Latin America

http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/businessNews/~3/X3LCK5YRqh8/us-argentina-debt-mulford-idUSBRE8820N820120903 Argentine judge orders arrest of Credit Suisse executive  BUENOS AIRES | Mon Sep 3, 2012 5:44pm EDT BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A judge in Argentina has ordered the arrest of Credit Suisse executive and former U.S. Treasury Undersecretary David Mulford because he failed to testify over a 2001 Argentine debt swap, the state news… Continue Reading

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/03/us-brazil-mining-idUSBRE8820F920120903?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Brazil iron mining outlook undimmed by price drop  By Jeb Blount and Sabrina Lorenzi RIO DE JANEIRO | Mon Sep 3, 2012 11:32am EDT RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Investment in new Brazilian iron ore mining capacity will be strong for at least two to three years despite plunging prices and problems in China… Continue Reading

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444914904577623850903597614.html?mod=fox_australian Brazil’s Listless Growth Continues August 31, 2012 By JEFF FICK, LUCIANA MAGALHÃES and JOHN LYONS RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazil’s once-blazing economy has continued to slump despite government efforts to revive it, more evidence that the emerging market countries that jolted the globe back to growth after the 2008 financial crisis aren’t set to provide the… Continue Reading

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/02/brazil-celpa-idUSL2E8K22HH20120902?feedType=RSS&feedName=bankruptcyNews Shareholders back Celpa recovery plan, await regulator’s OK By Anna Flávia Rochas   SAO PAULO, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Creditors of bankrupt Brazilian power distributor Celpa, backed a proposed recovery plan on Saturday that would involve a stake sale to another utility, Equatorial Energia, but the plan still needs the approval of power industry… Continue Reading

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/31/brazil-redeenergia-idUSL2E8JV8SJ20120831?feedType=RSS&feedName=bankruptcyNews Brazil may intervene in indebted group Rede Energia-sources   Fri Aug 31, 2012 11:36am EDT SAO PAULO/BRASILIA Aug 31 (Reuters) – The Brazilian government may intervene in the heavily indebted holding company Grupo Rede Energia SA, which controls several distressed assets in the power distribution market, three sources with knowledge of the action said on… Continue Reading

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/brazil-economy-lending-idUSL2E8JU3OZ20120830 UPDATE 2-Brazil banks put the brakes on lending as defaults rise By Guillermo Parra-Bernal and Luciana Otoni SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Brazil’s banks abruptly slowed the pace of loan disbursements in July as caution took center stage among private sector lenders seeking to protect earnings from near record delinquencies and a drop… Continue Reading

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/brazil-economy-lending-idUSE5E8G701720120830?feedType=RSS&feedName=bankruptcyNews Growth in Brazil lending slows; default ratio rises  SAO PAULO | Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:35am EDT SAO PAULO Aug 30 (Reuters) – Outstanding loans in Brazil’s banking system rose 0.7 percent in July from June, the central bank said on Tuesday. Loans in arrears for 90 days or more rose to the equivalent… Continue Reading

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/brazil-economy-lending-idUSL2E8JU3OZ20120830?feedType=RSS&feedName=bankruptcyNews UPDATE 2-Brazil banks put the brakes on lending as defaults rise By Guillermo Parra-Bernal and Luciana Otoni   SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Brazil’s banks abruptly slowed the pace of loan disbursements in July as caution took center stage among private sector lenders seeking to protect earnings from near record delinquencies and a… Continue Reading

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/us-argentina-ypf-idUSBRE87T15F20120830?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Argentina’s YPF to fund most of its investment needs  By Alejandro Lifschitz and Karina Grazina BUENOS AIRES | Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:23pm EDT BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s state-controlled energy company YPF (YPFD.BA)(YPF.N) said on Thursday it would rely mainly on its cash flow to fund the $37.2 billion in investments needed to… Continue Reading

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444914904577621871785180062.html?mod=fox_australian Argentina Moves to Lower Voting Age August 30, 2012 By SHANE ROMIG BUENOS AIRES—An influential congressman in Argentine President Cristina Kirchner’s ruling party has sponsored legislation that would grant suffrage to millions of teenagers ahead of midterm elections next year. Senator Anibal Fernandez—Mrs. Kirchner’s former cabinet chief—has submitted a bill to lower the voting… Continue Reading