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<title>Petrobras looks to issue bonds in euros</title>
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<description>Telecoms group that traces its history back to the early days of the British empire will move its headquarters out of the UK after more than 140 years</description>
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<title>Embraer in $8bn SkyWest aircraft supply deal</title>
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<description>Deal provides a timely boost to Embraer’s commercial aircraft unit, which has struggled amid weak global demand and accounts for only half of the Brazilian group’s revenue</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:25:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Argentine soyabean farmers return to market</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:20:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shine is coming off Brazil for investors</title>
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<description>Critics say President Rousseff’s strategy is leading to slow growth and excessive government intervention, but hope the country’s pragmatic streak will prevail</description>
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<title>Yahoo spared $2.7bn Mexican damages</title>
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<description>A Mexican court has overturned an earlier ruling in a contract dispute in which $2.75bn in damages against Yahoo was awarded to former partners</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:17:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Growth shows signs of fatigue in Mexico</title>
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<description>Latest estimates are set to confirm Mexico’s worst year-on-year quarterly results since 2009 with a hint that they could even be negative</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:37:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>Sales of commodity intended to reduce greenhouse gases have opposite effect, writes Greg Meyer</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:59:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Deal making: Lucrative business transactions help cash flow in both directions</title>
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<description>Warren Buffett venture illustrates a growing trend, writes Joe Leahy</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:59:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Citi sells Brazil units to Itaú-Unibanco</title>
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<description>Acquisition of Credicard, a company that Itaú helped create, strengthens the Brazilian bank’s hold over the country’s credit card market</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:30:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brazil oil licences raise record R$2.8bn</title>
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<title>Petrobras: betting the tranch</title>
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<description>Years of rock-bottom interest rates and the resulting yield-starved investors have given the Brazilian oil group access to cheap debt. And a lot of it</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:36:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Argentina: Would-be partners worry about the risk of shale</title>
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<description>A US-style boom has not happened, reports Jude Webber</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 23:03:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Petrobras bond sale sets record</title>
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<description>The record-setting corporate debt sale from emerging markets comes as Brazilian companies are taking advantage of a rally in global corporate bonds</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 22:25:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Itaú BBA wins backing for green push</title>
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<description>Brazilian bank gets $200m credit line from Commerzbank and IDB to help finance a growing number of green energy projects in the region</description>
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<description>Starboard Value LP, which owns 15 per cent of Office Depot stock, has pushed for a sale of the company’s stake in its Mexican joint-venture</description>
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<description>Brazilian billionaire agrees stake sale to Malaysian state energy company with option for it to buy 5 per cent of OGX as it embarks on buying spree</description>
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<description>Move over higher quality coffee bean lifts hopes that the agricultural ministry may intervene to support market</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 19:05:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brazilian pension funds go global</title>
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<description>Low interest rates force pension funds to look abroad in a move that may mark the start of an important step in the maturing of the country’s financial industry</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 18:11:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>Valuations are highest for the largest acquisitions, explaining why investors are now committing more fresh money to funds that target smaller groups</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 18:53:06 GMT</pubDate>
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