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Articles in January, 1999 issue of South American Business Information
- Brazil: BNDES to fund IT industry.
- Argentina: Sade to be sold off to Skanska and Emepa.
- Brazil: ABN Amro to grow retail banking business.
- Telefonica invests R$4.5bil in Brazil.
- Brazil: IBM leads datawarehouse market.
- Argentina: Nobleza Piccardo has good prospects after merge of BAT.
- Brazil: White Martins to raise R$300mil to pay debt.
- Brazil: Wal Mart to open branch in Rio de Janeiro.
- Argentina: Compaq expands corporae business area.
- Brazil: Ericsson markets new telephone.
- Peru: FirstCom to invest US$200mil.
- Brazil: Multinationals face crisis.
- Brazil: Manchete, Banco Pactual drop agreement to restructure.
- Argentina: Aerolineas Argentinas seeks partners.
- Brazil: boom in wireless telephone equipment sales.
- Brazil: Banco do Brasil leads Visa sales.
- Argentina: Competition to win YPF's shares.
- Argentina: Techint market Monier tiles.
- Brazil: Club Med to open new hotel in Trancoso.
- Chile: Corona's sales rose 8% last year.
- Argentina: Telefonica moves into trunking.
- Brazil: Iapar lanches disease resistant wheat seed.
- Brazil : LG Electronics reduces imports.
- Argentina: VW to assemble Inca cars in Pacheco.
- Venezuela: Unisys increases sales by 68%.
- Argentina: The Exxel Group ends 1998 involved in M&A.
- Solarex and Golden Genesis to build plant in Brazil.
- Brazil: Lafarge acquired 90% interest in Telhas Tegula.
- Brazil: Sercomtel launches cheaper services.
- Brazil : Bell Canada competes for telecom license.
- Brazil: Alcoa to build truck wheels plant in Minas Gerais.
- Brazil: Basf admits price increase due to Real devaluation.
- Argentina: Microtel Inns invests in hotels.
- Brazil: Mappin focus on Mesbla.
- Brazil: The 3Com - Data General partnership.
- Semp Toshiba to produce photocopy equipment in Brazil.
- Brazil: Staff Builders penetrated into the market.
- Brazil: Acesita to sell Sifco.
- Brazil: Ford's labor force tries to hinder mass dismissal.
- Argentina: Transportadora de Gas del Sur contracts with Perez.
- Argentina: Baesa under control of creditor banks.
- Brazil: Currency devaluation paves the way to curb interest rates.
- Argentina: Endesa pays US$600mil for 3,64% stake in Repsol.
- Brazil: Via Internet acquires Dialdata.
- Brazil: Bonari to invest R$2bil.
- Chile: Enersis to invest US$1bil in 1999.
- Argentina: Aon to grow with mergers & acquisitions.
- Brazil: Matra Nortel won police department auction.
- Chile: Andina and Coca Cola restructure business.
- Brazil: FMC Corporation acquired 1.1bil stocks of CBV.
- Brazil: Ford developed new software.
- Brazil: Telet takes out loan from BNDES.
- Venezuela: Chrysler Venezuela led sales in Latin America.
- Argentina: Miller Freeman takes over Fermatec.
- Brazil: Doux invests US$45mil in Frangosul.
- Argentina: Government sells off BHN.
- Brazil: single price for whole gas pipeline extension.
- Brazil: LG Electronics puts on hold plans to set up cellular equipment plant.
- Brazil: Procter & Gamble sold Phebo to Sara Lee and Granado.
- Venezuela: Pdvsa outlines 1999 budget.
- Argentina: Chile: Central Bank puts on hold selling off Banco Torn.
- Chile: mergers and acquisitions totalled US$3.6bil in 1998.
- Brazil: BNDES to finance gas pipeline construction or expansion.
- Brazil: Coca Cola buys sugar from settlements.
- Novell provides full consumer service in Brazil.
- Brazil: Microsoft's servers sales grow steady.
- Chilean banks posted high profits.
- Brazil: New round of cable TV concessions.
- El Salvador: government sells shares in CTE.
- Brazil: Cade gives green light to Danka.
- Brazil: IBM signed agreement with Ultrafertil.
- Argentina: Grey Advertising takes over Vincit Publicidad.
- Brazil: Coca Cola to rise Fanta's sales.
- Brazil: Banco New Holland to finance sales.
- Argentina: Advent looks at the publishing business.
- Argentina: Trends in the food processing industry.
- Chile: Carozzi gets additional earnings.
- Argentina: BBV responds to competition acquiring Midas.
- Argentina: Repsol to review strategy to control YPF.
- Brazil: Visteon optimistic with exports.
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