Fair food.(ASK THE CONCIERGE)
Now that many flights have scrapped serving meals, what is the
etiquette for carrying food on the plane?
Airline passengers are already familiar with the awkward moments of
armrest . . .
The road to stitches: tiny Brazilian beachwear makers--aiming to
beat cheap Chinese clothing--unite to sell their wares
abroad.(
Vitoria Coehlo Castro used to close her small beachwear business on
the outskirts of Salvador at the end of every summer, when bikini sales
tapered off and she could no longer pay her 20 . . .
Through the grapevine: Chilean vineyards hope tours will entice
visitors to spend on wine back home.(TOURISM)
The devil peers from behind the bars protecting a wine cellar 30
kilometers south of Santiago, to the surprise and delight of a group of
tourists, whose cameras snap away at the mythical inhabitant . . .
Dominican Republic: treasure of the Caribbean Sea.
The Island Nation Focuses on New Investment Strategy
The Dominican Republic, located in the heart of the Caribbean Sea,
is a treasure of color and radiance that illuminates the . . .
DFW: a convenient efficient gateway to the world.(Dallas/Fort
Worth International Airport)
For Latin American shippers, DFW International Airport offers
convenient, time-saving connections to the world. With its central U.S.
location between Dallas and Fort Worth in northern Texas, DFW . . .
Pick your port: Colombia earmarks millions to improve its main
ports. A new one could be on the way, too.(PORTS)
As the only South American country with beaches on the Atlantic and
Pacific, Colombia's maritime sector serves as the backbone of the
country's export base. Yet of the more than 200 ports across . . .
Overdrive: Mexico's Port of Veracruz expands to move more
goods--cars above all else.(PORTS)
If you were to see Mexico's Port of Veracruz from an airplane,
it would seem as though you were looking at an ant colony moving very
quickly.
The ants would be really shiny and boxy. This is . . .
Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire: video game.(PIPELINE)(Brief
Article)
www.harrypotter.ea.com
Help Harry Potter battle evil in this game based on J.K.
Rowling's fourth book. Scheduled to be released in conjunction with
the film November . . .
ActionTec Internet phone wizard: modem.(PIPELINE)(Brief
Article)
www.actiontec.com
Make low-cost phone calls over the Internet with your regular
telephone. Modem lets you use the same number for Internet and regular
calls Just . . .
GoVideo DP-5040: portable DVD player.(PIPELINE)(Brief
Article)
www.govideo.com
Watch your favorite movies on a 13-centimeter screen. Enjoy dolby
digital sound. Battery lasts for three hours Just . . .
Casio Exilim Pro EX-P505: digital camera.(PIPELINE)(Brief
Article)
exilim.casio.com
Zoom in from afar with a 5x optical lens. Take high-resolution
photos and show them off on an LCD display Just . . .
Playstation portable: handheld video game.(gear BOX)(Brief
Article)
Price: US$250
www.us.playstation.com/psp
* The Good
Awesome graphics. Capable of downloading from the Web. Holds photos
and digital music. The built-in, dimmable light is great. Using . . .
Test market: Microsoft bets on Mexico's digital television
market. It will be the first in Latin America.(TELEVISION)
TiVo, the cassette-free television recorder, wants to reinvent the
way people watch their favorite TV shows in the United States. Only a
few years old now, TiVo allows its users to control the . . .
Heeding the call: lured by cost savings, Latin America's
businesses are moving to Internet phone service.(TELECOMS)
Internet telephony is quickly revolutionizing Latin American
companies. In a region where calling costs are still high despite
wholesale privatization in the 1990s and a huge shift to . . .
The integrator.(Corporacion Andina de Fomento director Enrique
Garcia)(Interview)
Between 1999 and 2001, a period during which the majority of
countries in the region experienced serious crises, the Corporacion
Andina de Fomento (CAF) was the multilateral organization that lent . . .
Hand in hand: cash-strapped governments and gun-shy investors
look for ways to collaborate on Latin America's serious
infrastruc
Just as the privatization boom peaked in Latin America in the late
1990s--by World Bank figures the region led the world in selling off
state-run assets, averaging US$26.55 billion a year from 1990 . . .
Garage band.(Kingston Technology's chief executive officer
John Tu )(Interview)
Kingston Technology CEO John Tu and business partner David Sun are
the classic tech start-up, sweating it out in a garage and looking for
their break. They attacked the inefficiency of the . . .
Nerds need not apply: tech staffs dwindle as companies spend
billions outsourcing their needs.(Cover Story)
Just about anybody born since 1970 has been told to get a job in
computers. City colleges and tech schools flood the airwaves with their
commercials quoting recent graduates who claim a degree in . . .
Magic bus: a new airline promises to fill up Brazil's skies
by putting bus passengers into the air.(Brasil Rodo Aereo)(Company
P
Conventional wisdom says airlines should try to sell tickets to
frequent fliers--people with money who are used to air travel. Yet the
newest competitor in Brazil's airline industry--Brasil . . .
Hearts of gold: Pronaca, Ecuador's largest food company,
sets its sights to dinner tables abroad.(La Procesadora Nacional de
Ali
For Ecuador's biggest food company--and its largest employer,
even larger than state-owned oil company Petroecuador--dominating the
domestic processed-meat market is just not enough. La . . .
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