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...The regional Stoxx 600 share index added 0.7 per cent in choppy trading. The index has dropped almost 17 per cent so far this year....
...What has not been effaced are the words above the picture: “We demand justice for Noemi Haydée Hernández Sánchez.”...
...The winner serves six years Oct 7 Brazilian presidential and legislative general elections Oct 28 Brazil’s presidential run-off....
...The region as a whole trades at a trailing price/earnings multiple of 17.7, according to MSCI, which is above the p/e for emerging markets as a whole, of 15.1....
...The average copper price realised during the period was $2.17/lb versus $2.54/lb a year earlier....
...The new stadium, unlike the Calderón, will have lots of parking; it will have restaurants and bars to stop fans spending their money at neighbourhood joints; and 7,500 lucrative corporate seats....
...In rural areas it is 1,614.65 pesos. More poverty, but . . . Falling household incomes are largely to blame for the rising rate of poverty, says Gustavo Hernández Licona, head of Coneval....
...Pemex’s head of production, Gustavo Hernández, said average first-quarter crude production was some 2.3m barrels per day, a decline of 7.7 per cent compared to one year ago....
...Mexicans vote on June 7 to elect 500 federal deputies, 17 state legislatures, nine governors — including those of Michoacán and Guerrero — and more than 300 mayors in what President Enrique Peña Nieto has...
...Production last year rose 2.7 per cent to 1.735bn tonnes, though the company has said it expects that to ease slightly to 1.7bn tonnes this year....
...Hernandez and Chris Smalling....
...He has had labs for 17 years, since Anna Dello Russo, the Italian fashion editor and blogging celebrity, gave him one as a Christmas present. “They are the nicest dogs,” he says....
...Ten years ago, Trinidad Hernández thought life in Mexico would change beyond recognition....
...Goldcorp says that by the end of 2008 proven and probable gold reserves were 17.4m ounces, silver reserves were 1bn ounces in the case of, with lead and zinc totaling 7.07m tons and 15.4m tons, respectively...
...Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, president of Mexico, and Kevin Rudd, prime minister of Australia, get star billing on Thursday morning....
...Figures for the final quarter show hefty momentum heading into this year: Gross domestic product grew by just over 9 per cent year on year, while productive investment rose by a powerful 17.7 per cent....
...The broader Topix fared slightly better, rising 0.7 per cent to 1403.06. Mizuho rose 5.2 per cent to Y26,000 while rival Mitsubishi UFJ advanced 3.1 per cent to Y1,020....
...There is no doubt that Mr Calderón, who takes office on December 1, faces a difficult task of uniting a divided and polarised electorate....
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