By Andrew Beatty PANAMA CITY (Reuters UK) - Diamond sellers are setting their sights on Latin America's increasingly prosperous middle class, which is benefiting from economic growth and stability, as U.S. and European sales of the rare stones slow. Latin America is rich in minerals, providing...
Google and Yahoo struck a deal yesterday, in which Yahoo will use Google's AdSense program in some broad and far-reaching ways. BNET Industries tech blogger Larry Dignan did a nice rundown of the key parts of the deal: The Yahoo-Google partnership is non-exclusive and Yahoo...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Southern's KCS (NYSE:KSU) Board of Directors on August 12, 2008 declared a dividend of $0.25 per share on the outstanding KCS 4% non-cumulative preferred stock. The dividend is payable on October 7, 2008 to preferred stockholders of record at the close of business September...
NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings affirms the 'BBB' rating on BG Trust, Inc. (Panama, Corredor Sur Trust) $150 million of outstanding parity Series A Notes. The Rating Outlook is Stable. In addition, Fitch withdraws the rating assigned to the unissued $125 million Series B Notes. Series B Notes...
PANAMA, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Further to the release of January 23, 2008, Bellhaven Copper and Gold, Inc. (TSX-Venture: BHV) ("Bellhaven or the Company") is pleased to announce the completion of the following corporate goals for the first semester of 2008. 1. Cerro Quema Gold Project:...
-- As the bloggers under the rocks go on about Obama's roots, what about the fact that McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone? He would be the first president from Panama since Manuel Noriega. -- Knowing their son would some day run for president, McCain's...
PANAMA CITY, Panama -- Western Union (NYSE:WU), a leading provider of global money-transfer services, has completed the acquisition of its Panama-based Agent, a money transfer and bill payments company. Transfer Express de Panama, a new Western Union business entity, will directly operate its own 15 locations and manage...
Company "Fixes 3 Major Problems" With Online Travel Websites PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: BOOKIT.COM[R] DEBUTS CUSTOMIZED WEBSITE POWERED BY ORIGIN-SPECIFIC FROM[TM] TECHNOLOGY Company "Fixes 3...
Spam Allstars Introducing WORLD MUSIC NETWORK This Latin band from Miami take Afro-Cuban grooves in to the digital age with James Brown-style funk added to DJ duck-quack scratching, fat salsa horn choruses and spoken-word samples. Compiled from three separate Allstars albums by one DJ Bongohead, this...
'Raisin' McCain; to Fire Up Constituents and Inspire Voters; Song Available to the Public for Free Download at www.johnrich.com NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Music star, singer, songwriter and acclaimed producer John Rich -- of the multi-platinum country duo Big & Rich -- today announces the...
Seminar Addresses Importance of Application Protection and Virtualization SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. -- Double-Take[R] Software (NASDAQ: DBTK) will host the final stop of its Latin America-area disaster recovery seminar on Aug. 6, 2008, in Panama City, Panama. This educational seminar series focuses on the importance of protecting business critical data...
LONDON, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Morodo Ltd is pleased to announce that its popular MO-Call Home service now covers 39 countries around the world. MO-Call Home provides low-cost international calling direct from a mobile phone, without the need to change mobile number, SIM or network. MO-Call Home offers savings...
PANAMA CITY, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. Bladex announces the following Webcast: What: Bladex Second Quarter 2008 Conference Call When: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 @ 11:00 AM Eastern Where: ...
ROE Was 16.7%, Compared to 12.6% in the First Quarter PANAMA CITY, July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. ("Bladex" or the "Bank") announced today its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. Second Quarter Business Highlights --...
One of the world's leading green specialists, Environmental Resources Management, which advised Marks & Spencer on how to cut the carbon footprint of its clothes, will report a 20 per cent increase in profit next month. Andrew Silverbeck, finance director of the London-based group, said that operating...
SEATTLE, July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Gearing up for its 2009 cruise season, Holland America Line will offer Early Advantage savings on a wide selection of cruises and CruiseTours when booked by September 15, 2008. Past guests can save even more, and on select sailings, special fares are available...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- WaterMark Place Outlet Center in Bessemer, AL will celebrate "Moonlight Madness" on Friday, July 25, 2008 and Friday, August 1, 2008, following "hot" concerts by Raven Symone and Vanessa Hudgens at near-by Alabama AdventureTM. The concerts are part of Alabama Adventure's First...
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC, July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cabo Drilling Corp.'s (TSX-V: CBE) ("Cabo" or the "Company") Panama division has been awarded an additional 14,000 meters of drilling at Minera Petaquilla S.A.'s copper project in the district of Donoso, in Colon Province, Republic of Panama. The original contract, announced March...
Life in America is surprisingly normal for a country with troops in two battle zones. George W. Bush is fond of describing himself as a “war president.” And he has made many decisions involving soldiers and battle. But does this make the description an appropriate one? For many...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Four contestants on this week's Big Spin show took on the Dream Machine and won big! Those four contestants won a total of $260,000. The grand total won this week was $312,500. The show aired statewide Saturday, July 12, 2008, Mike Schaffer, a maintenance products...
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