Vol. 12 Nbr. 10, October 2004

Index

• Tick-tock.
• Advertisers, please note.
• Memo to Michael.
• Software darwinism.
• Teacher's aide.
• Alcoa.
• Banco Itau.
• Brazil is guilty of more music piracy infractions than any other country in the world, although China is home to a US$600 million market for pirated music, the largest in the world, the International Federation of the Phonograph Industry said in an annual report.
• Comgas.
• Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce (CVRD).
• El Salvador.
• Embraer.
• Full tank.
• Nicaragua.
• Petrobras.
• Repsol YPF.
• Telefonica CTC Chile.
• Banco Santander Santiago.
• Colombia said it would contribute US$77 million towards the construction of a mass transit system in Bucaramanga, in eastern Colombia.
• Embotelladoras Arca.
• Falabella.
• Fluor.
• Goodyear.
• Grupo Imsa.
• Mexico said it might sell US$70 billion in bonds to swap debt issued to bail out banks in the 1990s.
• Mexico said remittances entering the country from Mexicans overseas hit US$7.90 billion in the first half of 2004, or 26% more when compared with the same period a year earlier.
• Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex).
• PNC Financial Services Group.
• Teaming up.
• Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex).
• Argentina issued a resolution restricting imports of refrigerators, stoves and washing machines from Brazil and applied a temporary 21% tariff on television sets coming from the Manaus free trade zone in Brazil.
• Bolivia said it convicted 15 people on charges of fraud and corruption involving a US$62.8 million rural development project financed by the World Bank, a multilateral lending institution.
• Crowell & Moring, a U.S. law firm, said it would represent a Cuban family that will sue Club Med, a French luxury resort operator, for making millions of dollars on land allegedly confiscated from the family by the Cuban government.
• Electrolux.
• Monsanto, a U.S. chemical company, said Argentina has given it per mission to sell genetically modified corn in the country.
• Peru passed a law that will improve environmental regulation by creating a tribunal to coordinate environmental agencies.
• Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).
• Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex).
• Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex).
• To the polls.
• Venezuela said it would build a US$200 million natural gas pipeline with Colombia.
• Contrabeans.
• Half empty.
• Kidnapped.
• Offshoring.
• The world according to Alvaro ...
• First run.
• Hot for hotels.
• Cane man.
• Guess who I'm voting for: a change in the White House will make a big difference for ordinary Latin Americans.
• Tuning in: two years after a controversial media law, much-needed foreign cash trickles into Brazil.
• Flying high: Embraer's alcohol-powered crop duster easily wins converts.
• Short sheeted: Peru depends on U.S. buyers of its clothes and textiles. So what happens when China weighs in?
• Down to the wire: the clock is ticking for Lula's team as elections near and growth sputters.
• Consensus forecast/Pronostico de consenso.
• Free-trade flip-floppers.
• Waiting game: Mexico depends more than ever on the U.S. economy. That's both good news and bad.
• Rocking back: small business is turning Argentina's natural resources, talent and a weak currency into profits.
• At the stuck crossroads: a wobbly road network and weak railways could kill Brazil's export boom. Then there's the shipping mess.
• Selling smarts: Brazil's information technology business should have gone global years ago. It's catching up.
• Power up: big pharmacies boost technology spending in Peru. Can the little guys hack it?
• Intel Centrino.
• Pipeline.
• Call in the plant cops.
• Visa: innovative corporate payment solution now available across Latin America: Visa Central Travel Account Program.
• MasterCard: travel strategies from MasterCard Global Service.
• American Express: new services save money and time.
• Diners Club[R]: to launch Spanish Version of its Global Vision platform for Latin America users.
• ExactPay's Global Clearing proves essential for global business.
• Ingenico: total payment solutions for Latin America.
• Opengate technologies: your partner of choice for 'digital' peace of mind.
• Stranded: miles of beaches but no easy way to get there. Brazil's tourism business needs a break.
• The eastern front: Chile's LAN is a top airline in the region, but what it really wants is to fly from neighboring Argentina.
• Flatliners: all the airlines are touting fully flat "sleeper" seats in first class. What's the deal?
• A fine book--ruined by facts.
• All the President's Spin.
• El cantor de tango.
• Hidalgo.
• Public Enemies.
• Indicators.
• The Andean Development Corporation.
• The Inter-American Development Bank.
• The International Monetary Fund (IMF).
• The World Bank.
• Trinidad and Tobago: full speed ahead.
• Latin Trade index.
• Threadbare.
• Privatizations.
• Events.
• Condemned.