Posted by Toni Peters | Jan 24, 2012 | Culture
Television networks Mundo Fox and RCN are joining forces to form a Spanish-speaking channel for the United States. “It is going to consititute a joint venture, a contract of shared risk. Fox will have 50% and RCN will have...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 24, 2012 | Economy
Colombian bank Davivienda announced Tuesday it is taking over the operation of HSBC in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras for $801 million. Davivienda, Colombia’s third largest bank, already has a presence in Panama and...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 20, 2012 | Economy
Eleven of Colombia’s 192 credit unions, serving 600,000 Colombians, formed a trade association. According to the Credit Union Times, the Colombian Association of Financial and Savings Cooperatives met this week with the...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 20, 2012 | Economy
The president of Colombia’s central bank has said it aims to bring down inflation in 2012. In an interview with Dow Jones Thursday, Jose Dario Uribe said that even though the Colombian economy is buoyant, as a result of...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 20, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s largest private oil producer Pacific Rubiales and the state-run petroleum company Ecopetrol were the most traded companies in the Integrated Latin American Market, MILA, in 2011. Chilean and Peruvian investors...
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