Articles from Latin Trade (September 1, 2005)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
2005 financial leaders: the top 100 banks, pension funds, insurers and brokerage houses.	Jones, Forrest	Cover Story	217
Alexander.			42
Alsea, a Mexican fast-food franchisee, has agreed to buy 100% of Grupo Mozarella, a franchise operator in Mexico City controlled by Dominos Pizza, a U.S. pizza retailer.			39
Atari flashback: classic game console.			14
Banco Nacional De Desenvolvimento Economico, Brazil's state-owned development bank, approved US$61.6 million in financing for Tame, an Ecuadoran airline.			35
Banking & financial services: the trends, the issues, the solutions.			4464
Bare essentials.		Brief Article	174
Big chill: a gold mine might make engineering history in Chile and Argentina, but protestors are out to block it.	Goodman, Joshua		1122
Bonds, big bonds.			96
Boom towns: home financing in Mexico is on the rise as interest rates fall--driving deals among banks, too.	Rueda, Marisol		1122
Camesa.			24
Cemex, a Mexican cement company, and Ready Mix USA, a U.S. cement company, have agreed to create a joint venture.			26
Charging ahead.	Ragir, Alexander	Brief Article	161
Chat line.			86
Colombia will invest US$180 million exploring for oil through 2005.			24
Colombia will invest US$25 million on various projects on the San Andres and Providencia archipelago through 2007.			26
Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce, a Brazilian metals and mining giant, and Itochu Corporation, a Japanese trading company, signed a memorandum of understanding.			31
Cream of the crop: Colombian coffee growers turn the familiar Juan Valdez brand from an ad into a retailer.	Velazquez, Andres F.		779
Creative Zen Vision: portable video player.			21
Education for global executives: empowering organizations.	Westlund, Richard	Advertisement	2111
Embraer, a Brazilian aircraft maker, has agreed to sell for US$650 million 20 of its 190-model aircraft to GE Commercial Aviation Services, an airplane leasing company.			33
Empresas Ica, a Mexican engineering and construction company, paid US$94.9 million of its debts.			38
Enrique V. Iglesias, president of the Inter-American Development Bank, a multilateral lending agency, announced his resignation effective Sept. 30.			39
Epson EMP-S3: multimedia projector.			25
Events.		Calendar	1011
Fact check.	Fern, Thomas	Letter to the Editor	124
Femsa.			20
Flybe, a U.K. low-cost airline, agreed to buy 14 195-model aircraft from Embraer, a Brazilian airplane manufacturer for US$470 million.			49
Freedom's price.	Brown, Greg	Editorial	350
From small things: Brazil, Russia, India and China--the emerging world's big dogs--are starting to get attention.	Hatzipanagos, Rachel		679
Gamesa, a Spanish renewable-energy products company, said Mexico's environmental regulators have authorized construction of a wind farm in Oaxaca with a potential output of 200 megawatts.			32
Gas giant.		Brief Article	109
Growth formula: foreign superbanks look for new opportunities as free trade kicks into high gear.	Castillo, Ricardo		1329
Gruma, a Mexican tortilla maker, bought three food plants from Cenex Harvest States, a U.S. food, grains and energy company.			34
Grupo Bimbo, a Mexican bread company, said it will buy assets controlled by Empresas Chocolates La Corona, a Mexican confectioner, for US$43 million.			30
Grupo Televisa.			30
Harken Energy Corporation, a U.S. oil and gas company, said its unit Global Energy Development signed an agreement with Colombia to evaluate natural resources in Valle Lunar in eastern Colombia.			44
High seas.		Brief Article	153
Honduras: growing pains.	Hatzipanagos, Rachel	Brief Article	203
Hot stuff.	Adese, Carlos	Brief Article	253
Iberdrola, a Spanish power company, signed a US$67.7 million contract to build six transmission lines for Comision Federal de Electricidad.			39
Image makers: Brazil could chart its own course in the swiftly approaching age of digital television.	Somenzari, Luciano		790
Inbev, the global brewer born out of the merger of Brazil's AmBev and Belgium's Interbrew.			36
International Finance Corporation, the private-sector lending arm of the World Bank, approved a string of loans totaling US$115 million for GMAC Financiera, a Mexican housing finance company.			39
Keep on trucking: President Uribe pushes for Colombia's most ambitious highway plan ever.	Crowe, Darcy		1096
Latin America and the Caribbean.			1205
Latin Trade index.			52
Loan ranger.	Adese, Carlos	Interview	832
Making change.		Brief Article	124
