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More Americans Soon To Savor Colombia’s Uchuvas, a.k.a. Cape Gooseberries

Colombia will now be able to export fresh uchuvas, known in English as cape gooseberries, or alternatively, goldenberries with no quarantine restrictions after the Ambassador of Colombia to the United States Luis Carlos Villegas and U.S. Under Secretary of Agriculture Edward...

Posted On July 13, 2015

, By Loren Moss

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Baker & McKenzie: Merger & Acquisition Activity To Increase Through 2018

A recent study by Baker & McKenzie looking at cross border M&A activity indicates that such deals should continue to increase over the next three years. According to the study, after a long and stuttering recovery from the 2008 global financial crisis, transactional...

Posted On July 13, 2015

, By Loren Moss

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Endeavor Colombia Partners With Medellin’s Ruta N To Promote Paisa Entrepreneurship

Endeavor Colombia has launched its regional operations in Medellín along with the city’s flagship business incubator, Ruta N. Endeavor Colombia, a nonprofit organization promoting high impact entrepreneurship, hopes to compliment Ruta N’s business incubation ecosystem and...

Posted On July 13, 2015

, By Loren Moss

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Cencosud Selects Unisys For 5-Year IT Help Desk Outsourcing Deal

South American retailer Cencosud has selected Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) to offer IT help desk services to internal users in Colombia, Chile, Perú, Brasil, and Argentina. The five year deal represents the first time that Cencosud has signed such a deal with a technology...

Posted On July 13, 2015

, By Loren Moss

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Advent International Buys 30% Stake in Avianca’s LifeMiles Loyalty Program

Avianca Holdings S.A. (NYSE: AVH) (BVC: PFAVH), the parent company for Colombia’s flagship airline, and private equity firm Advent International, today announced that they have inked a deal in which Advent will acquire a 30% of the shares of LifeMiles B.V, the subsidiary of...

Posted On July 13, 2015

, By Loren Moss

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CPGroup Latin America Search Firm Forms Alliance With The Caldwell Partners International

Toronto based executive search firm The Caldwell Partners International Inc. (TSX: CWL) today announced a significant expansion into Latin America by forming a strategic alliance with CPGroup Latam Ltd., a company founded by the partners that established and led the Latin...

Posted On July 13, 2015

, By Loren Moss

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Bancolombia First To Offer Visa Checkout

From July 6, Bancolombia’s customers are now able to use the Visa Checkout online service with any of their Bancolombia charge cards, not just Visa. Visa Checkout is employed by over 100,000 online merchants globally so far, and this further enables Bancolombia customers to make...

Posted On July 13, 2015

, By Loren Moss