News of businesses

‘The Peronists aren’t fighting, they’re copulating’

18-07-2020 10:22 Is it possible to build a unity government with this level of internal aggression, and with Cristina as the major power broker within your leading coalition?

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Global pandemic

Restart or re-stop? Across world, economies reopen but chaos abounds

11-05-2020 08:47 Worldwide, four million people have been reported infected and more than 280,000 have died, over 150,000 of them in Europe. Health experts believe all those numbers understate the true toll of the pandemic for different reasons.

Post-quarantine plan

‘Segmented’ reopening of shops, factories on cards to avoid bankruptcies

08-04-2020 11:20 Business leaders and trade unionists witnessing a government shift from isolation to “social distancing,” in order to allow for a resumption of activities amid fears of bankruptcy.

by Patricia Valli

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Firms will go bankrupt within 30 days of no work, warns business lobby

28-03-2020 08:56 Argentina’s Chamber of Commerce praises government’s handling of coronavirus crisis but warns that paralysis of economic activity will hit companies hard.

Price increases

Fernández asks private sector to help ‘contain’ inflation in Argentina

05-03-2020 16:01 President urges employers to “contain” price increases, in a effort to stabilise Argentina's runaway inflation rate, which reached 53.8% in 2019.

ECONOMIC MEASURES

Government unilaterally raises minimum wage by 35%

03-09-2019 13:04 Minimum wage to rise in three installments to 16,875 pesos a month, announces Macri administration, after businesses and unions failed to agree on an increase.