Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 16, 2011 | Economy
Japanese trading house Itochu Corp. said Thursday it has agreed to pay $1.52 billion to buy a 20% stake in a Colombian coal mining operation owned by U.S. coal company Drummond Co. Inc. with proven and probable reserves of about...
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Colombian Finance Minister Juan Carlos Echeverry said on Wednesday the South American country’s deficits should shrink in 2012, with growth expected to stay strong at 5% in the region’s fifth largest economy. Latin...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 15, 2011 | News
United States labor unions are preparing an intensive campaign to try to stop the pending free trade agreement between the U.S. and Colombia, several media reported Wednesday. According to political weblog The Hill, the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 15, 2011 | Lite
Four of Colombia’s departments have elected their representatives for the 2011 Miss Colombia beauty pageant. The northern departments of Atlantico, Bolivar and Santander and the south-western department of Valle del Cauca...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 15, 2011 | News
White House and congressional negotiators appear “within striking distance” of a deal on a retraining program that has held up votes on trade deals with Colombia, South Korea and Panama, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce...
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