Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 24, 2012 | News
Colombia’s benchmark blue-chip index climbed modestly Monday, spurred by gains in heavily-weighed oil shares, while the peso extended its gains against the dollar. The Colcap index, considered as the main measurement for...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 23, 2012 | Economy
Colombian bank Banco Popular is preparing a 250-billion-peso ($137 million) local bond sale Wednesday, said Alianza Valores, a Bogota brokerage firm arranging the sale. Banco Popular, which is backed by conglomerate Grupo Aval...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 23, 2012 | Culture
Entertainment conglomerate Disney is set to produce a Colombian remake of ABC television drama “Brothers and Sisters,” entertainment paper Variety reported Monday. According to the entertainment paper, Disney will...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 23, 2012 | News
One soldier has been killed and three have been injured in two separate alleged FARC attacks in the north of Colombia, local media reported Sunday. According to the Army’s 4th Brigade, one soldier was killed in Toledo, a...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 23, 2012 | News
An United States Air Force veteran has been murdered by burglars in his home in the north of Colombia, local media reported Sunday. According to the reports, the New York-born Benson Sheinkin was shot dead early Saturday morning...
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