FT.com - Americas, Businesshttp://www.ft.com/world/americas/businesshttp://www.ft.com/rss/world/americas/businessFT.com - Americas, Businessen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2008. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comThu, 1 May 2008 05:21 BSTMon, 12 May 2008 21:56:26 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifFT.com - Americas, Businesshttp://www.ft.com/world/americas/business(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))Venezuela nationalises top steelmakerhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/38b54c8a-172c-11dd-bbfc-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/38b54c8a-172c-11dd-bbfc-0000779fd2ac.htmlPresident Hugo Chavez said the government will take control of the country's top steelmaker, Argentine-controlled Ternium Sidor, even as negotiations with the company continueThu, 1 May 2008 05:21 BSTArgentina rattled by Falkland drilling planshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5d7f48ce-16df-11dd-bbfc-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5d7f48ce-16df-11dd-bbfc-0000779fd2ac.htmlArgentina will protest to Britain over plans by UK companies for exploratory drilling around the Falkland IslandsWed, 30 Apr 2008 19:25 BSTArgentina, Alstom in high-speed train dealhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/70bea470-163f-11dd-880a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/70bea470-163f-11dd-880a-0000779fd2ac.htmlArgentina signed a contract with a consortium led by Alstom of France to build the first high-speed train in the Americas, linking Buenos Aires with the cities of Rosario and Córdoba in three hoursWed, 30 Apr 2008 00:07 BST Cosan buys filling station chain for $826mhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d76239ce-121d-11dd-9b49-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d76239ce-121d-11dd-9b49-0000779fd2ac.html Cosan, Brazil's biggest sugar and ethanol producer, has agreed to buy the Esso chain of filling stations in Brazil from ExxonMobil for $826m plus $198m in debt Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:10 BSTBrazilian oil field claim lifts triohttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d58c7dae-0ace-11dd-8ccf-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d58c7dae-0ace-11dd-8ccf-0000779fd2ac.htmlShares of Repsol-YPF, Petrobras and BG Group rose sharply after Brazil's energy regulator said that an oil field in the country to be explored by the three groups could be hugeTue, 15 Apr 2008 18:21 BST