Argentine trains still inspire fear a year after crash, with few fixes to aging system

Revisiting the echoing terminal on a recent afternoon, Maria Lujan Rey said there’s one more thing that hasn’t changed since Feb. 22, 2012: The trains are still unsafe.She lost her 20-year-old son, Lucas Menghini, last year at Once, as the station is popularly known, when the lead car of a packed commuter train hit a shock-absorbing barrier and sent the next car crunching into it. The crash killed 51 people and injured 800 others, unleashing national outrage at the sorry state of the country’s Read more [...]

Research and Markets: Ethylene Industry Outlook in Argentina to 2017 – Market …

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/nrrd2t/ethylene_industry) has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Ethylene Industry Outlook in Argentina to 2017 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned Plants" to their offering. “Ethylene Industry Outlook in Argentina to 2017 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts Read more [...]

Britain considered Falkland naval deal

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Fans To Pay $2500 To Watch Messi & Friends’ Tie

Fans To Pay $2,500 To Watch Messi Friends’ Tie   Published on February 21, 2013 by pmnews   ·   No CommentsFC Barcelona and Argentina national team soccer star Lionel Messi and 35 of the world’s top soccer players are lining up a “Messi Friends” exhibition game at Soldier Field on 6 July, according to the Miami-based sports marketing company Numero 5 Producciones LLC, which is putting on the event.Chicagobusiness.com reports that the game, which reports suggest will feature international Read more [...]

David Nalbandian beats Carlos Berlocq at Copa Claro

PanARMENIAN.Net - Argentina-based David Nalbandian beat his compatriot Carlos Berlocq in the first round of ATP Copa Claro tournament in Buenos Aires. He scored a 6:3, 2:6, 6:3 defeat against Berlocq, with the latter scoring 4 break-points out of 5. Nalbandian will face off against Spain’s David Ferrer in the struggle for gaining an entry to the quarterfinal. Read more [...]

Argentina: Labour Union Challenge Government’s Anti-Inflation And Salaries …

BUENOS AIRES, Feb 21 (BERNAMA-NNN-MERCOPRESS) -- A major labour dispute is turning into an ugly conflict with the main Argentine dissident labour union challenging the government of President Cristina Fernandez and her latest policy of freezing supermarket prices for two months in a bold attempt to contain inflation. Hugo Moyano, once an ally and now the powerful leader of the anti-government organised labour CGT is putting pressure on wholesale distribution stores to have its workforce change Read more [...]

Ferrer wins Buenos Aires opener

Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sports Network) - Top-seeded and defending champion David Ferrer was an easy first-round winner Wednesday at the clay-court Copa Claro tennis event. The world No. 4 star cruised past Argentine wild card Agustin Velotti 6-4, 6-1 at Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, where the Spaniard beat compatriot and 2011 champion Nicolas Almagro in last year's final in the Argentine capital. Ferrer was also a runner-up here in 2010. Ferrer's second-round Read more [...]

Ternium to restart Siderar’s No. 2 BF in Q1

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Argentine toll taker finds body on car hood

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentine police say a drunk driver hit and killed a bicyclist, then carried his body more than 10 miles (16 kilometers) until stopping at a toll station. Police tell the newspaper La Nacion that 28-year-old Pablo Daniel Garcia struck 53-year-old Reinaldo Rodas along the Pan-American Highway. Rodas struck the car's windshield and was carried until the vehicle stopped at a toll station, where an attendant called Read more [...]