MONTEVIDEO: By the end of the year, the Uruguayan government will produce the specifications for a tender on a liquefied natural gas plant in a joint project with Argentina.
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MONTEVIDEO: Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has lifted Uruguay's long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Uruguay to BB from BB- with a stable outlook as a result of the countries robust economic growth. Find out more
MONTEVIDEO: Land prices rose in Uruguay in the first half of 2010 according to La Nación. Find out more
MONTEVIDEO: Argentine tycoon Alejandro Bulgheroni is investing US$165 million into a venture to build Uruguay’s biggest dairy farm, according to local newspaper El Cronista. Find out more
MONTREAL: International airline passenger traffic was up 11.7 percent from a year earlier in May, while freight demand jumped by 34.3 percent, the International Air Transport Association reports. Find out more
MONTEVIDEO: Uruguay’s National Electricity Provider (UTE) has opened a bid to generate up to 150 MW of wind energy at a guaranteed price for 20 years, Business News America reported. Find out more
MONTEVIDEO: Uruguay’s government will be providing tax breaks to the pharmaceutical sector to boos its growth prospects. Find out more
MONTEVIDEO: The Ministry of Economy and Finance of Uruguay has announced that a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Chile would be signed by April 2010.
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SAN JOSE: Brazil’s fourth largest dairy processor Bom Gosto will invest up to US$30 million in building a plant in Urguay to produce milk powder and butter. Find out more
BUENOS AIRES: Uruguay dairy processor Conaprole expects to increase its profits by 67.6 percent (before tax and debt interest payments) in the August 2009/July 2010 financial year compared with the previous year.
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