From COMPANIES Nov 15, 2012

Manguinhos move puts focus on Brazil oil

Refinery to fight surprise nationalisation

From COMPANIES Nov 13, 2012

JBS profits up despite US drought

Brazilian beef producer reports highest earnings since 2008

From COMPANIES Nov 7, 2012

Argentine judge freezes Chevron assets

Move attempts to enforce $19bn Ecuadorean ruling

From COMPANIES Nov 7, 2012

YPF profits plunge on higher costs

Production up 0.6 per cent at nationalised Argentine energy group

From COMPANIES Nov 5, 2012

Petrobras faces R$4.78bn tax claim

Charge is related to lease of foreign offshore oil platforms

From COMPANIES Oct 28, 2012

Brazil’s slowdown adds to carmakers’ woes

Some groups have suspended plans to move production onshore

From COMPANIES Oct 28, 2012

Carmakers warn on Brazil’s imports tax

Measure will cut sales and force groups to rethink investments

From COMPANIES Oct 27, 2012

Falling crude production dents Petrobras

Brazilian group also hurt by cost of imported fuel

From COMPANIES Oct 26, 2012

América Móvil profits jump on forex gains

Wireless subscribers increase by 7%

From COMPANIES Oct 25, 2012

Stronger peso lifts Televisa profits

Mexican broadcaster benefits from cheaper financing

From COMPANIES Oct 25, 2012

Vale puts Guinea mining project on hold

Brazilian group reports 66% decline in quarterly profit

From AMERICAS POLITICS & POLICY Oct 24, 2012

Argentina vows to break up media group

Clarín’s ‘excess’ broadcast licenses to be auctioned off

Oct 24, 2012

Brazil detains former bank president

Amid probe into alleged fraud at medium-sized bank

From COMPANIES Oct 15, 2012

Petrobras signs deal to produce Amazon gas

Tie-up with local start-up and TNK-BP

From COMPANIES Oct 15, 2012

Cemex losses narrow on demand in Americas

Mexican cement group reports highest Ebitda in three years

From COMPANIES Oct 15, 2012

NY Times plans Brazil website

Portuguese-language site to exploit advertisers’ appetite

Oct 9, 2012

Argentine leader defies her critics

Cristina Fernández appears ever more insular and ideological

From COMPANIES Oct 8, 2012

UnitedHealth to take 90% stake in Brazil’s Amil

US insurer seeks to increase presence in emerging markets

The Monday Interview from MANAGEMENT Oct 7, 2012

From a favela to the top table

Maria das Graças Foster, chief of Petrobras, does not dwell on her own story

From SPECIAL REPORTS Oct 1, 2012

Prosperity brings its problems

Chile’s most urgent challenge is to maintain growth, reports Jude Webber