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History will remember Dominique Strauss-Kahn as a man who put the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the road to decline, and that the new leadership should bring about a fundamental rethink of the fund's economic programs for the European periphery, leading think tank American Enterprise Institute has said.

A commercial plane carrying 22 on board crashed in southern Argentina's Patagonia region in Rio Negro province on Wednesday killing all of them.

Daimler AG was ordered on Wednesday to face a U.S. lawsuit alleging it participated in the kidnapping, torture and death of Mercedes-Benz workers in Argentina's Dirty War three decades ago.

U.S. oil and gas company Apache Corp said on Tuesday it plans to raise 2011 capital expenditures by 8 percent and further increases are possible if oil prices remain high.

Brazil will apply non-tariff trade barriers on cars in an effort to protect domestic manufacturers, the government said on Thursday, in a new example of escalating protectionism in South America.

Zynga Inc is hiring two key developers of cocos2d, a popular game engine that powers top grossing iPhone apps such as Tap Pet Hotel and Tap Zoo in a move that will help the social games company boost its presence on smartphone and tablets.

Zynga Inc is acquiring two key developers of cocos2d, a popular game engine that powers top grossing iPhone apps such as Tap Pet Hotel, and Tap Zoo, in a move that will help the social games company boost its presence on smartphone and tablets.

A 97-year-old Hungarian man accused of perpetrating a massacre of civilians in Serbia during World War II is undergoing a trial in Budapest.

Avon Products Inc faces more woes as its internal bribery investigation found that the company may have made improper payments in countries besides China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Avon Products Inc faces more woes as its internal bribery investigation uncovered the company may have made improper payments in countries besides China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Venezuela’s inflation is at 29 percent and Argentina’s actual inflation (many allege the government data is fraudulent) is north of 20 percent.

Mexican magnate Carlos Slim plans to invest about $1.5 billion in Argentina's telecoms sector, a newspaper reported on Saturday, citing the government.

The Momentum Project launched initially in Spain and expected to be replicated across Latin America seeks to support the most promising social entrepreneurs and enable them to consolidate, grow and scale up their social impact.

Indicating the distressing trend of size zero has gone global, a new research has found how stigmatization of fat and obesity has spread from western countries across more accepting cultures.

The U.S. faces Paraguay in Nashville

The U.S. faces Paraguay in Nashville, Tennessee tonight in a friendly match.

The International Monetary Fund warned Latin America on Saturday that economies across the region are overheating, and Canada urged policymakers not to underestimate the risks from rising inflation.

The Bolton star sustained a knee injury on Sunday

Take a look here at 5 of the best undergraduate business schools and the ways in which they are preparing students for eventual careers in the global economy.

Boosted by the soccer World Cup, South Africa saw a record 15.1 percent increase in tourist arrivals in 2010 although the total of more than 8 million was not an all time-high, the tourism minister said on Tuesday.

Chinese search engine Baidu.com, an e-commerce unit of Alibaba and Sweden torrent download site Pirate Bay have been named on the United States Trade Representative (USTR)'s Notorious Markets List.