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The annual list highlights the 50 most prominent lawyers working with Latin America and the Caribbean MIAMI, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifty names comprise the list of Latin Business Chronicle's 2013 Latin Legal Stars released today, a list which spotlights lawyers with an excellent reputation in working with Latin America and the Caribbean. These lawyers have been at the head of some of the largest deals in the past year, including multi-billion dollar M&As - such as...

MIAMI, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LionWorks S.A. (http://www.lionworks.com) a leading developer of interactive and console games in Latin America, today announced that is has received certification and license to develop games for Sony PlayStation 3 and PS Vita. Founded in 2009 by Juan Lemus, LionWorks owns and operates one of the largest game development studios in Latin America. With 40 full-time developers based in Latin America, LionWorks develops proprietary...

FORTALEZA, Brazil, Dec. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CPQi Servicos e Tecnologia Ltda, the leading provider of offshore capital markets technology services in Latin America, announces today that it will close the calendar year of 2012 with a forty seven percent increase in revenues and the addition of five new clients throughout the year. Directors of the company continue to see high levels of confidence in the Latin American markets as well as further interest in cost reductions from...

CORAL GABLES, Fla., Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The executive education program at the University of Miami School of Business Administration has been ranked as the No. 2 U.S. executive education program for Latin America by America Economia magazine. The just released 2012 rankings also place the school No. 15 internationally among all of the schools ranked. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110906/DC62866LOGO) "The University of Miami School of Business...

MIAMI, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LionWorks S.A. (http://www.lionworks.com) a leading developer of interactive and console games in Latin America, today announced the closing of an investment round by PeopleFund, a private investment fund backing extraordinary people building scalable and sustainable businesses around the world. Founded in 2009 by Juan Lemus, LionWorks owns and operates one of the largest game development studios in Latin America. With 40 full-time developers based...

YEHUD, Israel, June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Magal Security Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ GMS: MAGS) today announced that it has received two orders totaling $3.4 million to supply PIDS (Perimeter Intrusion Detection System) products for a large oil company based in Latin America. Delivery is expected during the third quarter of this year. Volumetric buried cable systems will be delivered to protect 125 oil wells and fiber sensors will protect another 20 sites of oil related...

CHICAGO and MIAMI, Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Accertify, a leading fraud prevention and risk management provider, announced today that PriceTravel, a rapidly growing online travel agency based in Latin America, has signed an agreement to leverage Accertify's comprehensive risk management solution. This signing is the latest achievement in Accertify's successful expansion into Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Headquartered in Cancun, Mexico, PriceTravel provides an online portal...

SHANGHAI, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- In a recent white paper, Shanghai-based SinoLatin Capital spotlights the lithium industry and how the anticipated explosive global demand for this silvery metal will lead to a surge in acquisitions by Chinese firms in Latin America. The white paper reports that lithium, which is a key ingredient in the majority of consumer electronics, including cell phones, laptops, cameras and PDAs due to its ability to store more energy longer, will become significantly...

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- CSC (NYSE: CSC) strengthened its presence in Latin America by introducing to the market a wide spectrum of software and services for the financial services industry at the Inter-American Federation of Insurance Companies (FIDES) conference in Las Vegas this week. To address the needs of financial services firms throughout the region, CSC is enhancing its software, including core administration systems, to support the currency, language and unique...

A new multilingual address system received approval from a global regulatory body on Friday, a move that could open up the Internet to millions more people worldwide, AFP reported.The announcement from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will see an end to the exclusive use of Latin characters for website addresses.It said that it would soon be possible to write an entire website address in any of the world's language scripts.Scripts such as Chinese, Korean or...