North Korea appears to have fired a ballistic missile from a submarine off its eastern coast, South Korea says. It is not clear whether the test was authentic, and if it was, whether it will be considered a success by the North. A successful test would be significant because submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) are hard to detect. It comes as North Korea gears up for a rare and significant party congress next month ... ....
Foreign leaders visiting KingSalman of Saudi Arabia have noticed that there is a large flower display just in front of the 80-year-old monarch ... Of course, King Salman is not the only world leader past or present whose inability to cope has been artfully concealed by aides and courtiers ... ....
(CNN)Eight family members found dead in a rural southern Ohio community were shot in the head "execution style," most while they slept, authorities said Friday. Officers are searching for the killer or killers, who are probably armed and a danger to surviving family members, Pike CountySheriffCharlesReader said ... "I've given the family precautionary measures to make. They know we're available." ... Read More ... 'Doesn't happen every day' ... ......
Brazilian PresidentDilma Rousseff on Friday said she would appeal to South American trade blocs if she is removed from office, blasting the push to impeach her as a coup and a naked attempt by Brazil’s elite to snatch power back from her Worker’s Party... She told her opponents that her impeachment would have “serious consequences for the Brazilian political process.” ... “I can’t say today what is going to happen ... ....
(Source. Abertis Infraestructuras SA). 21 Apr 2016. The agreement entails payment of $115Mn to the awarding authority and a redistribution of the company's future revenue. In exchange, the concession has been extended to 2061 and the revenues for the concessionaire will grow up ... In Brazil, Abertis' subsidiary Arteris is to invest BRL 91Mn in exchange for a six-month extension of the Autovías concession ... The assets ... Abertis in Puerto Rico....
Bauxite Resources Limited ('BRL') advises that it has now received from MercatorMetalsPty Ltd a duly executed Deed of Variation & Assumption which was required to complete the assignment of the bauxite rights held for the Fortuna deposit to Yankuang Resources under the Sale & Purchase Agreement dated 30 November2015....
(Source. Charles County, MD). PUBLIC NOTICE. THE BOARD OF APPEALS FOR CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND has been petitioned by Ralph E. Webb for an extension or expansion of a non-conforming situation pursuant to Articles XXVIII, §297-465 of the Charles County Zoning Ordinance to increase the encroachment into the front building restriction line (BRL) ... in the Commissioners Meeting Room of the Charles County GovernmentBuilding, La Plata, Maryland....
(Source. Akastor ASA). The state-of-the-art facility will employ about 850 people and is dedicated to machining, welding, surface treatment, assembly and testing of Christmas trees and other subsea equipment ... The agreement has a fixed period of three years valued at BRL 435 million (NOK 1 billion) after tax and may be extended by another three years ... About 200 of these have been installed ... OriginalDocument ... (noodl. 33137525) ....
Australia's wine exports to China were sitting at just $14 million in the same period 10 years ago ... Advertisement ... "A lot of it is about prestige," Mr Zerella said ... ProjectWine is 45 per cent owned by two Chinese businessmen, Shanghai-based Wei Li and Beijing-based Hongwei Hao, and its shareholders include Stephen Millar, the former chief executive of BRLHardy which has since been renamed Accolade Wines ... ... ....
(Source. Fitch Inc). 18 Apr 2016 1.13 PM EST. Fitch Ratings-Chennai/Singapore-18 April 2016... Reports will be released daily through April. 22nd as per the schedule found at the end of this release ... Three-quarters of the companies reviewed exhibit relatively neutral FX volatility under a depreciating BRL scenario of 10% in 2016, with less than 0.2x change in net leverage ratios ... April 18th ... April 19th ... April 20th ... April 21st ... April 22nd ... (noodl....
(Source. Fitch Inc). 18 Apr 2016 3.43 PM EST. Fitch Ratings-Sao Paulo-18 April 2016... The RatingOutlook has been revised to Stable from Negative. KEY RATING DRIVERS ... Expectation of PositiveFCF ... Moderate Leverage ... 31, 2015. Fitch's projected decline in leverage ratios for fiscal 2016 reflect the expectation of positive FCF for the year and the recent strengthening of the BRL against the USD compared to Dec. 31, 2015. As of Dec ... KEY ASSUMPTIONS....
(Source. Fitch Inc). 18 Apr 2016 4.22 PM EST. Fitch Ratings-Sao Paulo-18 April 2016. Fitch Ratings has downgraded Biosev S.A.'s (Biosev) long-term foreign and local currency Issuer DefaultRating (IDR) to 'B+' from 'BB-' and its long-term national scale rating to 'A-(bra)' from 'A+(bra)' ... The BRL devaluation and negative FCF generated did not allow Biosev to substantially reduce net adjusted leverage ratios in fiscal 2016 ... As of Dec....
Aker Solutions secured an agreement to provide maintenance and other services for subsea facilities at Petrobras-operated oil and gas fields offshore Brazil. The contract is for a fixed term of three years valued at BRL 435 million net of taxes ($125.3M) and may be extended by another three years. It covers maintenance, storage, supply of […] ... ....
(Source. Akastor ASA). April 15, 2016 - Aker Solutions secured an agreement to provide maintenance and other services for subsea facilities at Petrobras-operated oil and gas fields offshore Brazil. The contract is for a fixed term of three years valued at BRL 435 million net of taxes (NOK 1 billion) and may be extended by another three years ... This builds on a commitment to develop partnerships with national suppliers ... ENDS ... Media. ... Tel ... Tel....