El New York Times distingue a la Bodega del Fin del Mundo

Bodega Del Fin del Mundo fue distinguida por el diario The New York Times como uno de los 31 destinos turísticos “TOP” recomendados para este año.

El matutino hizo hincapié en que Bodega Del Fin del Mundo es una de las pioneras vitivinícolas de la región de San Patricio del Chañar, en Neuquén, y destacó su trabajo con el influyente consultor Michel Rolland.

Como parte de la sugerencia, el periódico subrayó la obtención de los numerosos galardones internacionales de la Bodega, propiedad del empresario argentino Eduardo Eurnekián, por sus complejos blends de merlot, cabernet sauvignon y malbec.

La mención otorgada por el diario neoyorquino le viene como anillo al dedo a la empresa que avanza en la finalización de su primer restaurante temático en Palermo Hollywood, aledaño a las oficinas de Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, en Honduras y Bonpland.

Aeropuerto de Guayaquil, uno de los mejores de Latinoamérica

El Aeropuerto Internacional José Joaquín de Olmedo de Guayaquil de la concesionaria Terminal Aeroportuaria de Guayaquil (TAGSA), perteneciente al grupo Corporación América de Eduardo Eurnekian, se encuentra entre uno de los mejores del mundo y quedó en el segundo puesto respecto a los de Latinoamérica, detrás del aeropuerto de Cancún. Esta mención no es el primer reconocimiento que recibe el aeropuerto de Guayaquil, en 2007 y 2008 el aeropuerto ecuatoriano se alzó con el primer puesto para Latinoamérica.

La Asociación Internacional de Aeropuertos (ACI) dio a conocer los resultados de su evaluación mundial sobre terminales aéreas y entregará el premio de mejor aeródromo mundial en Incheon, ubicado en Seúl, Corea del Sur.

Cinco aeropuertos del continente asiático han copado la clasificación de los mejores del mundo a juicio de los usuarios. La calidad de un aeropuerto se aprecia, según ACI, por el ambiente de la terminal, su limpieza, el bienestar en salas de espera, además de la disponibilidad e higiene de los sanitarios y la cortesía del personal. En menor grado, también influyen las salas de primera clase, la facilidad de las conexiones y del paso por las aduanas y las instalaciones comerciales.
El aeropuerto de Seúl considerado como mejor del mundo, lleva cinco años cosechando esta distinción, y le siguen Singapur, Hong Kong, Pekín y el de la localidad india de Hyderabad, de acuerdo con la encuesta que elaboró ACI.

En Europa, el mejor aeropuerto es el de la ciudad islandesa de Keflavik, seguida del de Zúrich (Suiza) y del de Oporto (Portugal); en Latinoamérica, los mejores aeródromos se encuentran, por este orden, en Cancún (México), Guayaquil (Ecuador) y Barbados.

En Estados Unidos, el aeropuerto más valorado por los usuarios es el de Austin, en Tejas, al tiempo que el preferido en África es el sudafricano de George, y en Oriente Medio, el israelí de Tel Aviv, por encima del de Dubai y el de Abu Dhabi.

La calidad de un aeropuerto se aprecia, a juicio de ACI, por el ambiente de la terminal, su limpieza, lo confortable que resulten las salas de espera, además de la higiene en los sanitarios y en la cortesía del personal.

La terminal ecuatoriana

La construcción del aeropuerto de Guayaquil se inició en octubre de 2004 y se inauguró en julio de 2006 con una inversión de 90 millones de dólares. La terminal aérea cuenta con 50.000 metros cuadrados, lo que permite un tráfico anual de cinco millones de pasajeros, el doble de la capacidad que se tenía en 2006.

Además del atractivo visual que tiene el edificio, la tecnología empleada es de lo más avanzada y responde a las exigencias de los organismos internacionales de control aéreo. Paralelamente, sus exclusivas Salas Vip son consideradas como unas de las mejores de Latinoamérica y el Caribe.

El aeropuerto de Guayaquil cuenta con vuelos a toda América y algunos destinos de Europa, como Madrid y Amsterdam.

Son tres los finalistas en la carrera por Telecom

En el día de ayer, el Credit Suisse, banco elegido por lo italianos para definir la licitación privada, definió el short list con los nombres que siguen en carrera como potenciales compradores de las acciones de Telecom Italia en Telecom Argentina.

Los seleccionados fueron el consorcio conformado por Eduardo Eurnekian y Ernesto Gutiérrez Conte, de Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 al que se sumó Matías Garfunkel Madanes, IRSA de Eduardo Elsztain y el fondo del ex empresario logístico, Alfredo Román. En los tres casos la oferta es por el 50 % de Sofora, la sociedad controlante de Telecom Argentina a través de Nortel, en la que los italianos tienen como socio al grupo Werthein.

El Credit Suisse comprobó que los postulantes cumplan con las exigencias de tener el dinero ofertado aislado y puesto a disposición. Fuentes del mercado, aseguraron que a partir de ahora se realizará otro tipo de análisis para definir al comprador final.

