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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.support@ft.comTue, 22 Jul 2008 03:00 BSTThu, 24 Jul 2008 20:49:20 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/americas/finance(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/11f3602e-5786-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/11f3602e-5786-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlUS equity markets would suffer 'catastrophic damage' if the emergency rules on short-selling were extended, say hedge fundsTue, 22 Jul 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9af85c48-3e23-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9af85c48-3e23-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlMexico's stock exchange (BMV), which has just become a listed company, will seek to increase the fees it charges on equity trades as part of a wider strategy to put the interests of its shareholders first by raising profitsThu, 19 Jun 2008 21:03 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f8f7cb64-3d90-11dd-bbb5-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f8f7cb64-3d90-11dd-bbb5-0000779fd2ac.htmlA leading indices provider is to downgrade Jordan to a "frontier" equities market from an emerging market in November. MSCI-Barra said it might do the same with Argentina and Colombia next year unless there were "significant improvements" in capital flow restrictionsThu, 19 Jun 2008 00:53 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/405e83e0-3264-11dd-9b87-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/405e83e0-3264-11dd-9b87-0000779fd2ac.htmlInsider trading on Wall Street is starting to look as troubling as it was in the time of Ivan Boesky in the 1980s, says the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement chiefWed, 4 Jun 2008 19:40 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/18e03828-2764-11dd-b7cb-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/18e03828-2764-11dd-b7cb-000077b07658.htmlIran and Venezuela will launch a joint bank to fund development projects, as ties between two of the fiercest critics of US "imperialism" continue to strengthenWed, 21 May 2008 21:31 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f0a4063c-0bf2-11dd-9840-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f0a4063c-0bf2-11dd-9840-0000779fd2ac.htmlBrazil's central bank surprised markets with a 0.5 percentage point increase in interest rates - double the amount most economists expected - bringing to an end more than two years of rate cutsThu, 17 Apr 2008 01:14 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d1a4296-0bd9-11dd-9840-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d1a4296-0bd9-11dd-9840-0000779fd2ac.htmlBrazil is Latin America's largest economy and improvements in its macro-economic indicators over the past decade led many to assume that an investment grade rating was only a matter of timeWed, 16 Apr 2008 21:34 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76daabdc-07ef-11dd-a922-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76daabdc-07ef-11dd-a922-0000779fd2ac.htmlEconomic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean is likely to slow this year and next, while the region's banking and financial systems are at a growing risk, in spite of the 'muted' impact of the global credit crisis so far, according to an IMF report Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:32 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e6991ba-076c-11dd-b41e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e6991ba-076c-11dd-b41e-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe 'exceptional measure', a response to the local peso's sharp appreciation against the dollar, aims to strengthen liquidity in the economy and boost foreign reservesFri, 11 Apr 2008 05:03 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/94076f06-05b0-11dd-a9e0-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/94076f06-05b0-11dd-a9e0-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe Chilean government is to invest up to $5.9bn in international equities and corporate bonds as it seeks to diversify assets held in two funds set up as part of a counter-cyclical approach to economic policyTue, 8 Apr 2008 22:37 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/04ad677c-010d-11dd-a0c5-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/04ad677c-010d-11dd-a0c5-000077b07658.htmlThe BBB rating by Fitch for the Latin American country's foreign currency debt follows an export-led surge in commodities and improved economic managementThu, 3 Apr 2008 02:45 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da3e5036-f03c-11dc-ba7c-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da3e5036-f03c-11dc-ba7c-0000779fd2ac.html Measures are expected to include taxes on foreign investments in public debt issued in Brazil and moves to allow exporters to leave more of their dollar earnings outside the country. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:06 GMThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3292066c-e4bf-11dc-a495-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3292066c-e4bf-11dc-a495-0000779fd2ac.htmlMost economists believe Brazil will not have trouble shifting from a dependence on ex­ports and foreign portfolio investment to one on domestic demand and foreign direct investmentTue, 26 Feb 2008 23:28 GMT