Lacoste Has Opened a Cafe in São Paulo, and It Is the Brand’s First in Latin America
The Lacoste cafe Sao Paulo opened on 19 August at Shopping Cidade Jardim, the French brand's first in Latin America,...
August 20, 2026Section
Business
Economic and Business News in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Rock in Rio Has Sold 8,000 Hours of Branded Experience, and That Is Not a Side Business
Rock in Rio 2026 sponsors number more than 90 brands, with 8,000 hours of activations and about a million giveaways...
August 20, 2026
A.P. Moller Capital Agrees to Buy Control of a Moroccan Logistics Group
A.P. Moller Capital has agreed to buy control of Globex Investissement, a Moroccan logistics group, in a deal that still...
August 20, 2026
Foreigners Pulled US$2.4 Billion Out of Brazil’s Stock Market in a Single Week, the Most on Record
B3 foreign outflows reached R$12.6 billion in the week to 14 August, about US$2.4 billion — the heaviest week in...
August 20, 2026
Mexico’s State Power Company Wants to Borrow Up to US$1.2 Billion at Home, Some of It for Forty Years
The CFE peso bond plan would raise up to 20 billion pesos, about US$1.2 billion, in three tranches — one...
August 20, 2026
Chile Stopped Two Highway Awards Just Before Signing, and Spain’s Builders Are Getting Nervous
Two Chile road concessions in Biobío were halted at the last procedural step on budget grounds, unsettling the Spanish groups...
August 20, 2026
Argentina Just Told Banks How to Lend Dollars to Companies That Do Not Earn Them
The new Argentina dollar lending rules cap non-exporter loans at 15% of a bank's foreign-currency deposits. The central bank governor...
August 20, 2026
SQM Will Spend US$3 Billion by 2028, Most of It on One Salt Flat
The SQM investment plan puts about US$3 billion of capital spending into 2026-2028, centred on the Salar Futuro lithium project...
August 20, 2026
Venezuela’s Oil Minister Went to Houston and Signed Two Deals
Venezuela oil deals were signed in Houston with SLB and Hunt Oil, as the oil minister told investors the country...
August 20, 2026