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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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Femme Fatale

Femme Fatale

Brian De Palmas Femme Fatale is a tour de force of giddy-enthralling cinematic trashiness. Its a true return to a form for an old master who is constantly threatening to mellow and go soft, a highly self-conscious meditation on both De Palmas inspirations and himself. Its everything De Palmas detractors hate about him and his fans love about himit thumbs its nose at convention, laughs at l ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • Freezing Argentina Temperatures below zero as polar wave continues

    Today’s has been so far the coldest day of 2013. A polar wave hitting Argentina’s central and south areas for three days has dropped temperatures to below 0 zero in several areas of the provinces of Buenos Aires and La Pampa as well as in the Southern Patagonia region. Scarf, sweaters, woolen hats, gloves; everything you can wear these days will help you battle the freezing ...

  • BRIEF-Aerolineas Argentinas to lease 4 Airbus A330-200s from ILFC

    PARIS, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:41am EDT PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - American International Group Inc : * Aerolneas argentinas agrees to lease four airbus a330-200s from ...

  • Argentina bans British made ejection seats from local jet trainer IA-63 Pampa III

    Argentine jet trainer manufacturer FAdeA has been banned from installing a British made ejection seat in a new version of the Pampa by the government of President Cristina Fernandez, according to company boss Raul ...

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