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(AP:SANTIAGO, Chile) Chile and Turkey have signed a free trade agreement that will eliminate customs duties on 98 percent of the goods they exchange. Chilean Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez and Turkish Foreign Trade Minister Zafar Caglayan signed the accord Tuesday.
(AP:SANTIAGO, Chile) Thousands of Chilean government employees are on a two-day strike demanding better working conditions. Union leader Raul de la Puente says a key demand is the end of a system based on temporary jobs instead of indefinite contracts for many workers.
SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- Chile's blue-chip Ipsa index was gaining 1.0% midday Monday, pulled up by the broad rally in U.S. markets ahead of the release of second quarter earnings reports from blue chip companies.
SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- Chile's civil workers' union, the Association of Fiscal Employees, plans to strike next Tuesday and Wednesday to protest job instability and failed labor reforms.
July 14 (Bloomberg) -- Marine Harvest ASA , the world’s largest salmon farmer, said second-quarter earnings include charges and writedowns totaling about $115 million to cover a slump at its unit in Chile.
(AP:SANTIAGO, Chile) Tens of thousands of Chilean government employees are on strike to protest what they say are unfair labor policies. Labor leader Raul de la Puente says some 70,000 public workers joined Thursday's one-day strike.
Wyeth on Tuesday reported the first marketing approval for a new version of its vaccine Prevnar, as the drug was cleared by regulators in Chile.
July 13 (Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world’s largest retailer, stopped buying salmon from Chile, the largest supplier of the fish to the U.S., after an outbreak of infectious salmon anemia in the South American nation.
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Celebrations by Universidad de Chile fans after the team's triumph in Chile's apertura football tournament turned violent on Tuesday night, leaving at least two people wounded and 245 detained, police said Wednesday.
(AP:SANTIAGO, Chile) Chile's central bank is cutting its benchmark lending rate by a quarter of a point to boost growth. The bank says it will provide other financial institutions with 90- to 180-day loans at the new 0.5 percent rate.
As the first shipments of navel oranges from Chile hit U.S. markets on both coasts, the Chilean Fresh Fruit Association (CFFA) is rolling out a media campaign to build consumer awareness for its newest addition to the summer citrus lineup.
Electronic Data Systems Corp., now owned by Hewlett-Packard Co., won a $90 million contract in which the firm will provide business technology services to three Chile-based financial services firms. (HPQ)
Electronic Data Systems Corp., which is now under the umbrella of Hewlett-Packard Inc., has been awarded a $90 million contract in which the firm will provide business technology services to three Chile-based financial services firms. The firms include Nexus, Redbanc and Transbank. (HPQ)
PLANO, Texas----EDS, an HP company, today announced a new seven-year, $90 million technology infrastructure management agreement with three Chile-based financial services firms, which will help them to grow while lowering costs and helps HP substantially grow its presence in Chile.
July 14 (Bloomberg) -- Colombia’s peso advanced to its strongest in a month on dollar flows before a $1.5 billion bond sale by state-run oil company Ecopetrol SA.
SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- Chilean winery Vina Concha Y Toro SA (VCO) posted second-quarter consolidated sales, including exports, of 94.65 billion Chilean pesos ($172 million), a 19.6% on-year increase, the company said Friday.
