Argentine pension nationalisation approved

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ARGENTINA - Argentina's Senate approved president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's plan to nationalise about US$24bn in private pensions.

Of the 65 senators present, 46 voted to back the bill, 18 voted against it and one abstained. The funds will be transferred to the state-run social security agency, known as Anses, which will be in...

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