Business Loan Applications Decrease in Last Quarter, Superfinanciera Report Shows

Business Loan Applications Decrease in Last Quarter, Superfinanciera Report Shows

In the last quarter, the level of business loan applications has recorded a decrease compared to the same period of the previous year. This indicator is calculated through the average monthly growth of the volume of commercial credit applications over three months.. According to the Superfinanciera, between September 2022 and February 2023, a total of … Read more

The Growing Rivalry between Disney and Universal in Florida: How Universal’s Epic Universe Threatens Disney World’s Revenue

The Growing Rivalry between Disney and Universal in Florida: How Universal’s Epic Universe Threatens Disney World’s Revenue

The Wall Street Journal highlighted the growing rivalry between Disney and Universal in Florida, where the latter company is expanding its presence with the opening of the Epic Universe theme park. This new park, with iconic characters such as Harry Potter, Mario Bros or Donkey Kong, represents a direct threat to Disney World, located less … Read more

Annual Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccination Campaign in Argentina Vaccinates Over 29 Million Cattle: Senasa

Annual Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccination Campaign in Argentina Vaccinates Over 29 Million Cattle: Senasa

The National Agri-Food Health and Quality Service (Senasa) reported that, within the framework of the second annual vaccination campaign against foot-and-mouth disease, which was carried out last year, a total of 29,456,953 cattle and bubalines were vaccinated. . In this regard, the organization highlighted that vaccination is “one of the main strategies to maintain a … Read more

Progress Update: Bogotá Metro’s First Line Designs Guaranteed, Consortium Confirms

Progress Update: Bogotá Metro’s First Line Designs Guaranteed, Consortium Confirms

The first line of the Bogotá Metro would be guaranteed, at least in what has to do with the stage of studies and designs of main details, and other studies. This was explained in a statement by the PLMB Supervisor Consortium, in charge of first-line auditing. This is in response to what was anticipated in … Read more

National Directorate of Animal Production Corrects Methodology for Calculating Meat Sales, Impacting US Beef Market

National Directorate of Animal Production Corrects Methodology for Calculating Meat Sales, Impacting US Beef Market

The National Directorate of Animal Production, of the Ministry of Agriculture, has corrected the methodology for calculating foreign sales of meat, and therefore the calculation of per capita consumption of beef. Since 2019, the category “bones with meat” –resulting from deboning– began to be included in the total exported meat, bones that in 2023 totaled … Read more

Gold Museum Exhibition Comes to Rietberg Museum in Zurich, Switzerland

Gold Museum Exhibition Comes to Rietberg Museum in Zurich, Switzerland

The exhibition includes a collection of more than 400 objects spanning gold, ceramics, stone, textiles and other representative materials After the exhibition passed through the United States and Canada, Now the pieces from the Gold Museum will be exhibited at the Rietberg Museum in Zurich in Switzerland. The exhibition includes a collection of more than … Read more

Meat Processing Industry Concentration and Foreignization in Argentina: 2023 Statistics and Trends

Meat Processing Industry Concentration and Foreignization in Argentina: 2023 Statistics and Trends

Out of a total slaughter that in 2023 was 14.5 million heads, the ten largest meat processing companies killed about 3.4 million heads in 23 plants, or 23.4% of the total slaughter, showing a much lower degree of concentration than that presented by the refrigeration industry in the United States, Brazil or Uruguay. It can … Read more

Barclays Plc Announces Plans to Stop Direct Financing of New Oil and Gas Projects, Expanding Restrictions on Fossil Fuel Industry

Barclays Plc Announces Plans to Stop Direct Financing of New Oil and Gas Projects, Expanding Restrictions on Fossil Fuel Industry

Barclays Plc plans to stop direct financing of new oil and gas projects, as the British bank expands the scope of assets that will find it harder to access capital in the future. The plan involves restrictions on new and non-diversified oil and gas customers participating in the expansion, according to an emailed statement. Barclays … Read more

Understanding and Preventing Equine Encephalomyelitis: Advice from Veterinarian Andrea Carluccio

Understanding and Preventing Equine Encephalomyelitis: Advice from Veterinarian Andrea Carluccio

Veterinarian Andrea Carluccio said that it is important to know that mosquitoes are the only way of contagion for both other horses and humans. At the end of November, the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) issued a statement reporting that after the cases of equine encephalomyelitis in Argentina, animals that could have been … Read more

‘Young Homeowners’ Program Launched in 2021: Clarification on Subsidy Claims and Program Details

‘Young Homeowners’ Program Launched in 2021: Clarification on Subsidy Claims and Program Details

Information has circulated in the media claiming that a subsidy for youth from the Ministry of Housing was eliminated. However, this program called ‘Young Owners’ was launched in 2021 and is not a subsidy, it is a line of credit from the National Savings Fund, FNA. In 2021, the Ministry of Housing, then headed by … Read more