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Argentina reaches $65-billion debt restructuring deal after default.
The agreement is the product of months of talks between the government and large investment firms
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Argentina says it struck deal with creditors over $65 billion debt
Argentina said it would extend the original deadline of Tuesday for reaching a deal to August 24 to finalise it
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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Britain to roll out millions of 90-minute tests
Latin America cases near 5 million, another clothing chain in US files for bankruptcy, Singapore may allow foreign banks to create digital-only units and other pandemic-related news across the globe
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'Invisible hands': How millions of domestic workers fare under Covid-19
Most domestic work is informal, leaving workers vulnerable, especially in times of crisis like Covid-19
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Covid-19 deepens Argentina's economic crisis; WB predicts 7.3% fall in GDP
The World Bank foresees a 7.3% contraction in Argentina's gross domestic product this year, one of the worst recessions in Latin America
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Argentina's crisis
The problem with Macri's economic programme was not excessive gradualism or insufficient central bank independence but faulty design in at least three respects
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Argentina's bright young hope
In recent years, he has divided his time between New York and Argentina, where he is a professor of macroeconomics at the University of Buenos Aires.
Is Sri Lanka the next Argentina?
Sri Lanka suffers from cleavages along many different lines, notably ideology, ethnicity, language, and religion
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Argentine markets gripped for second day by election-related fears
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's peso closed weaker again on Tuesday following a second day of market turmoil triggered by opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez's landslide victory in a primary election that dealt a severe blow to President Mauricio Macri's re-election chances.
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Argentina's peso falls 15% after surprise election results spook investors
Voters, in preliminary polls, rejected President Mauricio Macri's austere economic policies, raising questions about his chances of re-election. The surprise results affected global markets
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Argentina's 48% stock fall second in list of biggest market routs in 70 yrs
Sri Lanka's bourse tumbled more than 60 per cent in June 1989 as the nation was engulfed in a civil war
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Low-cost luxury tempting tourists to Argentina after currency crisis
For tourists, the advantages of a weaker peso are clear at Don Julio, one of the top steakhouses in the world
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Learn from Argentina
Without reform, India's macroeconomic weaknesses persist
Toasting to Argentine wine
There's no doubt that Argentine wines offer terrific value and will continue to gain sales and share in India
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Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez charged with state fraud
Fernandez, who has denied any wrongdoing and says she is the victim of political persecution, can appeal the decision
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190,000 affected by power outages in Argentina due to heat wave
The planned electricity outages were ordered after citizens protested erratic power supply during the heat wave
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