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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...

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC) today announced that, at the request of ALFA, S.A.B. de C.V and Harbour Energy Ltd. it has terminated the arrangement agreement for a takeover of Pacific Rubiales that was agreed to on May 20, 2015. The purchase price of $6.50...

Surgery sounded like it was going cost Edward Janssen an arm and a leg. Even though he had medical insurance, his deductible created out-of-pocket expenses that would force the 58-year-old construction worker from Kansas to go to great pains to come up with the $80,000 to pay for...

There’s no doubt that shadow IT, the term used to describe the systems and solutions for Information Technology that are installed and used in organizations without the explicit authorization of the company, poses a real and urgent risk to banks. But shadow IT can also be a boon...

Global consulting and research firm Everest Group recently released its Global In-house Center (GIC) Landscape Annual Report 2015, in which it reported that the global services market reached US$150 billion in 2014 and GIC model contributed to 25 percent (US$35-40 billion) of...

Hipercept, a global provider of strategy, technology and operations services to the alternative assets industry, has announced that it has been selected by Taliance to serve as its channel partner for North and South America. Taliance’s real estate software solution suite,...

Gran Tierra Energy Inc.  (NYSE MKT: GTE, TSX: GTE), Calgary, Canada based company focused on oil exploration and production in South America, announced last week, an increased 2015 capital program intended to provide accelerated development drilling at the Company’s core...

Aerocivil, Colombia’s civil aviation administration has implemented new rules designed to benefit air passengers in Colombia by increasing penalties on air carriers for deficiencies, streamlining the procedures for filing complaints and claims, monitoring and verification audits...

Pacific Coal Resources Ltd. (TSXV: PAK) the Canadian-based mining company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and production of coal and coal-related assets from properties located in Colombia, provided an update last week on the cease trade order issued with respect to a...

Bogotá is not only the capital of Colombia, it is the fourth largest Latin American city with a population approaching that of New York, a city that can be reached from Bogotá via any of several daily nonstop 5-hour flights, or from any of 34 other international nonstop...