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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 ...

  • Argentine Lionel Messi and his father charged with tax fraud

    Lionel Messi of Argentina's national soccer team waits on the sidelines during their 2014 World Cup qualifying match against Colombia in Buenos Aires, June 7, 2013. REUTERS/Marcos ...

  • Argentina caught a Chinese ship trying to steal 180 tonnes of its squid

    was caught fishing off of Argentina's coast late on Tuesday (June 17). The country's coast guard has since boarded and seized the ship, which is being escorted to the Patagonia port on Argentina's southeastern coast. But the incident was hardly the first. Argentina is having a hard time keeping foreign fishermen from illegally plundering its waters for cephalopods.Squid are an ...

  • Argentina’s economy recovering in May and trade surplus above estimate

    Argentina's economic growth sped up slightly in the first quarter and May's trade surplus was above expectations according to the latest release on economic data. GDP was up 3% from a year earlier and 1.5% from the fourth quarter of ...

  • Falklands’ fresh with referendum results will challenge the C24 and Argentina

    Argentina and the Falkland Islands meet on Thursday at the UN Decolonization Committee, C24 to discuss the South Atlantic Islands sovereignty dispute, and contrary to last year when the big show was the attendance of President Cristina Fernandez, this time it will be the Falklands’ turn with the indisputable fresh results of the March referendum and their right to ...

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The Man in the Iron Mask

"The Man in the Iron Mask," based on the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, is a well-made adventure film that doesn't have much adventure. It has a lot of beautiful French locations, a stunning A-list cast of actors, and technical merit oozing from every corner, but it never really grabs hold of you the way a good swashbuckling adventure should. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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