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  • Robbers dressed as rabbis hit Argentine bank

    Three robbers, two of whom were dressed as Orthodox Jewish rabbis and the third as a security guard, Wednesday held up a Buenos Aires bank and fled with the contents of several safety deposit boxes, police said. The robbery was carried out early in the morning in the Villa Urquiza neighbourhood when the bank was full of customers waiting in line to conduct their financial business. The three ...

  • Argentina at TIC 2013 Country pushing CNG food processing

    There are many opportunities in T&T's market, said Alejandro Bonoris, sales director, Agira, and representative of the Argentine Chamber for compressed natural gas (CNG). "We are present in over 30 countries all over the world. We think as T&T as the first big step to enter the Caribbean. We have already started to do business here and we think this is a very promising ...

  • Parents need $50000 to take sick son to Argentina

    FOR less than five cents each, the estimated 1.3 million people in Trinidad and Tobago could play a vital role in saving the life of a four-year-old boy.Jeremie Nanan is in need of $50,000 for medical tests to determine his chances of successful surgery that would not only save but improve his life drastically.Nanan was to visit Argentina, where he was scheduled to undergo two life-saving ...

  • Fitch Publishes 2013 Comparative Statistics Book for Argentine Corporate Issuers

    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 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 ...

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The Other Guys [Blu-Ray]

The Other Guys [Blu-Ray]

The buddy-cop action movie has been parodied, gently and otherwise, so many times at this point that it would be reasonable to think that there is very little left to do with it (and if you had the misfortune of sitting through Kevin Smiths obnoxiously unfunny Cop Out earlier thi ... ...

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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 ...

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