p:last-child span {display:block;max-height:194px;overflow:hidden;} ]]> President Obama unveils plan to cut gun violence Jan 06, 2016 Obama was introduced by Mark Barden, whose 7-year-old son Daniel was shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. Under the expanded definition, anyone who is "engaged in the business" of gun sales must now run a check on their buyers. #1 Kansas Knocks Off #2 Oklahoma In 3OT Thriller Jan 06, 2016 The Read more [...]

Business - Companies | 2016-01-06Iberconsa to invest in new Argentina shrimp vessels, Namibia value-added hake outputSpanish vertically integrated seafood company Iberica de Congelados (Iberconsa) will invest up to €27 million in its Argentinian and Namibian operations, the company's CEO told Undercurrent News.Following its private equity Portobello Capital majority stake acquisition in Iberconsa, the seafood company will carry out a “strong investment plan” to boost Argentina shrimp output Read more [...]

Termas de Río Hondo, Argentina : Sebastien Loeb extended his Dakar Rally lead by claiming a second consecutive stage win on the run from Termas de Rio Hondo to Jujuy yesterday. The stage was again shortened due to heavy rain, with the timed section beginning after what should have been checkpoint one, reducing it from 195 miles to 120, and the truck section abandoned when part of the course collapsed. Loeb repeated his Monday feat of setting the pace through every timing split, Read more [...]

"The UK has no doubt about its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands".In 1982, the Argentinean military junta deployed troops to take over the islands by force, sparking a two-month war between Argentina and the UK.The new government of Argentina is not backing down."Today, 183 years after that illegitimate occupation which still continues, the people and the Argentine government once again reaffirm the inalienable sovereign rights of Argentina over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich Read more [...]

 Global shale was quickly thrust into the limelight when North America first discovered and began to develop its initial shale prospects during the early years of the shale revolution. It didn’t take long for other regions to take note.In 2013 the Energy Information Administration ranked Argentina as the second largest shale gas reserve in the world, with onshore shale gas reserves estimated at 22.7 Tcm (802 Tcf). Argentina also was ranked the world’s fourth largest resource Read more [...]

05 de enero de 2016, 17:11Buenos Aires, Jan 5 (Prensa Latina) The layoffs of legislative workers were followed today by others in the Kirchner Cultural Center and the dissolved Federal Authority for Audiovisual Communication Services (Afsca), reported union sources and representatives of the affected employees. The start of 2016 is being very troubled to workers of state-run businesses, as their fate as workers is uncertain, thus keeping unions on alert, said El Destape website. General Secretary Read more [...]

Plantings for the new crop finished on November 25, the company explained.According to some forecasts, the culmination of processing of the last crop will join with the entry of the new one.Andres Georgalos, owner and director of Georgalos Peanut World,... Please log in to read the full article We now require all subscribers to register with us the first time they log into the site. It Read more [...]

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Tuesday, Jan. 05, 2016 11:55AM EST

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Argentina’s Chamber of Gas Equipment Producers (CAPEC) says approximately 150,000 vehicles were converted to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in 2015. Based on figures provided by Enargas (National Gas Regulatory Authority) for 2014, that would lift the national CNG-powered fleet to more than 1.845 million vehicles. Furthermore, according to an article published by Surtidores, CAPEC sees a bright future for growth this year with high expectations for the savings generated by the gas compared to Read more [...]

Asimismo, la Federación analizó que las ventas "podrían haber sido mayores de no haberse dado los incrementos de precios, en muchos casos desmedidos y sin razones, que ocurrieron a principios de mes".De este modo, el sector tuvo un crecimiento del 2,1% anual, respecto de 2014.Medidas en cantidades, las ventas minoristas crecieron un 3,1% en diciembre de 2015 frente a igual mes del 2014, impulsadas por las ofertas y las líneas de financiamiento, informó la Cámara Argentina de la Mediana Empresa Read more [...]