Bloomberg
Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 00:00
HSBC executives have been grilled by U.S. lawmakers this month over claims that bank affiliates gave terrorists, drug cartels and criminals a portal into the U.S. financial system.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 00:00
Pena Nieto's decision to push first for an anti-corruption panel, transparency requirements for local authorities and a citizen watchdog to oversee government spending on the media came amid protests that have brought thousands onto the streets of Mexico
Friday, July 20, 2012 - 00:00
Executives from the bank apologized July 17 to a U.S. Senate subcommittee that told them that over the last decade they’d given terrorists and drug cartels access to U.S. dollars and the U.S. financial system.
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 00:00
Colombia is developing plans for near-simultaneous strikes with neighbors including Peru and Ecuador on drug crops and hidden laboratories in border areas.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 00:00
Money-laundering controls were largely absent in HSBC's operations there.
Monday, July 16, 2012 - 00:00
About eight meters of track was destroyed today in Guajira Province at the railroad that serves Cerrejon, the world's largest open-pit coal mine for export.
Friday, July 13, 2012 - 00:00
Gold mining probably has become the second-largest source of revenue for rebels and gangs in Colombia.
Friday, July 13, 2012 - 00:00
To change Pemex, Pena Nieto will have to challenge entrenched interests, from the unions to local officials, who have all benefited from Pemex's largesse.
Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 00:00
While unemployment in May was at a record low for the month of 5.8 percent, the economy generated 45 percent fewer jobs than a year ago.
Friday, June 29, 2012 - 00:00
From bread, beer and milk to telephones, television and electricity, monopolies and duopolies dominate Mexico's economy.