20 February 2012 Last updated at 19:42 ET The US and Mexico have agreed to work together to develop deep-water oil and gas fields that straddle their maritime border in the Gulf of Mexico. The deal was signed at a meeting of the G20 group of industrial and developing countries in Los Cabos, …
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Feb
12
Euro ministers cold on deal to bail out Greece (AP)
BRUSSELS ? Just hours after Greece gave in to painful new job and spending cuts, European ministers declared Thursday that Athens didn’t go far enough and demanded more within a week in exchange for a euro130 billion ($170 billion) bailout to stave off bankruptcy. The ministers gave the debt-ridden country until the middle of next …
Jan
30
Private investors near deal on Greek debt (AP)
ATHENS, Greece ? A disorderly and potentially devastating Greek debt default is looking much less likely. Greece and investors who have bought its bonds have reached a tentative deal to significantly reduce the country’s debt and pave the way for it to receive a much-needed euro130 billion bailout. Negotiators for the investors announced the tentative …
Jan
06
Mercosur approves Palestinian free trade deal (AP)
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay ? The Mercosur trade group of four South American nations has signed a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority. It’s the first trade deal between the Palestinian territories and a bloc of nations outside the Arab world. But the deal is mostly symbolic because Israel strictly controls imports and exports involving the …