Slim's dealings.(Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de C.V., Carlos
Slim)(Brief Article)
Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex), the Mexican telecommunications
company owned by Mexican billionaire businessman Carlos Slim, sold its
13.4% stake in U.S. telecommunications company MCI (formerly . . .
Alsea, a Mexican restaurant operator, opened its 47th and 48th
Starbucks Coffee restaurants in Puebla and in Mexico City,
respec
ALSEA, a Mexican restaurant operator, opened its 47th and 48th
Starbucks Coffee restaurants in Puebla and in Mexico City, respectively.
Alsea operates, in Mexico, Domino's Pizza, Starbucks, Popeyes . . .
Alsea.(takeover of Operadora West)(Brief Article)
ALSEA, a Mexican fast-food chain operator, completed its takeover
of Operadora West, another Mexican restaurant manager. Alsea told
Mexican stock-market regulators it wrapped up acquisition of . . .
Grupo Mexico.(Southern Peru Copper Corporation merge with Minera
Mexico Internacional Inc.)(Brief Article)
GRUPO MEXICO, a Mexican copper producer, said its subsidiary
Southern Peru Copper Corporation, a Peruvian copper mine, will merge
with its Mexican unit Minera Mexico. Southern Peru will issue . . .
Highland Hospitality.(Tucancun Beach Resort & Villas bought
)(Brief Article)
HIGHLAND HOSPITALITY, a U.S. real estate investment group, bought
the 332-room Tucancun Beach Resort & Villas hotel in Cancun, Mexico
for US$31 million from a private Mexican . . .
Industrias Penoles.(Industrias Penoles S.A.)(Brief
Article)
INDUSTRIAS PENOLES, a Mexican non-renewable natural resources
company, sold for US$70 million its Bermejal gold deposit to Canadian
mining companies Goldcorp and Wheaton River . . .
Grupo Industrial Saltillo.(Grupo Industrial Saltillo S.A. de
C.V., Caterpillar Inc.)(Brief Article)
GRUPO INDUSTRIAL SALTILLO, a Mexican industrial conglomerate, and
Caterpillar, a U.S. heavy-equipment maker, will build together a US$136
million plant to manufacture diesel-engine blocks and . . .
Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE).(finance)(Brief
Article)
COMISION FEDERAL DE ELECTRICIDAD (CFE), Mexico's state-owned
electricity company, sold US$194.6 million in 10-year debt instruments.
Funds will be used to finance an array of projects across the . . .
Cemex.(Cemex S.A. de C.V., Votorantim Participacoes S.A.)(Brief
Article)
CEMEX, a Mexican cement giant, wrapped up the sale of its assets in
the Great Lakes region of the United States to Votorantim Participacoes,
a Brazilian holding company. The transaction was valued . . .
Colombia.(FAW)(Brief Article)
COLOMBIA said that FAW, a Chinese bus and truck maker, will build a
plant in the city of Pereira. The company should roll off its first
vehicles this year. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe made . . .
The World Bank.(Colombia)(Brief Article)
THE WORLD BANK approved two credit lines totaling US$170 million
for Colombia. The country will use the funds to finance fiscal-reform
projects and water-treatment . . .
Claxson Interactive Group.(Bancard Inversions Limitada)(Brief
Article)
CLAXSON INTERACTIVE GROUP, a media company with offices in Buenos
Aires and Miami, sold for US$23.9 million its Chilean television network
Red de Televisidn Chilevision to Bancard Inversions . . .
Empresa Nacional de Petroleo (ENAP).(Empresa Nacional del
Petroleo S.A.)(Brief Article)
EMPRESA NACIONAL DE PETROLEO (ENAP), Chile's state-owned oil
company, plans to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant with Endesa,
a Chilean power producer, and Metrogas, a gas distributor. The . . .
International Finance Corporation (IFC).(long-term financing to
Grupo Financiero Uno)(Brief Article)
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION (IFC), the private-sector lending
arm of the World Bank, has agreed to provide up to US$30 million in
long-term financing to Grupo Financiero Uno, a Central . . .
Holcim.(Cemento de El Salvador)(Brief Article)
HOLCIM, a multinational cement producer based in Switzerland,
bought for US$220 million a controlling stake in Cemento de El Salvador,
a Salvadoran cement company. The sale raised Holcim's stake . . .
Perdigao.(high-tech meat processing plant)(Brief Article)
PERDIGAO, a Brazilian food company, opened in Brasilia a high-tech
meat processing plant. The unit will produce 400 tons of product a month
and export mostly to the European . . .
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM).(closed a soybean crushing plant in
Tress Passo)(Brief Article)
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND (ADM), a U.S. agriculture processing
company, closed a soybean crushing plant in Tress Passo, in Rio Grande
do Sul state in Brazil. ADM cited poor margins. The company . . .
Ahold.(Koninklijke Ahold N.V. sold its G. Barbosa to ACON
Investments)(Brief Article)
AHOLD, a Dutch retailer, concluded the sale of its Brazilian
subsidiary G. Barbosa to ACON Investments, a U.S. investment fund.
Financial details were not disclosed. The sale completes Ahold's
exit . . .
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), a Brazilian metals and mining
company, signed a six-year contract to supply up to 2.66 millio
COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE (CVRD), a Brazilian metals and mining
company, signed a six-year contract to supply up to 2.66 million tons of
iron pellets to Qatar Iron and Steel Company (QASCO), a . . .
Eldorado Gold.(Mineracao Amapari)(Brief Article)
ELDORADO GOLD, a Canadian mining company, signed an option to
acquire 84% of the Vila Nova gold deposit from Mineracao Amapari, a
Brazilian miner. Eldorado Gold will spend US$5.4 million to . . .
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