The new shareholders: with lots of land and scenic views, Latin
America becomes a timeshare paradise.
Time for a vacation. Hop off the airplane and jump into a
limousine. A butler greets you at the front door. Everything is just the
same as it was the last time you were there. Family photos adorn . . .
Cubicle U.: getting a business education is turning into an
inside job.
How's this for a final exam: Business schools are dusting off
their case books and heading inside companies to train executives in
real-time, real-life programs, where success--or failure--is . . .
The new philanthropy: Latin America Inc. turns to foundations as
a strategy for serving social ends.
For decades now, U.S. and European companies have been creating
corporate foundations in order to take advantage of government
incentives while meeting the goals of their own social . . .
The alchemist.
Finland's Nokia is a study in drastic change. Once a typical.
19th century heavy industry conglomerate, it grew dramatically under a
charismatic CEO, Jorma Ollila, by making a bet on one hot-growth . . .
Retail makeover: Brazil's Natura finds the best model for
new Brazilian stores--in Mexico.
Why should a company that specializes in network marketing and
catalogue sales open a retail outlet? And why do so first in a foreign
country and not right in its own backyard?
Ask Natura, a . . .
Package deal: small businesses, growing on exports, make new
business for couriers.
Thousands of small businesses in Brazil and other Latin American
countries are exporting abroad for the first time, honing in on
competitive advantages once thought only reserved for big . . .
Dinner with Moctezuma: have stomach, will travel through
Mexico's exotic kitchens.
Little known culinary fact: The eggs of a small ant--known in
Mexico as escamoles--are not only a delicacy but also a good source of
protein. Not only that, they taste good enough for the most . . .
Bountiful table: feeding everyone--not just the rich world--will
depend on small farmers and careful cultivation.
Juan Manuel Martinez is a Latin American version of Johnny
Appleseed. Last year, he traveled to eight countries in Central and
South America to demonstrate an organic gardening method called . . .
Management by golden rule: want a strong, focused company? Treat
employees as you would like to be treated.
Managers are very demanding on their own bosses, and they are right
to be so demanding. But then they forget, and fail to apply those same
rules when relating to their own subordinates.
There are . . .
New blood.(Entrevista)
In a country that has seen eight presidents parade through in a
decade, Rafael Correa will have to act fast to fight poverty and
corruption once he takes office this month. His fellow Ecuadorans . . .
At your service.
Fixing a leaky faucet, changing a light bulb or hanging a picture
on the wall are fairly easy tasks. In Sao Paulo, they just got easier:
Just rent a husband. Literally. Two years ago, Valdir Jose . . .
On the fence.
The United States is planning to build a 1,126-kilometer wall on
its border with Mexico with the aim of curbing the flow of illegal
immigrants. The U.S. Senate last year gave the wall the green . . .
Triple shot.
Osborne, Spain's largest producer of brandy, has taken a giant
step toward international markets, investing to make its brandy, which
is aged in oak barrels, in northeastern Brazil. The joint . . .
Nugget surprise.
Who says agribusinesses, fast-food chains and environmentalists
can't all just get along? A Greenpeace report revealed that soy
coming from newly--cut Amazon forest--nearly all of it . . .
Time machine.
10 YEARS AGO IN LATIN TRADE
MADNESS It's no longer business as usual in Ecuador, where
neo-liberal economic policies have given way to something that might
best be described as "neo-loco." Abdala . . .
Full credit.
As free trade ramps up in Central America, the world's
superbanks continue to jockey for position. Citigroup agreed to buy
Grupo Finandero Uno, the largest credit card Issuer in the region . . .
Looking East.
Brazilian mining giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) is plowing
ahead with new deals to meet demand, especially in steel-hungry Asia.
Its US$1.10 billion Brucutu project will be the largest . . .
Battleground.
Telecommunications continues on its path toward concentration into
just a few hands in Mexico in the search for economies of scale and even
greater development. Axtel, a Mexican telecom, bought the . . .
Embraer, a Brazilian aircraft maker.
EMBRAER, a Brazilian aircraft maker, said it took an order for 36
of its model 175 jets from U.S. carrier Northwest Airlines, with an
option for 36 more. Terms were not . . .
Pluspetrol.
PLUSPETROL, an Argentine oil company, reached an agreement with a
group of Achuar Indians who had halted the company's operations in
the Amazon region of Peru for 13 days. Under the agreement, the . . .
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