Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Daily Headlines: October 29, 2008

* Argentina: Could the planned nationalization of Argentine pensions wreck havoc on Brazilian stocks?

* Ecuador: "One of the few good things to come out of this crisis is that we don't have to put up with those yuppies of Lehman Brothers, Standard & Poors and JP Morgan," quipped president Rafael Correa yesterday.

* U.S.: Coming in 2009 - Sam’s Club for Latinos.

* Panama: Banks from Japan will lend roughly half the finances needed to cover the Panama Canal expansion.

Image- KNX 1070 News (Protestors in Argentina rail against the government’s planned pension nationalization)
Sources-
Reuters, Bloomberg, CNNMoney.com

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