Archive for March, 2012
The actors approved the merger of its largest unions in the U.S.
The main actors in the U.S. unions, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), now became a single organization called SAG-AFTRA after its members voted overwhelmingly in favor of the union . In a statement posted on the website of the new body, Sagaftra.org, it was announced that [...]
The euro zone does his part and now expects a comment from the IMF and G20
The euro area now expected a gesture of G20 countries and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to continue the fight against the debt crisis, after understanding that fulfilled its part to strengthen its financial rescue mechanism. After intense negotiations, the 17 countries of the Monetary Union agreed on Friday in Copenhagen provided with a “firewall” [...]
Obama calls for increased taxes on the wealthiest Americans
U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday called for increasing tax rates for the wealthiest Americans, noting that the advantages granted by the current tax system for people with higher incomes is unfair. “Today, the wealthiest Americans pay taxes to one of the lowest in fifty years,” said the president in his weekly radio and Internet. [...]
“Positive” the host of Europe to the Spain budget
Europe welcomed the toughest budget in the history of Spain, turned into the biggest financial concern of the continent, said Friday in Copenhagen, the Spanish Minister of Economy after meeting with their counterparts in the eurozone. “The reaction has been generally positive,” although the European Commission and EU partners are waiting for “specific details” of [...]
The Brent rises by 0.4 percent to close at $122.88
A barrel of Brent crude rose 0.4 percent today, to $ 122.88 in the London market, the weakening of the dollar and optimism about recovery in the eurozone. The North Sea oil, the European benchmark for May delivery ended in the Intercontinental Exchange Futures (ICE) with a $ 0.49 increase over the previous session. The [...]
The Euro strengthens to 700,000 million to the bailout fund
The Eurogroup agreed today to reinforce the 700,000 million euros its rescue fund, which has fallen below the expectations of the IMF, the G-20 and OECD, which called for a billion euros, but very much in line with Germany approaches, advocate a limited increase. Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter, said that only 500,000 million fund [...]
Obama’s OKs to the Sanctions Against Iran Oil
U.S. President Barack Obama said today that “there is enough supply of oil from other countries,” so it gives green light to sanctions against Iran and those countries that buy oil to Tehran. The measure seeks to isolate the Iranian government in a time of rising tension, amid fears that the country’s nuclear program seeks [...]
U.S. announces that will lead the EU to the WTO for Airbus subsidies
United States announced today that denounce to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to the European Union (EU) for its alleged illegal subsidies to aircraft maker Airbus. “We refuse to stand by while American companies and workers are disadvantaged,” stated Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative said in a statement. The dispute between the U.S. and the [...]
MasterCard Alert the Potential violation of Security of their Cards in the U.S.
MasterCard today warned of a possible security violation on one of its credit card processors in the United States, which a specialized blog also affects its competitor Visa has been compromised and data 10 million accounts in this country. “MasterCard is investigating a potential danger in the accounting data by a U.S. entity and as [...]
The IBEX retrieves 8,000 points by the budgets and bailout fund
The Spanish stock market has recovered 8,000 points today after rising 1.23%, in an intense session that was marked by government budgets and the strengthening of the rescue fund agreed by the Eurogroup. The main indicator of the Spanish market, the IBEX 35 closed at 8,008 points, representing a weekly loss of 3.31%, the second [...]
