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Monday, January 12, 2015

Buenois Aires Herald

National legislators representing the Victory Front have condemned the judiciary for putting the brakes on the designation of 16 prosecutors, who were appointed by attorney general Alejandra Gils Carbó in the face of fierce criticism from opposition forces.
• Capitanich defends Gils Carbó 
Economy Minister Axel Kicillof and Domestic Trade Secretary Augusto Costa launched the fifth stage of the Price Watch scheme, which includes 52 new products and allows for 3.8% price increases. 
The Central Bank, acting through the Superintendency of Financial and Exchange Entities (Sefyc) has banned the Argentine subsidiary of HSBC from transferring foreign currency and bonds outside of the country, for a total of 30 days.
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner began the second week of the year working with her ministers at Olivos presidential residency. Economy Minister Axel Kicillof and Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo both met with CFK in Olivos.
Up to 3 million copies of Charlie Hebdo could hit newsstands this week, dwarfing its usual print run of 60,000, in response to soaring demand for the first edition of the satirical weekly since last week's deadly attacks by Islamist militants.
•  France mobilizes 10,000 troops at home•  Yo soy Charlie in Buenos Aires
The suspected female accomplice of Islamist militants behind attacks in Paris was in Turkey five days before the killings and crossed into Syria on January 8, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was cited as saying today by state-run Anatolian news agency.
The informal rate of the US currency, the so called "blue" dollar, fell seven cents to 13.70 pesos in BA City underground foreign exchange houses. Meanwhile, the US dollar closed unchanged at 8.605 pesos.



The National Meteorological Service (SMN) has issued a yellow alert for Buenos Aires City and Rosario due to elevated temperatures. A 35° Celsius is forecasted for today in BA. At 10 am, the porteños were suffering of sweltering 30.5° C.
By Federico Poore
Tourists love the hospitality of porteños, the City’s European-style architecture and its wide cultural offerings. But when it comes to what they dislike about the capital, tourists seem more turned off by the trash scattered throughout the streets than by crime and insecurity.




MARKETS ONLINE

CurrenciesBUYSELL
Dollar (Official price)DOLLAR (Official price)$ 8,555$ 8,605
Dollar Blue price)DOLLAR ("Blue" price)$ 13,60$ 13,70
EuroEURO$ 10,530$ 11,080
PoundPOUND$ 12,978$ 13,054
Indices
MervalMERVAL$ 8.201,680$ -3,04
Dow JonesDOW JONES$ 17.640,840$ -0,54
BovespaBOVESPA$ 48.139,740$ -1,43
Full MARKET coverage HERE



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