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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Thousands of Chileans including President Michelle Bachelet paid their respects Friday to a folk singer who became a martyr of the country's 1973 military coup and whose remains will be reburied following a search for clues to identify his killers.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Yields on Chile’s inflation-linked peso bonds increased the most in almost two weeks after consumer prices fell the most since 1934 in November from a year earlier as the cost of electricity and clothing tumbled.
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Naughty Bear (PS3) Naughtiness abounds on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2010.
Gold extended yesterday’s after hours losses in Asia and fell to as low as $1125.70 by a little after 2AM EST before it rallied back higher in London and New York and rose to see a slight gain at as high as $1146.50 by about 11AM EST, but it then fell back off into the close and ended near its new session low of $1117.70 with a loss of 1.9%. Silver dropped to $17.45 in Asia before it rose to see ...
Even the snow on Aconcagua Mountain in the Andes is polluted with PCBs. Scientists detected low concentrations of these toxic, carcinogenic chlorine compounds in samples taken from America’s highest mountain. The snow samples taken at an altitude of 6200 meters are among the highest traces found anywhere in the world of these substances, which have been banned since 2001.
Blood vessel blockage, a common condition in old age or diabetes, leads to low blood flow and results in low oxygen, which can kill cells and tissues. Such blockages can require amputation resulting in loss of limbs. Now, using mice as their model, researchers have developed therapies that increase blood flow, improve movement and decrease tissue death and the need for amputation.
Orhan Pamuk's The Museum of Innocence will be interpreted by clueless reviewers as one about "obsession," just as they might view Nabokov's Lolita to be about "pedophilia."
GiraMondo Wine Ventures will host the industry's inaugural Wine Entrepreneur Conference at the embassies of Chile and Argentina in the nation's capital on January 21 and 22, 2010. The Wine Entrepreneur Conference is the first and only professional wine conference focusing on wine entrepreneurship.
Flowers are placed on the coffin of Chile's folk singer Victor Jara as mourners attend his funeral in Santiago.
When it comes to fighting global warming, the questions of organic salmon versus conventional and wild versus farmed matter less than whether the fish is frozen or fresh.
No kick from Champagne? Sparkling wines from around the globe can be a cheaper alternative and better value, according to leading experts.
Sen. Chuck Grassley will meet with President Obama this morning to discuss efforts to create jobs. Grassley, an Iowa Republican who will be part of a bipartisan House-Senate delegation to meeting with the president, is encouraging Obama to support three job-creation initiatives he has proposed.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes today in Latin American trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and share prices reflect the previous close.
Photos and Story by Lars Howlett [ lars@hmbreview.com ]
In Search of Bacchus Wanderings in the Wonderful World of Wine Tourism By George M. Taber (Scribner; 294 pages; $30) As any good wine salesperson will tell you: Wine is travel - it often sells more on the romance of the land from which it comes than it does...
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