TOP 100 MEXICAN SITES
| |||
|
| |||
| |||
|
| |||
| Floods Leave Nearly One Million People Homeless in Southern Mexico Region around Mexican state of Tabasco suffers worst flooding in 50 years voanews.com |
Mexico: Counterfeit Million Seized The authorities said that federal agents raided a house in Tonalá, a suburb of Guadalajara, this week and seized more than $1.1 million in counterfeit $100 bills. nytimes.com |
World Business Briefing | Americas: Brazil: Bank’s Lending and Profit Rise Banco Bradesco, the Brazilian bank, reported a 29 percent increase in fourth-quarter net income on higher lending and one-time gains. Net income climbed to 2.19 billion reais ($1.23 billion) from 1.7 billion reais a year earlier, Bradesco said. Recurring profit, similar to profit from continuing operations, advanced 14 percent to 1.85 billion reais from a year ago, it said. Bank lending in Brazil has increased every month since February 2004 as interest rates fell to record lows and employment rose. The total loan portfolio, including receivables from credit cards, grew 39 percent to 161.4 billion reais, from 116.2 billion in December 2006. Net income was helped by a one-time 227-million-reais gain from the sale of a stake in Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros, Latin America’s largest derivatives market, and 178 million reais of profit from the sale of shares in Bovespa Holding, owner of São Paulo’s stock exchange. nytimes.com |
Mexico Peso, Bonds Rise on Speculation Fed to Cut Interest Rate (Bloomberg.com) March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico's peso and local-currency bonds advanced on speculation the Federal Reserve will reduce U.S. interest rates by a full percentage point today, boosting the appeal of higher-yielding emerging-market assets. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Shark kills U.S. surfer at Mexico beach resort (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A shark killed an American tourist surfing in western Mexico, police said on Tuesday, the second fatal attack along North America's Pacific coast in four days. us.rd.yahoo.com |