Microsoft announced Wednesday that Santiago's Universidad Catolica de Chile (UC) will be the headquarters for the new Federation of Latin-American Universities for Innovation.
Punta Arenas Aerovias DAP incorporated a refurbished helicopter to its charter fleet of aircrafts and choppers which operate in the extreme south of Chile and once flew regularly to the Falkland Islands.
Canadian publisher Thomson Corp is in talks to buy Reuters Group Plc for about 8.8 billion pounds (US$17.6 billion) to create the world's biggest news and financial data company, the two firms said yesterday.
London is home to the most expensive property in the world, followed by Monaco, New York and Hong Kong, according to estate agent Knight Frank and Citi Private Bank's Wealth Report 2007.
The President of the Republic of Uruguay, HE Tabaré Vázquez , currently on an official visit to the UAE, has invited Dubai World to explore emerging business opportunities in the South American country.
Thousands of Argentines rallied Sunday as part of the third annual large-scale protest against an Uruguayan paper plant that has soured relations between the two South American countries.
Chile's Interior Ministry has launched three investigative missions into previously unexplored areas in southern Chile. The areas †known to be rich in flora and fauna †will be assessed for suitability for tourism and conservation activities.
British Airways Plc, Europe's third- largest airline, may make an offer for Iberia Lineas Aereas de España SA with a group of private equity investors to protect its interest in the Spanish carrier.
Australia's food bowl along the Murray-Darling rivers basin, which accounts for the country's 41% agriculture produce faces an unprecedentedly dangerous situation if it does not rain in the next six to eight weeks warned Australian Primer Minister John Howard.
Al Gore has dumped financial backing from controversial Canadian mining company Barrick Gold for his upcoming Santiago event Global Warming and Climate Change: The Time Has Come to Act. The Academy Award-winning environmentalist distanced himself from any association with the mining company, which owns the controversial Pascua Lama gold mine.