Tag: The Economist

• Friday, March 29th 2019 - 18:39 UTC

  Montevideo: The most expensive city and the best place to live in Latin America?

  

  The Uruguayan capital is the most expensive and the best to live in the region. At least that's what the studies of The Economist, which positioned Montevideo behind Mexico City in terms of cost, and the consultancy Mercer, which places the capital at the top of Latin American quality of life ranking, revealed in publications made this month. El País (Madrid) explains that Montevideo has a “crazy decadent charm”. However, why does this phenomenon occur?

• Friday, March 30th 2018 - 07:04 UTC

  The Economist: Uruguay less dependent on Argentina, Brazil

  

  The British publication The Economist praised Uruguay's progress and underlined its decreasing dependency from giant neighbours Brazil and Argentina.

• Monday, March 6th 2017 - 17:41 UTC

  The Economist Argentina summit: Reemerging on the global stage

  

  The Economist’s Argentina Summit taking place in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, 8th March, will bring together more than 200 government and business leaders to evaluate Argentina's progress over the last year and to discuss the country's social, political and economic future in the year ahead.

• Thursday, August 13th 2015 - 07:40 UTC

  The Economist group strengthens independence through share buy-back

  

  The Economist Group announced on 12 August 2015 that it will buy back 5.04m ordinary shares (20% of total share capital) from Pearson plc for £182m. Pearson’s remaining shares in the Group will be acquired by Exor for £287m, including all of its 1.26m B shares and 6.3m ordinary shares (30% of total share capital).<br />
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• Monday, July 27th 2015 - 11:58 UTC

  Pearson prepared to sell 50% stake in The Economist; deal should be over b by end of summer

  

  Publishing company Pearson has confirmed plans to sell its 50% stake in the Economist Group. The statement from the firm came just days after it announced the sale of the Financial Times to Japan's Nikkei.

• Friday, October 3rd 2014 - 06:20 UTC

  The Argentine economy: “Thumbs down” writes The Economist

  

  Those baffled by the Argentine economy could do worse than listen to Puff Daddy. Ask what ails the country and the answer will echo the rapper’s ode to the 100-dollar bill, “It’s all about the Benjamins”.

• Sunday, April 15th 2012 - 05:38 UTC

  The Economist article triggers strong reaction from the Chilean political system

  

  Widely perceived to be the most developed and financially stable nation in South America, Chile is, for the most part, unaccustomed to critical analyses from the international press.