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Colombia – Latin America’s equity issue superstar

Source:  This link comes from the Financial Times (ttp://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/01/16/colombia-latams-equity-issue-superstar/#ixzz1jfiyYk1v Colombia: LatAm’s equity issue superstar) Which Latin American market racked up […]

Carvajal Colombia acuerda compra Convermex México en 180 mln dlr

BOGOTA, ago 25 (Reuters) – El conglomerado colombiano Carvajal informó el jueves que acordó la compra del mexicano Grupo Convermex, […]

Electrolux Buys Chile Appliance Company CTI in $690 Million Deal

By Richard Weiss, Bloomberg.  Electrolux AB (ELUXB), the world’s second- biggest appliances maker, will buy Compania Tecno Industrial SA in a […]

Caught in a Steel Trap (from wsj)

There’s an output boom in steel with global production up 15% last year to a record 1.42 billion tons. So […]

Colombia Sells $2 Billion of 10-Year Dollar Bonds Overseas

By Andrea Jaramillo and Boris Korby – Jul 5, 2011 7:19 PM ET   Colombia sold $2 billion of 10-year dollar […]

Berkshire Hathaway unit buys 3 Italian jewellers

Berkshire Hathaway jewellery unit to add new brands in Italy * Richline buys just one brand of earlier target Rosato […]

Rent the Runway gets $15 million from KPCB

By Phil Wahba NEW YORK | Mon May 23, 2011 1:59pm EDT (Reuters) – Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & […]

Latin America will see the highest e-commerce growth worldwide through 2015

In 2010, Latin America topped Internet retailing growth globally, achieving a 24 percent increase together with Asia Pacific, while over […]

BrasilAgro Cancels Share Sale, Citing ‘Deteriorating’ Market Conditions

BrasilAgro – Cia. Brasileira de Propriedades Agricolas, a Brazilian farmland company, said it canceled plans to sell additional shares after […]

Colombia’s BVC eyes an aggressive international strategy

Colombia’s Pacific Infrastructure Inc. is targeting the Toronto Stock Exchange for a $250-million initial public offering this fall to finance […]