourism Cuba Headlines The same source reported more than 1747510 arrivals from January to July, 9.5 percent over the same period for 2010. The major source markets are Canada, Russia, Argentina, UK, Chile and France, showing an upturn in Latin America among those most ... See all stories on this topic »

Asian Stocks Decline After U.S. Employment Report Fuels Recession Concerns Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co., a South Korean exporter of consumer electronics that gets 22 percent of its revenue from America, sank 4.9 percent in Seoul. Toyota Motor Corp. (7203), the world's biggest carmaker by market value, declined 2.6 percent in Tokyo ... See all stories on this topic »

“An independent Palestine state counts with support from about 140 countries” MercoPress “The Palestinian side is committed to becoming a full member as an independent state of Palestine, of the United Nation for which it has an ample support achieved during thelatest trips and visits to other countries”, underlined Shaath. Latin America ... See all stories on this topic » MercoPress

Peugeot-Citroen to invest €650m in Indian assembly plant Gasgoo automotive news The company has said it is aiming to have half of its vehicle sales outside Europe by 2015, compared to 38% at present, by ramping up production capacity in China, Russia and Latin America, and now India. The new complex will comprise a vehicle ... See all stories on this topic »

Copycat piracy is cause for concern in West Africa Sail World Despite a massive naval presence in the Gulf of Aden and some successful prosecutions - of five pirates behind the hijacking of a South African yacht in the Netherlands, and of several pirates involved in the shooting death of four Americansailors, ... See all stories on this topic » Sail World

five-sense approach Malaysia Star ... and are used by other cultures in North and South America, Africa, Europe and Egypt as well. The heat is supposed to warm and relax the muscles, improve circulation and calm the nervous system. The Hot Stone scalp and shoulder massage is the latest ... See all stories on this topic » Malaysia Star

LTTE regrouping in the West and India Lankaweb (PTI — Nov 1, 2010, 09.02pm IST) The facts revealed by India and America hang over Sri Lanka like a Damocles sword. These are, of course, serious developments that challenge not only Sri Lanka but also America, the nation leading the battle against ... See all stories on this topic »

Dreams and Wings Madison County Courier My wife Lois and I have flown in propeller powered aircraft in both the United States andLatin America. We too have had many hair-raising experiences flying into remote jungle fields in Mexico and South America. More recently, I had a thrill riding ... See all stories on this topic » Madison County Courier

Bolivia: Marching for Land Rights, Dignity and Social Change Center for Research on Globalization The financial and geopolitical motivations for this project are clear, with the power dynamics in the South increasingly shifting toward Brazil. And, with other recentnational policy changes to agricultural, forestry, and transport laws, ... See all stories on this topic » Center for Research on Globalization

USA's Christian Taylor wins surprise gold in triple jump USA Today AP DAEGU, South Korea – With one stunning leap Sunday, Christian Taylor went from newcomer in the triple jump to the world champion. By David J. Phillip, AP Christian Taylor competes in the men's triple jump final at the World Championships in Daegu, ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

From culinary school and premium cafeteria to executive offices and ... Wooster Daily Record Included in the offerings are a delicatessen, pizza station, a features station, grill and a just completed Latin Fusion station that offers specialties from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and other Latin American countries, with daily exotic specialties. ... See all stories on this topic »

EUROPEAN EQUITY OPENING NEWS INCLUDING: The UK tax agency is investigating ... Proactive Investors UK (RTRS) Samsung – Co. has decided to pull its latest version of Galaxy Tab Tablet compute off the IFA electronics show in Berlin because Apple asked a German court to ban sales of the product in the country, citing the south Korean Company. ... See all stories on this topic »

Obama, Romney to unveil jobs plans as Congress returns CNN International Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina, told CNN on Sunday. "We need to lower the risk of being in business and we need to make sure there is ample reward for creating those risks." Obama "has it backwards," said DeMint, considered an unofficial voice of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Miller Park has new tricks for year's annual Zoo Do Bloomington Pantagraph There are fewer than 50 in all of North America. "It's been cute to see those little guys grow up. That's a first for us," Tetzloff said. The rain forest is also home to a new breeding pair of white-tailed trogons from South America. ... See all stories on this topic »

Meeting of the Romanian Diplomacy The Diplomat Bucharest We shall also be analyzing our diplomatic activity in geo-strategic areas of growing importance to Romania: Asia, the Middle East and Africa, as well as South America. In all these regions, there exist highly favourable prerequisites for cooperation ... See all stories on this topic » The Diplomat Bucharest

'The Help' tops 'The Debt' at box office AFP LOS ANGELES — "The Help," a drama about African-American housekeepers employed in the US south before the Civil Rights era, topped weekend box sales for a third straight week, industry estimates showed Sunday. The Disney film brought in an estimated ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Libya rebels: Talks over Bani Walid have failed msnbc.com to the latest front in the battle for libya. tonight rebels are trying to gain control of one of the last places held by forces loyal to moammar gadhafi . this all comes amid new reports about america'srelationship with the gadhafi regime in recent ... See all stories on this topic »

DeMint 'tired' of talk, wants written jobs plan : 2011-09-04 Washington Times “We need a plan in writing, he needs to send it to us and tell us what it is going to cost so not only Congress and the American people can read it, businesses can read it.” Mr. DeMint is the latest Republican to criticize Mr. Obama's upcoming “jobs” ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Times

Workforce helps Miss. land firms Jackson Clarion Ledger I wouldn't trade a Mississippi farm boy or farm girl for any Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican,South American." Combined, the companies are expected to create more than 1800 jobs. Calisolar, which will spur 951 full-time jobs in the Columbus area, ... See all stories on this topic »

Egypt and Libya to Join Iran's Terror Network theTrumpet.com No Arab country in the Middle East has done more to befriend America! President Mubarak was severely warning US diplomats about the Iranian “cancer” spreading throughout the Middle East in2009. Not only did our government not heed the warning, ... See all stories on this topic »

Kirk's job, selling trade pacts, isn't easy Minneapolis Star Tribune The American public believes it. So we have to address that. ... For the first time at least in the 20 to 30 years I've been following trade, we finished a South Korea trade agreement not only that big business championed, but that the United Auto ... See all stories on this topic »

'This Week' Transcript: Sen. Jim DeMint ABC News I'll talk to South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, who hosts the top candidates tomorrow. The Tea Party kingmaker on who he thinks has what it takes to beat Barack Obama. And then, the big zero. Jobs flat line and the president faces his biggest test yet. ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News

Chinese double-edged trade with Latin America | ARY News | Latest ... ARY News | Latest News | Chinese double-edged trade with Latin America. ... raised the concern in a recent statement that the economic boom in countries like ... urduwire.com/.../chinese-double-edged-trade-with-latin-ameri...

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