It is said that all companies are wrapped in a context that either benefits or prejudices them, and many are sensitive to changes in policy, currency, climate and the economy. Although  variances in copper prices are an important catalyst for the com...

US President Barack Obama late on Thursday unveiled to the nation a higher than expected $447bn employment programme and demanded in a nationally televised address “a stop to the political circus.”The president urged lawmakers several times to...

The 1990s offered a rainbow of case studies of risk management failings in markets, financial regulators, financial institutions, non-financial institutions and even countries as a whole; showing the vital need for integrated operational risk management s...

After weathering the worst global financial crisis in history in 2008-2009, the Peruvian economy posted excellent economic results in 2010 with approximately nine percent growth. Although expansion in 2011 is expected to moderate somewhat, the country wil...

Banco Industrial do Brasil is a privately owned Brazilian bank, established in 1994, headquartered in the city of São Paulo, with branches in the main states of the country. It operates essentially as a credit bank focused on the financing of small...

Logistics costs represent 20 percent of Brazil’s GDP. This substantial slice of the national wealth is dispersed among thousands of small-scale transport firms, most of which only operate in part of the production chain, or is concentrated in the propri...

National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCBJ) was the most profitable listed company on the Jamaican Stock Exchange last year. Its capital ratios far exceed minimum regulatory requirements and new unit trust products are currently in development.While m...

There is a consensus among analysts who observe the Brazilian economy that it should grow four to five percent a year for the next decade. As with most major developing countries, macroeconomic fundamentals tend to enable this growth pace for many years &...

In the course of two centuries of independent governance, Uruguay, one of the smallest countries in South America, has attracted attention due to the quality of its natural and human resources and the stability of its political and economic institutions. ...

Gafisa’s trademark brand recently celebrated the completion of its thousandth development, Terraças Alto do Lapa, in São Paulo, a testament to the company’s experience, expertise, and execution capacity. It was fitting that this ...