South America Business News

Sanford Faces 37 Ethics Allegations

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faces ethics charges he broke state laws more than three dozen times by violating rules on airplane travel and campaign money, according to details of the...

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Obama administration urged to join Mine Ban Treaty

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. acceptance of a treaty banning landmines is "long, long overdue" and President Barack Obama should use a 10-year review this weekend to announce plans to join the accord, anti-landmines campaigners...

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Amazon forest schemes await strong climate pact

By Stuart Grudgings BOA FRENTE, Brazil (Reuters) - Strangers have been fishing in his village's lake and Quadro is on a two-hour ride to recruit help from the nearest police post in Brazil's vast Amazon forest. His tiny...

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Grain futures close lower Monday

CHICAGO, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Grain futures closed lower on the Chicago Board of Trade Monday despite a weekend rally in oil prices and a strong opening to the week on Wall Street. Corn was off 3 3/4 to off 4 1/4, soybeans were off...

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Guy Fieri coming to Chicago

Food Network's Fieri brings his bromance to Chicago, showing manly good taste Guy Fieri, the bleach-blond, spiky-haired, fist-pumping bon vivant of Food Network, used the word "bro" no fewer than 40 times in our interview....

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Honduras election sets return to business as usual

Elvin Santos, presidential candidate for the Liberal Party, holds his party flag at his closing campaign event in Tegucigalpa, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. The coup last summer in this tiny, Central American country blew up into an...

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ASIA: Civil Society Steps Up Efforts Towards Alternative Economy

By Mutsuko Murakami TOKYO, Nov 24 (IPS) - These ideas, they say, are best summed up in the concept of solidarity economy (SE). The term was first coined at the World Social Forum, originally a Brazil-based civil society’s...

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Sony PS3 PlayStation 80 GB Bundle 6 games 2 controllers

15.00US Postal Service Parcel Post *The estimated delivery time is based on the seller's handling time, the shipping service selected, and the payment method selected. Sellers are not responsible for shipping service transit...

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BOLIVIA: The Credibility of Campaign Promises

LA PAZ, Nov 23 (IPS) - If two candidates offer funds for the poor, but one of them is known for living up to his promises, who will the citizens vote for? That would seem to broadly describe the choice Bolivian voters are...

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Cloud Expo New York Show Prospectus Now Shipping

SYS-CON Events ( http://events.sys-con.com ) announced today that the "show prospectus" for the 5th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo ( www.CloudComputingExpo.com ) is now shipping. 5th International Cloud Expo...

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