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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Company To Watch: Cencosud/Chile

LATIN AMERICAN RETAILER PLANS $2 BILLION SHOPPING SPREE By Gordon Platt Santiago, Chile–based Cencosud, the largest retailer in Chile by sales and the third biggest in Latin America, plans to issue up to $2 billion of new shares ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Martelly Counts On Foreign Investment To Rebuild

NEWSMAKERS: HAITI By Antonio Guerrero Haiti’s president Michel Martelly, who took office on May 14, has the unenviable task of rebuilding Haiti after the January 2010 earthquake that killed nearly 300,000 and left some one million people homeless. ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Multilatinas Extend Reach Into Developed Markets

MILESTONES: LATIN AMERICA By Antonio Guerrero While Latin America led the world in FDI growth last year, the region’s companies also forged ahead with an aggressive international expansion drive. Drive thru: Latin America buys up US brand ...

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World’s Best Banks: Latin America Country Winners

LATIN AMERICA Building On Solid Foundations Few financial systems around the world have recovered from the 2008 global economic downturn as quickly as Latin America’s, with lessons learned from previous crises—both foreign and domestic—serving them well. Having financed their ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Company To Watch: Iron-Ore Miner Profits From Rising Steel Demand

COMPANY TO WATCH: VALE/BRAZIL By Gordon Platt Rio de Janeiro–based mining company Vale, the world’s largest producer of iron ore, is profiting from growing demand for steel as the global economy recovers.The company’s earnings rose 222% last year ...

News

Santos Raises Colombia’s Profile

NEWSMAKERS : COLOMBIA By Antonio Guerrero Less than a year after being sworn in, Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos is helping put his country back on the radar for investors scared away by guerrilla rebels and drug lords. ...

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BEST BANKS 2011 BY REGION

Global Finance Announces Best Banks by Region 2011 NEW YORK, April 8, 2011 Global Finance magazine has announced its annual...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Analysis: Latin America Goes To Market

ANALYSIS: LATIN AMERICAN DEBT By Denise Bedell Latin America’s corporations are accessing both domestic and international debt capital markets as never before, and investors are happy to fund growth in the region. Last year was a significant ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Mercosur Turns 20 And Ruffles EU Feathers

MILESTONES: MERCOSUR By Antonio Guerrero The Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Argentine beef exports could threaten Europe's farmer The world’s third largest trade bloc, after the EU and Nafta, comprises ...

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WORLD’S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2011 IN LATIN AMERICA

Global Finance names the 2011 World’s Best Emerging Market Banks in Latin America NEW YORK, March 24, 2011 Global Finance...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Brazil Faces Life After Lula

UPDATE: BRAZIL By Antonio Guerrero Brazil’s new president has already impressed the business community. But can she impress her own party? Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist guerrilla fighter, has gotten high grades from the nation’s ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Colombia: China Evaluates Panama Canal Rival

NEWSMAKERS: COLOMBIA By Antonio Guerrero Santos: In talks with China over 250-mile rail link The first ship crossing the Panama Canal had barely completed its voyage, after the canal opened in 1914, when engineers and politicians began conspiring ...