Leading Argentine banking conglomerate GrupoFinanciero Galicia S.A. (ADR) (NASDAQ:GGAL) announced on Friday that a Q4 net profit of 368.2M pesos ($74.8 million), increasing from 355.1M pesos in the similar quarter of 2011. The net profit plunged slightly lower market anticipation. A Reuters poll of 5analysts had put the firm’s net profit at a median of 373M pesos, with anticipates ranging from 350M to 395M pesos. Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) reported that earnings of 14 cents Read more [...]

By Taos Turner

BUENOS AIRES–Argentine stocks ended the week on a negative note Friday, led lower by the financial group Grupo Financiero Galicia SA (GGAL.BA, GGAL), whose quarterly earnings report did little to inspire local investors.

The benchmark Merval stock index fell 0.25% to 3295.42 in volume totaling about 45.5 million pesos ($9.1 million).

Grupo Galicia, the most traded stock, slid 2.1% to ARS4.47 after reporting …

02/15/2013| 04:52pm US/Eastern By Taos Turner BUENOS AIRES--Argentine stocks ended the week on a negative note Friday, led lower by the financial group Grupo Financiero Galicia SA (GGAL.BA, GGAL), whose quarterly earnings report did little to inspire local investors. The benchmark Merval stock index fell 0.25% to 3295.42 in volume totaling about 45.5 million pesos ($9.1 million). Grupo Galicia, the most traded stock, slid 2.1% to ARS4.47 after reporting its net profit for the quarter Read more [...]
Por TAOS TURNER BUENOS AIRES- El argentino Grupo Financiero Galicia SA anunció el viernes que su ganancia neta del cuarto trimestre aumentó levemente frente a un año antes.La ganancia neta fue e alrededor de 368 millones de pesos (US$73,6 millones), o 0,297 pesos por acción, frente a los 355 millones de pesos del cuarto trimestre de 2011, informó la compañía en un comunicado. La última información corresponde al trimestre finalizado el 31 de diciembre de 2012. Los gastos Read more [...]
Little Spirou series heads for more territories 5 hours ago by Wendy Goldman Getzler Tweet   Read more [...]

A raft of international channels have acquired animated kids series Little Spirou.

The 78x7mins show is sold by French distributor Mediatoon and it has shopped it to TVC in Spain and Noga in Israel.

TV Galicia in Spain, TG4 in Ireland and TeleQuebec in Canada have also all bought the series.

In France it airs on M6 and Teletoon. It has previously sold to broadcasters including Nickelodeon Asia.

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MADRID (AP) - Two former cyclists on Tuesday turned down requests to have their DNA analyzed to see if any of the blood bags seized by Spanish police as evidence in the Operation Puerto doping trial could be linked to them. Isidro Nozal, a 35-year-old former rider with the ONCE, Astana and Karpin-Galicia teams, refused to give the court permission to analyze his DNA. "No, I don't want to,'' he said. "I don't see why I should have to.'' Joseba Beloki, a 39-year-old former racer with ONCE and Read more [...]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID, Spain -- Two former cyclists on Tuesday turned down requests to have their DNA analyzed to see if any of the blood bags seized by Spanish police as evidence in the Operation Puerto doping trial could be linked to them. Isidro Nozal, a 35-year-old former rider with the ONCE, Astana and Karpin-Galicia teams, refused to give the court permission to analyze his DNA. "No, I don't want to," he said. "I don't see why I should have to." Joseba Beloki, a 39-year-old former Read more [...]

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