Mexico, through state-owned holding company Cintra, approved a plan to sell Grupo Aerovias de Mexico (made up of airlines Aeromexico and Aerolitoral), Grupo Mexicana de Aviacion (made up of Mexicana and Click), Aeromexpress, and Alas de America.		Brief Article	51
Mover and shaker.	Jones, Forrest	Brief Article	256
Outsourcing America.			38
Parrot Easydrive: hands-free cell phone kit.			22
Perdigao Agroindustrial, a Brazilian agribusiness, agreed to buy for US$16 million control of Mary Loise Industria de Alimentos and Mary Loise Industria e Comercio de Racoes.			35
Petrobras, Brazil's state-run oil company, entered an agreement with Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and other Japanese institutions to finance projects in Brazil.			40
Privatizations.			625
Racket club.		Brief Article	224
Rant and rave.	Zuniga, Roberto	Letter to the Editor	170
Ready for takeoff: the low-cost model comes to Mexico as the government prepares to get out of the airline business.	Rueda, Marisol		1195
Red card.		Brief Article	130
Rest of the world.			674
Rivers of cash: Brazil's banks are bigger and more profitable but credit remains expensive and scarce.	Pfeifer, Margarida O.		747
Safe and sound--sort of.		Brief Article	125
Shooting stars: French hotel group Accor bets on three-star hotels for Latin America's business travelers.	Verdezoto, Maria Elena		718
Sonae, a Portuguese retailer, said it will sell 10 of its Big brand of Brazilian supermarkets in Silo Paulo to Carrefour.			31
Southbound.	Hatzipanagos, Rachel	Interview	442
Space cowboys: Houston grows to become one of the busiest trading posts in the United States, thanks to geography.	Castillo, Jose		715
Stripped bare: a profit motive might be the best way to convince poor farmers to leave the trees alone.			707
Subsidiary shuffle.		Brief Article	95
The Andean Development Corporation (CAF), a multilateral lending institution, approved US$174.7 million in loans for Colombia.			33
The captain.	Coronado, Eduardo	Interview	761
The Economics of Franchising.			30
The International Finance Corporation, the private-sector lending arm of the World Bank earmarked a US$30 million line of credit for TACA.			38
The International Finance Corporation, the private-sector lending arm of the World Bank, announced a US$14.5 million loan to Centro Medico Puerta de Hierro, a new healthcare facility going up in the town of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.			48
The International Finance Corporation, the private-sector lending arm of the World Bank, will provide a US$10 million loan to Ransa Comercial, a Peruvian logistics company.			40
The International Monetary Fund, a multilateral lending institution, approved a US$1.13 billion standby lending facility for Uruguay to boost its economy.			43
The Multilateral Investment Fund, a private-sector development arm of the Inter-American Development Bank, will provide US$1.1 million to hundreds of Central American artisans and integrate them into supply chains for home-decoration retailers in foreign markets.			46
The other side of the coin.	Alende, Andres Hernandez	Book Review	637
The statesman.	Velazquez, Andres F.	Interview	768
The World Bank, a multilateral lending institution, approved a US$150 million loan for Argentina.			50
The World Bank, a multilateral lending institution, approved a US$502.5 million loan for Brazil to support housing-sector reforms.			32
The World Bank, a multilateral lending institution, approved a US$658.3 million loan for Brazil.			34
The World Bank, a multilateral lending institution, approved US$43.4 million in interest-free loans for Bolivia.			35
The Zahir.			36
Top banks: ranked by assets as of December 31, 2004.		Illustration	4326
Top brokerage houses.		Illustration	1129
Top insurers: ranked by premiums as of December 31, 2004.		Illustration	1563
Top pension funds: ranked by assets under management as of December 31, 2004.		Illustration	1467
Tungsten E2: handheld computer.		Product/Service Evaluation	97
TV Azteca.			33
Ultrapar Participacoes.			26
Venezuela and Brazil signed an agreement that includes a supply contract with Petrobras to provide Brazilian ethanol to Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA to help Venezuela develop an ethanol industry.			43
What's your poison: a Mexican lab hopes its anti-venoms take a bite out of hospital costs across the globe.	Jones, Forrest		1148
Winner's circle.	M., Victoria Upegui	Letter to the Editor	122
Winners & losers.		Illustration	226
Wired tribe.	Adese, Carlos	Brief Article	282
Yes, we're open.	Jones, Forrest	Brief Article	236