Contepomi back for Pumas

Recalled: Felipe Contepomi Veteran Felipe Contepomi has been recalled to Argentina's side for Saturday's clash with Wales at the Millennium Stadium. The 35-year-old sat out the Rugby Championship due to an agreement between the Argentinian Rugby Union (UAR) and his French club, Stade Francais, and was not named in Santiago Phelan's original touring squad.However with Biarritz centre Marcelo Bosch unavailable due to his own club commitments this Read more [...]

Wales drop Mike Phillips but call up Aaron Jarvis for Argentina Test

Wales have sent a warning to anyone considering a big-money move outside the region by ditching their Lions star Mike Phillips.The Bayonne scrum-half has been dropped from the side to face Argentina at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday as a sign that the country will favour homegrown players instead of those who move to the Aviva Premiership or Top 14."Going to France or England could affect international careers," said Rob Howley, Wales's interim head coach. "Only players who are based in Read more [...]

Chile Enersis 3Q Net Profit Falls 13% to CLP101.94 Billion

Third-quarter net profit at Enersis SA (ENI, ENERSIS.SN) declined 13% year on year to 101.94 billion Chilean pesos ($212.8 million), the Chilean energy holding company said in a regulatory filing Tuesday.Chile's drought conditions were behind the decrease in net profit, the company said in a separate statement.Enersis, which operates in Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Peru and Brazil, controls Chile's largest power generator, Empresa Nacional de Electricidad SA (EOC, ENDESA.SN), whose biggest energy Read more [...]

Abortion supporters try to attack Buenos Aires cathedral

Brisbane, Australia, Nov 6, 2012 / 11:48 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Nov. 1 a mob of abortion supporters and anti-clerical leftists in Argentina tried to deface the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires but was turned away by the police and a human chain of Catholics. The would-be vandals marched from the capital city’s congressional building to May Square, where police stopped them from attacking the cathedral. The protestors were also met by a large number of Catholics, including many Read more [...]

CyC S.A. Empowers Mobile Backhaul Services Throughout Argentina With …

CHATSWORTH, CA--(Marketwire - Nov 6, 2012) - MRV Communications™, Inc. (OTCQB: MRVC) ("MRV" or the "Company"), a leading provider of optical communications network infrastructure equipment and integration and managed services, today announced that its OptiSwitch® Carrier Ethernet Access solution was chosen by CyC S.A. to help launch a future-proof Carrier Ethernet network capable of supporting wholesale Mobile Backhaul and other revenue-generating data services. The dramatic growth Read more [...]

Ronaldo: Messi Is Not My Friend, But There Are No Issues Between Us

By Daniel Quinton-Navarro, Goal.com Cristiano Ronaldo says he has a strictly professional relationship with Lionel Messi and is not friends with the Argentina international. The pair have been painted as fierce rivals in recent years, with both players competing for the same club and individual honors. Even though he admits they are not close, Ronaldo is adamant there are no issues between the two of them and expressed his Read more [...]

‘Argentina to fight US court ruling on debt,’ Lorenzino says

Argentina will use all legal means to defend its position against a US court ruling that would force the country to repay creditors who sued to collect on defaulted Argentine bonds, Economy Minister Hernan Lorenzino said today. Late last month, a federal appeals court in New York ruled that Argentina violated bond provisions to treat all creditors equally when it made payments to creditors who accepted the swaps, while refusing to pay the holdouts. Lorenzino said Argentina would honor debt payments Read more [...]

ITC Launches Full Review Of Suspended Lemon Juice Duties

By Bill Donahue Law360, New York (November 05, 2012, 7:15 PM ET) -- The U.S. International Trade Commission said Monday that it would launch full reviews to decide whether it should terminate long-suspended investigations of possible dumping of lemon juice from Mexico and Argentina.The commission voted unanimously to expand its regularly scheduled sunset reviews of the proposed duties, which the ITC and the U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily approved in 2006 before reaching an agreement Read more [...]