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.

Security at Airports in Morocco.

For almost a year, a business unit of America Corporation, headed by Eduardo Eurnekian designed, managed and developed a draft Security and Immigration Control (PACSS and Fast Track) at airports in Morocco.
The system ensures control processes by enhancing security and facilitation based on biometric technologies for control of documents with scanners and special software, unique identification of passengers and profiling of the same, with fingerprint recognition, facial and software applications own.
At Christmas 2008 he won the international tender from a joint venture with technology company IT Global Systems, in addition to local support and was signed with ONDA (Office National des Aeroports) a contract to implement the system at airports Casablanca (total), Marrakesh (partial) and Rabat (partial).
Matias Patani, and Roberto Alberto Blaye Curilovic, were responsible for the design of the business, participation in the bidding, contract negotiations and the conduct of a group of outstanding technical expertise for implementing the system, transfer of know-how and staff training abroad.
Another part contributed to the project from Buenos Aires, in the processes of design, development, programming, logistics and administration.
The challenge was great, not the task but because it is a country with different culture, religion, language and traditions. It was complex: to adapt to the pace of work, priorities, other forms of communication, technical training, professional and personal relationships, among other variables.
All difficulties were overcome with professionalism, dedication and responsibility of our staff.
The results can be summarized as:
• Consolidation of the expansion and presence of the group through its business units in Africa.
• Strengthening the relationship between wave and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, embodied in an Agreement of Cooperation between organizations, with a range of HR training, technology transfer, handling and management of cargo terminals.
• Growth and international acceptance of our Integrated Security System Design and Control Aeroportuario own. Enviable track record for proposals to local and regional level (Argentina, Republica Oriental del Uruguay, Ecuador).
• Extension of existing contract signed on November pasado16 for airports of Tangier T2 supplement Rabat, Agadir and Marrakech.
• Extension of current contract scheduled from February 2010 to the airports of Fez, Essaouira, Oujda, Nador, Laayoune, Ouarzazate, Dahkla, Casablanca Houceima and T3 and T1.
• Signing of a maintenance contract N2 and N3 (N1 is made by Global Systems), three-year sequential and proportional to the number of airports implemented.

Useful Bargaining Chip.

Mr. Eurnekian has since used his profits from the Cablevision sale to plunge into the tourism and agriculture businesses. But he retains his closely held media properties, even though most apparently are unprofitable. Some journalists employed by Mr. Eurnekian say that's because he finds their work useful as a bargaining chip with authorities.

As the airport bidding entered its final round, for instance, Mr. Eurnekian pulled the plug on a hard-hitting interview program called "Dia D" that had frequently uncovered scandals in the Menem government. The host of the program, Jorge Lanata, says he believes the sudden cancellation of his highly rated show was a quid-pro-quo for the airport deal. Mr. Eurnekian calls Mr. Lanata's interpretation "a ridiculous invention."

"I don't use my journalists to further my business interests," he insists. "I don't interfere with the news, although I reserve the right to do so." Mr. Eurnekian's subordinates say their boss personally vets the contents of news broadcasts and often subjects his staff to scathing outbursts when he disagrees with an issue.

Richard Ablon, the chairman of Ogden, says that Mr. Eurnekian's reputation as an autocrat doesn't bother him in the least. "It's true that Eduardo has a strong personality," he says. "But he's a tremendously successful businessman and one who is quick to make decisions. We don't need him to win any popularity contests."

Bleak Future.

What is clear is that by 1988, the future wasn't getting any brighter for the family business. Trade barriers were being pulled down and local companies were swamped by a flood of cheap imports. "I thought, how can I be a pioneer like my father?" recalls Mr. Eurnekian, who has never married and works legendarily long hours. "I thought: communications." That year, he invested in an almost-bankrupt cable-television company and bought a small business newspaper.

He set to work buying up cable licenses for greater Buenos Aires, a region of 13 million people, and, as his cash flow grew, bought a television channel and a radio station. His main textile plant was gradually gutted and filled with journalists and technicians.

Mr. Eurnekian's move was well timed. Attracted by President Carlos Menem's aggressive free-market policies and Argentina's relative affluence, U.S. cable operators began scouting for acquisitions here. In 1994, Mr. Eurnekian sold a 51% stake in his Cablevision SA, then Argentina's second-largest cable operator, to Tele-Communications International Inc. of Denver for $350 million. Last year, he netted $320 million by selling most of his remaining shares to local investment giant CEI Citicorp Holdings SA.

Foresaw Media Boom.

Mr. Eurnekian is no stranger to bold bets. A decade ago, he correctly foresaw that a combination of democratic government and free-market reforms would spur a media boom in Argentina. More recently, he has been at the forefront of investors, including George Soros of the U.S. and Italy's Benetton family, who believe Argentina will once again be one of the world's great agricultural powers. He has purchased a giant tract in the north of the country and is planting half of it with cotton for export.

"Eduardo is a visionary who also has a real knack for business," says Eric Pfeffer, president of Cendant Corp.'s hotel division in Parsippany, N.J. "He's a real find for us."

While Mr. Eurnekian's foreign partners have nothing but praise for the way he does business, his image in Argentina is more controversial. The son of Armenian immigrants, he started out in the family textile business, which by the early 1980s had fallen on hard times because of the disastrous state of the Argentine economy. Like many other companies in the textile industry, Mr. Eurnekian kept his companies afloat by borrowing tens of millions of dollars from a government development bank that was never repaid, people in the industry say.

Because of runaway inflation, the companies all contended that the loans were worthless, despite the government bank's insistence that they be indexed to inflation. During the 1980s, Mr. Eurnekian's brother and business partner held a senior economic post in the government of then President Raul Alfonsin.

Mr. Eurnekian denies ever borrowing money from the now-liquidated Banco Nacional de Desarrollo. The official in charge of the liquidation process at the economy ministry here says he can't confirm whether Mr. Eurnekian's companies borrowed money from the bank. "I don't want to cause myself any headaches," he says.

Argentine Visionary Hopes To Become a Tourism King.

Argentina's Eduardo Eurnekian is a hard-charging visionary who has built an almost $1 billion media empire in the past decade. Now, this local version of Citizen Kane wants to become Argentina's tourism king.

Earlier this month, a consortium led by Mr. Eurnekian won a 30-year concession to run 33 of the country's main airports. He has bought the Howard Johnsons master franchise for Argentine from Cendant Corp. of the U.S. and plans to pepper this vast country with U.S.-style hotels and motels. And he's engaged in talks to invest in a regional airline company.

"Tourism is going to be a geometric growth business in Argentina," says the 65-year-old Mr. Eurnekian in a rare interview. He says the Argentina of today is like the U.S. of the Eisenhower era: a place of newly affluent people who, coming out of years of hardship, want to stretch their legs. "The demand for U.S.-style and U.S.-quality services will be fantastic."

It had better be, given the size of the commitments made by Mr. Eurnekian and his partners in the airport deal. Together with New York-based ground-services giant Ogden Corp. and Italy's Assaeroporti SpA, the operator of Milan airport, Mr. Eurnekian's Corp. America Sudamericana SA has pledged to pay more than $5 billion to the government and to make $2.2 billion in new investments during the life of the concession. Currently, only two of the 33 airports are profitable and even those are in need of a major overhaul.