Latin America banks are learning to view the Internet more as a means of generating business, rather than as a purely transactional, money-making tool.
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Resurrecting the markets
Roberto Teixeira da Costa says Brazil must revitalize its capital markets, stimulate savings and spur investment in equities.
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Bermuda covers insurance
Bermuda is the third-largest insurance market in the world, and the industry is the most significant sector in the island’s expanding international business activity.
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How to keep pace with change
None of us can escape change, but we can take advantage of it. For business leaders, the first step is building as much flexibility as possible into their information systems.
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Rising risks and rates
Dollar-based borrowing is growing increasingly risky and costly for Brazilian companies. Hedging has become a fact of life for every large company or bank.
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Breaking with the Past
President Vicente Fox ended 71 years of rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party with his election last year, but he has yet fully to break the mold of Mexican politics.
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In Practice
New Arbiter in airline merger case Jorge Pinzon, Colombia’s newly appointed industry and trade superintendent, is stepping in to arbitrate the merger plans of Colombia’s two largest airlines after the […]
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Sculpting Brazil’s debt profile
The Central Bank is working to improve the country’s debt profile.
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Building the Foundations
Mention Brazil, Mexico or Argentina to intellectual property owners a few years ago and exasperation was the mildest response you could have expected. But times have changed. International trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), the existence of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the realization that multinationals need to see strong intellectual property regimes before investing, have led to major improvements in the protection for rights owners. Among the beneficiaries of improved legislation have been domestic companies who are now enjoying more protection as a result of external pressures.
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Invisible Borders
Along the sandy coast of the Gulf of Mexico rests Brazoria County, Texas. This agrarian community with its roots firmly planted in Texas tradition boasts the Annual Great Mosquito Festival and the Mexican Fiesta Youth Rodeo?not exactly an international city of law. But in an ironic twist of culture clash, this quiet Southern court system was subjected to the judicial version of polar attraction. Because the Texas state court system allows foreign residents to bring personal injury and wrongful death cases into the courts, Bolivia launched a major cross-border product liability suit smack in the middle of Brazoria.