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Oil & Gas - Argentina

New Gas Plus project to be announced - reports

The Argentine government is set to announce a new Gas Plus program allowing companies to sell natural gas at above-regulated rates, according to local press reports. The new program could attract a..... more

• Telecommunications - Regional

  Latin America could see 22mn lines ported by 2014 - study

  Latin America could see 22mn lines ported by 2014, with Mexico and Brazil as the most dynamic count ...more

• Electric Power - Ecuador

  Termoesmeraldas calls off Shushufindi feasibility tender

  Ecuadorian state generator Termoesmeraldas has declared void the bidding process to carry out feasi ...more

• Info. Technology - Regional

  Central America a bright spot for SAP's SME sales

  Software purchases by Central American SMEs are growing in spite of the global economic slowdown, t ...more

• Mining - Chile

  Cerro Colorado union accepts pay offer, BHP Billiton avoids strike

  The union at BHP Billiton's (NYSE: BHP) Cerro Colorado copper mine in Chile on Friday voted to acce ...more

• Metals - Venezuela

  Uncertainty surrounds briquette companies due to nationalization delay

  Venezuelan briquette producers Matesi, Comsigua, Orinoco Iron and Venprecar, which are all in the p ...more

• Infrastructure - Mexico

  Macrobús PPS tender to be launched in January

  The tender for a public service provision (PPS) project to build the second phase of the Macrobús b ...more

• Water & Waste - Uruguay

  Authorities drawing up plan to prevent floods, store rainwater

  Uruguayan state-owned entities are working together on a plan to prevent floods and store rainwater ...more

• Banking - Peru

  All loan segments increase in October, mortgage lending hits record high

  Peru's private sector banks saw an increase in all loan segments in both US dollar and sol-denomina ...more

• Insurance - Brazil

  BB committed to improving IRB, increasing share in PAC programs - VP

  Federally controlled Banco do Brasil (BB), Brazil's largest bank, will be committed to improving op ...more

• Petrochemicals - Regional

  Lanxess expects Brazil sales to grow at least 10% in 2010

  German chemical firm Lanxess expects to increase sales in Brazil in 2010 as a result of an improved ...more

• Privatization - Brazil

  Cargill-LDC to be awarded Santos terminal by month-end, says Codesp

  The Brazilian branch of US agricultural giant Cargill and France's Louis Dreyfus Commodities (LDC) ...more

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