Según los últimos trascendidos, Eurnekian, Gutiérrez Conte y Garfunkel ofrecerían cerca de US$ 580 millones y contarían con el aval de los Werthein. Por su parte, la oferta de Elsztain ascendería a los 630 millones, mientras que la del grupo Román sería intermedia entre la primera y la segunda.

Afuera de la contienda quedaron entre otros, Pegasus, Clarín, el fondo Geniéve y Cóndor Inversiones, todos ellos recibieron la carta con las malas noticias por no cumplir con las exigencias establecidas para la operación.

Los tres finalistas ya fueron seleccionados y en Europa se sigue hablando de una eventual fusión de Telecom Italia y Telefónica que, de concretarse, apuraría la venta local.

A Drive towards Use of Biofuels

The Federal Planning Gov. Minister, Julio De Vido, announced the effectiveness of a mandatory gasoil blend with a 5% biodiesel. According to De Vido, this percentage will continue increasing year after year until reaching a 20% of the blend in the next four years.

As stated by De Vido, the biodiesel incorporation will strengthen five thousand job positions and the country’s energy reserves will increase by 2%. Besides, the Minister explained that this blend will have a neutral effect on the gasoil price.

“For us this is good news. It is a very good thing for biofuel companies to have a foot in the domestic market”, Fernando Peláez, President of the Biofuels Argentine Chamber (“Carbio”), said.

As explained by Claudio Molina, Executive Director of the Biofuels and Hydrogen Argentine Association, 800,000 tons of biodiesel will be necessary to meet the mandatory 5% blend. This biodiesel may by supplied by producers having a tax credit, a permission granted by the Government to those who want to sell biofuels in the domestic market.

Currently there are nineteen companies having this tax credit. Ten out of them are small-&-medium size companies and have a tax credit equivalent to 100% of their installed capacity. The remainder belongs to CARBIO’s companies, such as Unitec Bio, owned by Eduardo Eurnekian; Ecofuel, by AGD and Vicentín and AG-Energy, by Viluco. Forty percent (40%) of the companies having tax credit are from Non-Pampas areas.
Biodiesel domestic tariff is fixed by the Government and today it amounts to $ 2.90 plus VAT a liter, ex-factory. At the international market, biodiesel quotes at 930 dollars /ton.
Molina says that the country -having an installed capacity to produce 2 million tons of biofuels- has become a solid actor in the latest years. Therefore, today Argentina is the main biodiesel exporting country and the fifth world producer.

Carrasco Airport amongst the Most Beautiful Airports in the World

In its January issue the prestigious Travel & Leisure magazine published an article called “The Most Beautiful Airports in the World” and the new Carrasco Airport Terminal (operated by Eduardo Eurnekian’s Corporacion America) is highlighted as one of the best airports.

This selection of airports was made by a renowned architecture Critic, Karrie Jacobs, who writes on travels, architectural design, visual language and architecture- applied- technology in various publications, such as the New York Times, ID & Fortune. She’s also an editor of the most prestigious devoted magazines of architecture, landscaping and urban design. She’s currently a professor at the New York School of Visual Arts.

The new Carrasco Airport was opened on the last 29th December 2009 and after one month from the opening date it received highly favorable critics both from the Uruguayan people and internationally too. From the first Opening flight, the wide range of services, commercial offers and even communication actions have had a positive impact and caused a high level of acceptance both by users and the general public, who visit the facilities on a daily basis.

Jacobs considered not only the building architectural beauty, or its integration to the landscape but also its functionality for passengers.

According to the article, the “most beautiful” airports in the world are the following::
• Terminal 3, Beijing International Airport, China;
• Terminal 4, Barajas Airport, Madrid, Spain;
• TWA Terminal, John F. Kennedy Airport, New York City, USA;
• Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo, Uruguay;
• Sondika Airport, Bilbao, Spain;
• Denver International Airport, USA;
• Incheon International Airport, Korea del Sur;
• Marrakech Menara Airport, Marrakesh;
• Chek Lap Kok Airport, Hong Kong, China;
• Tempelhof International Airport, Berlin, Germany;
• Malvinas Argentinas Airport, Ushuaia, Argentina;
• Kansai International Airport, Osaka, Japan;
• Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia.

Eduardo Eurnekian gets on the boomers gourmet and opens a rest in Palermo Hollywood.

