What lessons have the International Monetary Fund and the international financial community learned from last year’s debacle in Ecuador and Brazil’s currency devaluation in January 1999? In 1998, multilateral lenders […]
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Sovereign Report
Brazil Brazil launched Latin America’s largest-ever voluntary bond swap on August 9, with a $5.16 billion, 40-year global bond with an 11% coupon. The issue was also the longest-dated non-investment […]
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IdeiasNet Lists Locally
Turbulence on Nasdaq has prevented many capital-hungry Latin American Internet companies from raising capital on the equity markets. However Brazil’s IdeiasNet, an incubator with 17 companies in its portfolio, has […]
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Itaú To Take Stake In AOL
Brazil’s second-largest private bank, Banco Itaú, plans to purchase a 12% stake in AOL Latin America. Itaú will buy shares when AOL Latin America goes public on Nasdaq, acquiring 6% […]
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Telmex and Bell Canada To Build Brazilian Network
Teléfonos de México (Telmex), Latin America’s largest telephone company, is venturing into the Brazilian telecommunications market through a $3.5 billion alliance with Bell Canada. Telmex plans to build a high-speed […]
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A Commanding Lead
The bulge bracket banks of New York and European wannabes have taken control of Brazilian high finance. But local firms cannot be discounted as big-ticket state privatizations wind down.
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Bookseller Deal in Brazil
Espiral.com, the largest retailer of Spanish-language books, has acquired Brazil’s Canalcompras.com to expand its market share. Livrarias Nobel, one of Brazil’s largest bookstore chains, created and later spun off Canalcompras.com. […]
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Brazilian Airlines Create Online Travel Agency
Varig, Brazil’s largest airline, is joining forces with the country’s third largest carrier, TAM, to create a new online travel agency to be named Portal Latino Americano: plata.com. The project […]
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Bringing the Government to Market
Yet another free-market wizard has taken a top job in Brazil’s government banks. Eleazar de Carvalho Filho, a former UBS Warburg executive, now plans to shape Brazilian industry and financial markets as head of the government’s investment operations.