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Infrastructure Intelligence Series
Information Technology in planning infrastructure projects
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Telecom Intelligence Series
Streaming through pay-TV's back door
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Financial Services Intelligence Series
Financial markets: Fertile ground for IPOs?
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Mining Intelligence Series
Mining in Ecuador: On its own terms
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Energy Intelligence Series
Biomass for energy generation in Brazil: Looking for lost allure
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Information Technology in planning infrastructure projects
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Mining - Peru
Gold mining helping to diversify economy - WGC
Peru's economy is diversifying and lessening its dependence on mineral exports, according to Terry Heymann, director of Responsible Gold, World Gold Council (WGC). Mining exports in Peru accounted ..... more
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Electric Power - Brazil
US$15bn investment plan to propel growth, says Coelce
Ceará state energy company Coelce has pledged 30bn reais (US$15.0bn) in new projects it says will d ...more
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Water & Waste - Mexico
IFC considering US$50mn loan for new Aqualia holding company
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is considering a loan of US$50mn to support a new inves ...more
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Insurance - Regional
Nearly 80% of foreign investors bearish on emerging markets in short term
A monthly investor survey by financial services firm SocGen revealed a worsening in short-term nega ...more
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Telecommunications - Chile
Mobile broadband connections grew 105% in 2011, overtaking fixed lines - govt
Mobile broadband connections in Chile grew almost 105% in 2011, and their numbers are now considera ...more
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Metals - Regional
Gold, silver prices have peaked, investors shifting to equities - CPM
Gold prices peaked in September 2011 with silver doing the same in May last year, said Jeffrey Chri ...more
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Infrastructure - Mexico
Consolidation on the cards for Mexico's construction sector
Mexico's construction sector is likely to consolidate over the coming years as smaller companies be ...more
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Banking - Regional
HSBC sees Brazil, Mexico as above-US$1bn pretax profit countries
HSBC (NYSE: HBC) has the potential in its five growth priority markets, which include Brazil and Me ...more
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Privatization - Mexico
Sonora highway contract to tide ICA over H2 sector slowdown - analyst
Mexican construction firm ICA's (NYSE: ICA) new 3bn-peso (US$218mn) highway maintenance contract in ...more
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Info. Technology - Brazil
HP foresees ultrabooks reaching a quarter of overall sales
The Brazilian unit of HP's (NYSE: HPQ) Personal Systems Group (PSG) expects 25% of its sales to com ...more
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Oil & Gas - Venezuela, Colombia
Pacific pipeline a positive step for oil sector - executive
A new crude pipeline linking Colombia's prolific Llanos basin to a future export terminal on the Pa ...more
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Petrochemicals - Brazil
Braskem, Plantic sign bioplastics deal
Brazilian petrochemicals company Braskem (NYSE: BAK) has signed an agreement with Australian biopla ...more
In Depth Interviews
Bringing analytics to Latin America's healthcare systems
Alexander Fedorowicz
Director of healthcare solutions for Latin America/ Oracle
It's never fun to visit the doctor. To begin with, you usually go because you're sick. Then you have to go through all those exams and medical revisions, and to top it off you then have to deal with a ... more
Opinion Piece
The speculation about Hugo Chávez's health begs the question, to what extent does the "Bolivarian revolution" in Venezuela depend on him personally, and will it survive him being incapacitated for wh ... more
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