Owner of a conglomerate so prolific that their investments range from the provision of airports, the oil industry, biofuel, development of infrastructure to the business winemaker, Eduardo Eurnekian is now preparing for a treat: managing their own balance in Palermo Hollywood.
The aim of the owner of America Corporation is to open the site in February. And the venue for this new venture is the corner of Honduras and Bonpland, near the offices of the company that manages the country's main airports, and stuck to one of the 'still lifes' most famous in the area such as' Bar del Gallego '.
In charge of the enterprise is Matías Gainza Eurnekian, Eurnekian nephew and director of Unitec Corporation owned company that manages American agricultural business from his uncle.
The rest will be located on land that until late 2007 the corporation hired the Mexican group CIE Rock & Pop operations for American radios, Metro Blue and Aspen. In early 2008, ICE is off of America and Aspen and moved its offices to the district Colegiales, leaving that space empty for more than 500 meters Eurnekian purchased by the late '80s when he ventured into the business of media after Radio America and precisely acquire the signal from Channel 2 television. In those years, Palermo had not experienced the boom current gastronomic restaurants and very few populated its streets. Anyway, already anticipated the meteoric growth after the district showed that most bars and restaurants concentrated in the Federal Capital.
A few months ago decided to convert the local Eduardo Eurnekian a dedicated theme played down the wine industry's hand Bodega del Fin del Mundo which owns 50%.
It is no coincidence that the name chosen for the new material is 'Space World's End' and is defined as a place to taste the products of this winery founded by the family Neuquén Viola which still retains 50% of the capital.
The establishment also will be advised of the French winemaker Michel Rolland, the wine consultant Neuquén. It will also be used for Eurnekian organizing events that take place to promote all the businesses his holding company.
Moreover, the rest is part of a wider project to promote the image of Bodega del Fin del Mundo in the tourism sector and abroad.
In fact, Eduardo Eurnekian paid u $ s 50 million when it bought half of the warehouse to expand the capacity of the hold, further work in developing the premium lines, keeping the wines of Bodega Del Fin del Mundo to new international destinations, foothold in the domestic market and enter new production projects in other countries such as Italy, USA, Armenia and Morocco.
Its brands, Bodegas del Fin del Mundo has wine as Ventus and Newen, while in the premium category offers the Special Blend End of the World, a round bottle in the wine bars, the 500 pesos.

Corporate America to the forefront of technology.

The Technological Institute of Chascomús (INTECH) belonging to the University of San Martín, CONICET and thanks along with the full support of Arg Natural Beef, a company member of Corporate America, successfully cloning the 2007 National Grand Champion, race Brangus.
The birth of the calf caused a stir in the scientific community and entrepreneur. Managers of America Corporation, led by President Eduardo Eurnekian, showed their great satisfaction and recalled that earlier, and also next to INTECH and CONICET, cloning was performed Plum, a product which Ciruelitas born.
"We have a policy of investing in biotechnology and mastering the technique of cloning is fundamentally says Carlos Marietti, ARG Natural Beef. The idea is to try to reproduce the animals of greater genetic merit and we intend to move forward with this same in horses. We are satisfied, because although the response is not yet economic, mastery of this technique gives a future projection that has much potential. "
For its part, INTECH researcher Adrian Mutto said the new calf is an almost identical replica (obtained by cloning) of the 2007 National Grand Champion Brangus breed and also, for the first time in the country, is done a replica of a cow that had died before the pregnancy began his clone.
"This is the first successful in the country of a dead animal," he says with pride Mutto undeniable that along with Germain and Nicolas Mucci Kaiser had managed to play at Plum, also a Grand Champion, a copy identical Ciruelitas, was the first clone Brangus the world. What matters is that we recover all the genetic potential of these animals. The owner had already lost and we give it back. "
As Plum, the new calf was obtained under a technology transfer agreement between the University and the Natural Beef ARG company belonging to the group America, which funds the project with an investment of $ 250,000, some of which were for the micromanipulators and high-precision equipment that requires this technique.
Immediately after the cow died original Mutto received a small piece of tissue. "We established a cell culture [fibroblasts] and cryopreserved until use [in a drum of liquid nitrogen to 196 degrees below zero]. Then we perform several maneuvers until it obtained nuclear transfer embryos that were implanted into recipient females. "
Only two pregnancies were needed to finally obtain the cloned calf. To get an idea of the skill of Argentine scientists and technicians, it suffices to mention that to clone Dolly, the sheep that started this story, it took 280 transfers. The current average is between 5 and 10% of positive results. "Overall, within the framework of this program, we transferred 23 embryos and got four animals live births, which means we had a 17% efficiency," points out Mutt.
For Daniel Salamone, Faculty of Agronomy, UBA, the most attractive thing is that this achievement has been reached in a national university. "The state has been making great efforts in research, but still need more and more companies opt to do developments in the country," he says. Those who already did a test are eligible. "
Of course, livestock enterprises can have a high quality rodeo "in the freezer" gives them commercial opportunities hitherto unimagined. But for those who wonder if these techniques are applicable to cloning human beings, the answer is simply no.
"Beyond a mere advertising with serious ethical problems (which, moreover, would end the careers of the scientists involved), there is no reason to do it," says Dr. Lino Science Minister, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Productive. We are not just products of our genes: can not replace a lost child or a hero of the past. The clone would be another person, period. On the other hand, there is a safe technique. These animals sometimes do not survive beyond a few hours, or have impaired genetic reprogramming. In addition, each species presents new challenges, in fact, the technique still could not be reproduced in primates. In cows, sheep and horse sense, but we can be assured they will not report any human cloning. "Significantly, the successful businessman Eduardo Eurnekian, participated in the project.