http://www.newstin.co.uk/uk/south-america-business-news Organizing the News Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90882220 SANTIAGO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Spain's Telefonica SA said on Monday it offered to buy out 31.1 million shares of Telefonica Chile for an estimated $50.4 million, in a bid to gain 100 percent control of its Chilean unit. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:40:50 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90882220 2008-12-01T17:40:50Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90945101 In a few months the Thames will carry some unusual traffic: a high-tech floating “rubbish muncher” that will scoop up plastic bottles and other detritus. The contraption is being designed by Belu, a bottled water company... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:09:35 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90945101 2008-12-02T01:09:35Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90884065 NewsFactor - A Brazil-based startup says it has a solution for users of multiple social networks like Facebook, MySpace and others who want to access the Web sites on one portal. Power.com, which has backing from veteran... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:52:57 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90884065 2008-12-01T17:52:57Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90950757 Developers from Caesar Systems offered three of 18 presentations at the Smalltalks 2008--2nd Argentinian Smalltalk Conference held November 13 through 15, 2008 at the Universidad Abierta Interamericana, a private university in... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:46:00 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90950757 2008-12-02T02:46:00Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90954988 AsiaNet) -- The Executive Boards of Itausa - Investimentos Itau S.A. and Itau Unibanco Banco Multiplo S.A. are pleased to extend this invitation to the presentations they will make to members of the Association of Capital... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:40:45 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90954988 2008-12-02T03:40:45Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90928077 Latam stocks fall on news of US recession : Latin American stocks fell sharply on Monday, dragged down by confirmation in the United States that the world's biggest economy has been in a recession. Brazil's Ibovespa index... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:08:19 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90928077 2008-12-01T22:08:19Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90892156 By Raymond Colitt BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil pledged Monday to cut the rate at which it was destroying its Amazon forest in half over the next decade to help combat global warming. Amazon destruction makes Brazil one of the... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:06:10 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90892156 2008-12-01T19:06:10Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90888000 Monday December 1, 8:00 am ET ALPHARETTA, Ga., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Following the November 11th announcement of the retirement of Wayne H. Deitrich, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer on December 31,... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:04:35 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90888000 2008-12-01T19:04:35Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90922931 In the past decade, India has gone from a place that relatively few Americans visited to one of the top international destinations for U.S. residents — ahead of other locales like Brazil, Switzerland and Greece. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:17:45 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90922931 2008-12-01T21:17:45Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90894011 Power.com bills itself as a social inter-networking site with the goal of aggregating a number of social networks into a single site that can function as a single stop for social networking junkies who have gotten tired of... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:09:00 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90894011 2008-12-01T19:09:00Z