08/06/2005 |
Bolivia Left Out in Cold as Peru-Brazil-Chile-Argentina Pipeline Loop Mooted
WMRC Staff | WMRC
Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay are to sign an agreement to look into the possible construction of a US$2.5-billion regional gas loop, as Bolivia's political crisis deepens after President Mesa's offers to resign. ...
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08/06/2005 |
CNOOC Confirms Continuing Interest in Unocal Takeover
WMRC Staff | WMRC
In a statement to Hong Kong's Stock Exchange, CNOOC has for the first time publicly admitted its lingering interest in the deal it almost had with Unocal. ...
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07/06/2005 |
Can Free Trade Hold up to Special Interest Seige?- PDF
Frances Smith | C.E.I.
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06/06/2005 |
China y América Latina: Complementariedad y competencia
Alfredo Toro Hardy | Diario Exterior
"El crecimiento económico chino resulta el más rápido evidenciado por una economía mayor en la historia documentada de la humanidad. Para América Latina la pregunta es obvia: ¿Es China una economía competitiva o complementaria? La competitividad asume dos facetas: lucha por el acceso a los mismos mercados y por el acceso a los capitales inversores." ...
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03/06/2005 |
Repsol-YPF's Latin American Operations to Receive Largest Share of Investment under 2005-09 Plan
WMRC Staff | WMRC
CEO of the Spanish-Argentine energy group Repsol-YPF, Antonio Brufau, has unveiled the company's 2005-2009 Strategic Plan, under which it plans to invest 21.1 billion euro (US$26 billion), mainly in the upstream sector. ...
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03/06/2005 |
Los TLC traerán mayores inversiones extranjera a los países andinos
Diario Exterior Staff | Diario Exterior
El secretario general de la Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN), Allan Wagner, señaló que los Tratados de Libre Comercio (TLC) que el bloque regional busca con EE.UU. y la Unión Europea (UE) se traducirán en mayor inversión extranjera en la zona. ...
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03/06/2005 |
State Welcomes All to Lift Oil Output
De Nuestra Redacción | Offnews.info
Russia is planning a new licensing round for domestic and foreign oil firms for offshore and onshore oil drilling activities, Federal Subsoil Resource Use Agency head Anatoly Ledovskikh said June 2. The move is intended to increase the growth of crude oil production. Crude oil reserves grew by only 1.7 billion barrels and gas grew by 582 million cubic meters in 2004. Ledovskikh said he wants to see the numbers double by 2010. The agency hopes to have the new round finished by the end of 2005. ...
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03/06/2005 |
The Brutal Price of a Dollar
Tim Kane, Ph.D. | The Heritage Foundation
Conventional wisdom about international trade deficits, China, and the dollar is confused. Headlines bemoan “dollar jitters,” pointing to the troubling 30 percent decline of the greenback against the euro in recent years. Yet conventional wisdom also seems to believe that China is manipulating its currency and should allow it to appreciate and further weaken the dollar. ...
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02/06/2005 |
Grupos de negocios en impulso final a favor del CAFTA
Christopher Swann y Scott Heiser | Diario Exterior
"Organizaciones empresariales norteamericanas y la administración de Estados Unidos iniciaron el empuje final para lograr la aprobación del Acuerdo de Libre Comercio de América Central y República Dominicana (CAFTA-DR), mientras el Congreso se apresta a someter a votación el pacto. Muchos líderes demócratas sostienen que el acuerdo aporta protección insuficiente a los trabajadores" ...
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02/06/2005 |
El presidente del Banco Mundial se centrará en la lucha contra la pobreza y la corrupción
Diario Exterior Staff | Diario Exterior
Paul Wolfowitz se convirtió este miércoles en el flamante presidente del Banco Mundial y dijo que su agenda estará focalizada en África, combatiendo la corrupción y haciendo que los países pobres se sientan menos ignorados en las decisiones de la institución. ...
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