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Thursday, July 3, 2014

Chile- The Santiago Times

The Santiago Times

Bachelet concludes US tour with endorsement from IMF Director Lagarde

Christine Lagarde offered her ‘strong’ support to president’s ‘ambitious’ reform program following a meeting in Washington DC. The director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) came out in support of President Michelle Bachelet’s signature tax and education reforms following a meeting in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, part of a tour of the United States in which Bachelet met with President Barack Obama.  More...
by Angus McNeice | Published 7 hours ago

New agreement aims to set minimum wage increases for next two years

The Finance Ministry and Chile’s largest workers’ union plan to increase minimum monthly wage to 250,000 pesos by 2016 and pass additional labor reforms. A new bill will aim to increase the monthly minimum wage by 7.1 percent through 2016 after the Finance Ministry and Chile’s largest workers’ union finally agreed on a figure, ending months of negotiation.  More...
by María del Carmen Corpus | Published 8 hours ago

Bachelet concludes US tour with endorsement from IMF Director Lagarde

Christine Lagarde offered her ‘strong’ support to president’s ‘ambitious’ reform program following a meeting in Washington DC. Bachelet meets with IMF Director Christine More...

New agreement aims to set minimum wage increases for next two years

The Finance Ministry and Chile’s largest workers’ union plan to increase minimum monthly wage to 250,000 pesos by 2016 and pass additional labor reforms. If approved, this More...

Amplitud angers its coalition by endorsing Bachelet’s electoral reform

Opposition parties of the center-right Alianza condemn new coalition member’s decision to support government’s plans to reform Pinochet-era voting system. The new agreement More...

This week in business: Petroleum discovery in south, Codelco reinvests

Major stories from the world of trade, finance and economics: Bidding for Santiago airport extended, largest aquaculture fair in the hemisphere coming up. Santiago’s international More...

Market wrap: Investors react to financial shuffles

June 23-27: Chile’s largest retailer rises on sale of financial unit, major bank fights back against activist shareholders. Investors reacted favorably to Cencosud announcing More...

Germany refuses to extradite suspect in iconic Chilean assassination

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