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- Argentine gas exports cancelled
Spanish energy giant Repsol cancels a contract to provide gas to Argentina, in a continuing row after Buenos Aries nationalised one of its subsidiaries.
- Spain's Repsol cancels LNG cargoes to Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Spain's Repsol has canceled its contract to supply Argentina with liquefied natural gas (LNG), just weeks after the country seized control of the energy company's majority stake in YPF , a document obtained by Reuters on Friday showed. Argentina relies on LNG imports to meet between 20 percent and 30 percent of domestic natural gas consumption. Repsol was to supply 10 cargoes to Argentina this year out of 80 from all suppliers to help meet peak demand from June to September. ...
- Exclusive: Drugmakers weigh emergency supply plan for Greece
LONDON (Reuters) - International drugmakers are working with European authorities on emergency plans to keep medicines flowing into Greece if the country crashes out of the euro. Discussions have intensified in recent days, according to industry sources, and manufacturers are looking closely at the experience of Argentina's collapse in 2002, when some firms agreed to continue to supply medicines without payment for a period of time. ...
- UPDATE 1-Growers derail tax hike in Argentine farm province
* Halt to tax hike seen as setback for Governor Scioli * Growers say proposed tax hike would be crippling * Provincial farmers call five-day strike in protest * Growers inundate provincial capital in lobbying blitz BUENOS AIRES, May 16 (Reuters) - A last-minute lobbyingblitz by farmers in Argentina's top grains province, BuenosAires, stopped local lawmakers from raising land taxes onWednesday in an unexpected setback for Governor Daniel Scioli. ...
- Argentine province set to hike taxes, farmers strike
* Five-day grains sales halt not expected to slow exports * If extended past Sunday, strike could hit shipments * Buenos Aires province seen hiking land taxes * Growers say proposed tax hike would be crippling BUENOS AIRES, May 16 (Reuters) - Lawmakers loyal toPresident Cristina Fernandez scurried to gather the votesneeded to raise land taxes in Argentina's No. 1 grains provinceon Wed nesday, while farmers went on strike to fight theproposal. ...
- Analysis: Argentines jump through new hoops to get dollars
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's quest to keep dollars in the country is spawning illegal money trades inside offices and even schools. But big companies have fewer ways to skirt currency controls and must adapt to the country's offbeat, changeable rules. President Cristina Fernandez, a feisty populist, vowed to "fine-tune" economic policy after winning re-election in October. She has since limited imports, imposed capital controls and seized a majority stake in top energy company YPF. ...
- Hedge fund managers reveal "best ideas" at event
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Larry Robbins, founder of Glenview Capital Management, is bullish on Tenet Healthcare Corp. Meanwhile, Jonathan Kolatch, founder of Redwood Capital Management, is recommending buying Argentine government debt. Once a year, top hedge managers get together at a charitable event to raise money for pediatric cancer research, by sharing their "best ideas" with hundreds of wealthy investors who pay thousands of dollars to rub shoulders with them. ...
- Argentine rights figure charged
A former top official with one of Argentina's leading human rights movements, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, has been charged with embezzlement.
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