Investments

Sunday, June 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
American buys slices of South America

The American multimillionaire who founded the North Face and Esprit clothing lines says he is trying to save the planet by buying bits of it. First Douglas Tompkins purchased a huge swath of southern Chile, and now he's hoping to save the northeast wetlands of neighboring Argentina.
Monday, June 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
LAN received first of 20 Airbus A318 to replace ageing 737-200 fleet

LAN Airlines S.A. one of the leading airline groups in Latin America held Monday the reception ceremony for the first Airbus A318 aircraft to be incorporated into the Company's fleet.
Friday, June 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
“Black Swan”: Odyssey denies alleged lawsuit filed by Spain

Odyssey Marine Exploration, one of the world's leaders in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration stated Thursday that claims of an alleged lawsuit against Odyssey by the Spanish government were false.
Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian group becomes world's leading meat packer

The Brazilian group JBS, which is the leading beef exporter of Latinamerica announced this week the purchase of Swift & Co., the third largest fresh meat (beef and pork) packer in the United States, thus becoming the world's leading meat packer.
Friday, May 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Shopping centre industry rapidly expanding in Latam

From Argentina to Venezuela, the shopping centre industry is expanding rapidly throughout much of South America, said speakers at a special focus on the continent at the ICSC Spring Convention, which concluded this week in Las Vegas.
Wednesday, May 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Toyota launches two fuel-flexible Corolla models in Brazil

Toyota is launching cars that run on ethanol and gasoline in Brazil amid growing popularity of fuel-flexible vehicles in the nation.
Tuesday, May 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
BA in group seeking to buy Spain's Iberia for 3.4bn euros

British Airways is expected to announce on Tuesday that it is joining a consortium led by Texas Pacific Group, the US private equity firm, to explore a takeover bid for Spain's Iberia airline.
Tuesday, May 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Spain investigating if recovered treasure was from its waters

Spain is investigating whether one of the world's biggest-ever finds of sunken treasure was plundered from its waters or from a shipwrecked Spanish galleon, the Madrid government said yesterday.
Sunday, May 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay in Bender's “One Laptop per Child” project

The computers are designed for children, boast extremely low electricity consumption, a pulley for hand-generated power, 1 gigabyte of flash memory, built-in wireless networking and a screen with indoor and outdoor reading modes.
Saturday, May 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Shipwreck yields estimated $500M treasure

A record haul of half a million silver and gold coins from a 17th Century shipwreck may have been found just 40 miles from Land's End, an expert said.