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ACE Limited announced the leadership team it intends to appoint for the Latin America region of the new Chubb Group’s Overseas General Insurance division, which includes Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Central America and the...

Fitch Ratings today has announced credit rating actions for Medellín, Colombia. As Colombia’s second largest city and economy, the rating action reflects Medellin’s financial strength, its importance in the national context as well as its manageable debt metrics. Key Rating...

Yesterday, Dallas, Texas based Christus Health announced the signing of an agreement with Cali based Grupo Empresarial Coomeva Cooperativa Medica (Coomeva) in Colombia that will lead to definitive agreements in early 2016. Discussions began two years ago between Christus Health,...

Brasil’s Rapiddo has taken a stake for an undisclosed sum in Colombian startup Mensajeros Urbanos, Finance Colombia has learned. The Colombian startup, incubated in Telefonica’s  initiative titled Wayra Colombia, provides express messenger and delivery services, along with a web...

The availability of wireless networks will be key for future development of Machine to Machine (M2M) connections in Latin America – and everywhere else. According to research done on behalf of 4G Americas by Machina Research, in 2014 there were 14.6 million M2M IoT (Internet of...

Epson has announced the launch of its L220 and L365 Ecotank inkjet printers in Colombia, designed for the small office and consumer environment. Like other Ecotank printers, the print system is based on discrete CMYK ink tanks and permanent print heads, eliminating the reliance...

During the third quarter of 2015, Colombia’s Avianca Holdings S.A. (NYSE: AVH, BVC: PFAVH) announced operating revenues amounting to US$1.12 billion and a net income of US$102.1 million, an increase of US$ 68.9 million over 3Q 2014. As such, net margin was 9.1%, 6.4% above the...

Daniel Bluman of Colombia opened international show jumping competition with a win in the $20,000 International Jumper Power and Speed on Tuesday, November 10, at the Royal Horse Show, held as part of The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in downtown Toronto, Canada. Show jumping...

Roughly 20 alternative agricultural and sustainable forestry investments will be presented to national and international investors this Thursday during the Agri Investment Latam symposium at the Hilton Bogotá (from 8am to 8pm), sponsored by Agrofuturo and ColCapital. Colombian...

Global law firm Baker & McKenzie has launched the Cross Border M&A Index, a study in conjunction with Merger Market, which forecasts a 10% growth in cross border M&A transactions driven primarily by the US, EU, and Asian markets. Still, of the $375 billion (USD)...