Donald Trump.
DONALD TRUMP and Cap Cana, an upscale tourism and real estate
developer in the Dominican Republic, will invest US$2 billion building
Trump at Cap Cana, a resort and golf complex, as well as . . .
Storytellers.
What makes a leader? Why, followers, of course. Management schools
spend a lot of time trying to define the qualities that create great
leaders, but the best definition I've heard in quite some . . .
Rule by force.
Urban violence has become a sad commonplace on Latin America's
highways. Central America, however, appears to be boiling over with
violent crime, largely due to the powerful street gangs known as . . .
In and out.
Net capital inflows into Latin America--defined as money coming
into stock markets and as foreign direct investment--slipped last year,
falling the to US$46 billion from $71 billion, mainly due to . . .
Mexico: oil and water.
Despite all the talk of the billions of dollars of remittances
flowing into the Mexican economy, oil still rules the roost when it
comes to the country's revenue. Yet looking at it from a . . .
Beach breeze: tips from the concierge at the Loews Miami Beach
Hotel.
I have a day free. What's a good way to impress a client?
I would suggest starting out the day with a water-view breakfast
around the pool in our hotel. A nice, breezy lunch on one of . . .
Hotter by the minute: Mexico's chile pepper producers come
together to battle coming Chinese imports.
Mexico's producers of the habanero chile pepper--one of the
world's hottest chiles--are adding to their planting to satisfy
increasing demand from the United States and from Japan, and to hold . . .
Double duty: Latin America's CFOs juggle more tasks than
ever and, increasingly, need a human touch, too.
What does it take to make it to the CFO's chair? Being an ace
at finance and accounting is, obviously, required. After all, it's
going to take a numbers person to run a big company's motor--money.
. . .
Plastic man.
In Brazil, credit-card use among small businesses is still rather
low. That's because many entrepreneurs aren't aware of the
financial tools out there to run their businesses. MasterCard set out . . .
Power to the people: small business sees opportunity in growth
and free trade, and money is right behind.
Running a small business is a huge challenge. Suppliers, employees,
the government--all take take a bite of an owner's time and sanity.
But months of hard work leading to a big contract often . . .
Coming soon: Mexican movies, long adored at home, look to
theaters across distant horizons.
A Catholic priest breaks his vow of celibacy. Two urban teenagers
and a sexy foreign woman take a trip through rural Mexico. Three lives
become connected by an automobile accident. These tales . . .
Cranial pursuit: as technology booms in the Southern Cone,
companies scramble for talent.
Argentine newspapers bulge with ads seeking programmers, developers
and tech consultants. In a country where stable and well-paid work is
needed badly, students graduating with technology degrees . . .
All together now: convention centers, once job-creating tools for
the Mexican bureaucracy, now compete to host global events.
A few years ago, staging a conference of any type in Mexico
depended on state-owned installations. Today, private investors are
taking bigger and bigger slices of the pie.
According to a market . . .
A clear conscience: silence is no solution for victims of
political torture and murder in Latin America.
Torture and murder your citizens, and you'll go to jail.
That's the message that a growing number of Latin American
governments are giving former military dictators and police officers
these days . . .
Breaking the cycle: now, with prosperity rising, is the best time
to practice discipline and invest in new growth.
Traditional economic analysis recognizes that economic cycles that
move from growth to recession are the mechanism by which the markets
self-regulate. In many cases, inefficient companies must . . .
Free trader.(Entrevista)
Marco Vinicio Ruiz has been Costa Rica's Minister of Commerce
for a little less than a year. It's his first position in the
public sector but he's no newbie when it comes to policy. As a
leading . . .
Small is beautiful.
Central American banking deals are seeing a double-digit rise as
free trade with the U.S. edges toward reality. Banking institutions on
the isthmus have seen an increase of net profit due to the . . .
Pedal to the metal.
Car sales in Latin America are zooming on stable economies, more
access to credit and lower interest rates. Car manufacturers want in on
the ride. Only a few years ago, car sales fell so hard on . . .
Rock solid.
Bolivia has the gas. Brazil has the money. Easy, right? Not so easy
for the governments of Evo Morales and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. A
proposed 25% hike over the gas price currently paid by Brazil . . .
Pumped up.
Pipelines aren't new to Latin America. After all, the place is
teaming with oil and natural gas. In Brazil, though, there soon will be
a new one snaking across the country, topped up with a . . .
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