From LEX 7:16pm

Modelo deal loses its fizz

DoJ’s challenge to its acquisition of Mexican brewer leaves AB InBev with tough choices

From RETAIL & CONSUMER 5:07pm

US challenges AB InBev’s Modelo deal

Justice department moves to block $20bn beer merger

Mexican presidential candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Enrique Pena Nieto, waves to supporters during a rally in Atlacomulco, Mexico State on June 17, 2012. Incoming president Enrique Pena Nieto will inherit two Mexicos when he takes office on December 1, 2012: One basking in economic growth and another mired in a bloody drug war that has left 60,000 dead ©AFP From COMMENT Jan 30, 2013

Mexico: Aztec tiger

The country has emerged from Brazil’s shadow to become the darling of investors

From ENERGY Jan 30, 2013

Petrobras to increase fuel prices

Move deepens Brazilian inflation concerns

From INDUSTRIALS Jan 29, 2013

Brazil opens prison doors to investors

São Paulo’s London roadshow includes jail contracts

A Dassault Rafale fighter jet ©AFP From INDUSTRIALS Jan 28, 2013

Foreign defence groups drawn to Brazil

Growing military spending creates fresh opportunities

From INDUSTRIALS Jan 28, 2013

VW to build Golf hatchback in Mexico

Move part of carmaker’s ambitious plans for North America

From ENERGY Jan 27, 2013

Ecopetrol overtakes Petrobras by market cap

Colombian oil group Latin America's largest listed group

From WORLD Jan 25, 2013

Venezuela to sue Spanish newspaper

El País published a false photograph of president

From ENERGY Jan 24, 2013

Vale suspends $6bn potash project

Latest in company’s investment cuts

From UK SMALL COMPANIES Jan 23, 2013

Business network Tradeshift gains an ally

US software supplier Intuit to market its online billing service

From ENERGY Jan 22, 2013

Batista to buy back shares in coal miner

Billionaire aims to win back investors’ trust with plan to delist CCX

From ENERGY Jan 22, 2013

Batista mining company dealt another blow

MMX shares drop after chief resigns

From LEX Jan 20, 2013

Rio Tinto and the Pilbara

Dominance of Australia’s iron ore region looks assured in the long run

From FINANCIALS Jan 20, 2013

Buyout groups eye China and Brazil

Slowing growth fuels hope for deal opportunities

From TRANSPORT Jan 16, 2013

Other airlines sanguine about Dreamliner

Carriers will not cancel orders for Boeing’s 787s

Lex from INDUSTRIALS Jan 16, 2013

Video: Boeing – further turbulence ahead?

From FINANCIALS Jan 15, 2013

Ex-McKinsey official to head KKR in Brazil

Fergie to expand group’s presence in the country

From MARKETS Jan 15, 2013

Shocks combine to knock gloss off Brazil

Bovespa lags behind firm start to 2013 seen globally

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Jan 14, 2013

Nike signs deal with golfer McIlroy

Sponsorship puts 23-year-old in big earnings league

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