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About HCI Group, Ltd., HCI Group, Ltd. operates both GlobalAutoIndustry.com and GlobalBusinessProfessor.com portals. GlobalAutoIndustry.com provides information and resources to automotive executives responsible for their company's international development and operations, and helps them with doing business in the global marketplace. The Company's eJournals CHINAtalk, ASIAtalk, EUROtalk, AMERItalk, LATINtalk and GLOBALtalk HR editions, now reach 25,000 automotive supplier subscribers worldwide. The monthly eJournals provide targeted information and insight on doing business in international automotive markets. GlobalBusinessProfessor.com, a global business education platform, helps companies grow and succeed in international markets by providing education and training solutions to global challenges presented by leading experts from around the world. On-Demand Seminars and Audio Interviews provide valuable learning opportunities, while training programs provide effective international solutions to companies' global business and operational needs. Whether your company sources internationally, imports, exports, manufactures in several countries, has joint ventures or plans to do business internationally, you will find valuable help here. Contact us.
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Brazil Vehicle Markets Improving
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 Brazil vehicle markets bouncing higher. Auto sales (Jan +18%, L3M +6%) remain strong but should normalize lower from January growth as incentives roll off, while production (Jan +27%, L3M +15%) has accelerated to meet stronger demand. Commercial ... Read on... |
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Mexico Auto Industry Continued Setting Records in January
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Mexico continued to set auto production and export records in January, with output of cars and light trucks up by 20% from the previous January to 242,855, the Mexican Automobile Industry Association, or Amia, said Thursday. Exports rose ... Read on... |
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Southeast (U.S.) auto industry sees Mexico as threat
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Mexico has less expensive labor, more free-trade agreements.Mexico has emerged as the Southeast's No. 1 competitor for automotive jobs, and industry experts are urging the region's automotive companies and their allies to band together ... Read on... |
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Additional Latin America automotive articles
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Finding a Car an Odyssey in Venezuela as Government Policies Create Scarcity
Argentina Car Industry down 3% in January 2013
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FREE ACCESS: GLOBAL CYBER SECURITY THREATS
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"The Cyber Effect: Global Threats" online seminar helps companies be proactive in battling theft and destruction
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 According to the ProPublica article on August 1, 2012, General Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency and who oversees U.S. Cyber Command, cyberattacks are causing "the greatest transfer of wealth in history." He said the theft of intellectual property costs American companies $250 billion a year. That's our future disappearing in front of us," he said, urging Congress to enact legislation to improve America's cyberdefenses. Watch seminar ... |
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LATIN AMERICA MANUFACTURING
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High-Tech Manufacturing Driving Economy in Mexico
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 If you've ever been to Mexico City, chances are you've sat in an old Volkswagen Bug taxi, painted in muted red and gold, stuck in Mexico City's notorious traffic."Here we call them 'Donkeys,'" says Victoriano Luna, a taxi driver who has ... Read on... |
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Brazil's manufacturing gains steam in January
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Brazil's manufacturing output expanded at the fastest pace in nearly two years in January, a survey showed on Friday, raising hopes of a belated recovery in one of the most troubled sectors of Brazil's economy after another frustrating year. Read on... |
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The Brazilian key to competitiveness
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Brazil is in many ways a nation of contrasts. From the huge, bustling cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, to the unexplored wildernesses of the Amazon, it enjoys a diversity and mix of races, religions and cultures that few countries can match. Read on... |
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DOING BUSINESS IN LATIN AMERICA
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Mexico Poised to Become an "Aztec Tiger"
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 Newly installed Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is seeking to revamp Mexico's economy, and one tool he has already pursued is labor reform.It is long overdue. According to the 2013 Index of Economic Freedom, published by ... Read on... |
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Additional 'doing business in ...' articles
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Mexico's Resilience Bolivia: Foreign companies don't have to fear nationalization, if they invest, says Morales Investment in Argentina - Guide Read on... |
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LATIN AMERICA CRIME & CORRUPTION ARTICLES
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Recent Legislative Developments in Anti-corruption Laws in Brazil: Impacts on the IT Industry and Importance of Compliance Programs
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 Over the past years, the topic of compliance with anti-corruption laws has been elevated to the top of the agenda of most corporations with multinational operations. While most of them are familiar with and have developed compliance programs focused ... Read on... |
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Additional articles on crime and corruption
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Traveling to Mexico? Violent crimes uncommon in tourist areas, risk expert says Corruption remains Mexico's most pervasive ill Police Corruption Widely Accepted in Mexico, Experts Say Read on... |
"MEXICO: Federal Labor Law Reform" with Ricardo Castro-Garza
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 This new Seminar covers: New ways of hiring / Employers' obligations and prohibitions / Salary modalities / Outsourcing and profit sharing / Rescission, back wages, severance payments, and statute of limitations / Procedural aspects and fines / Collective, Union aspects / Human rights at the workplace / General recommendations, and more. To view, please click here |
"The Brazilian Automotive Industry" with Julian G. Semple
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 About the Seminar: Brief history of the Brazilian market / Overview of the market - players and market share / Cars, LCV and HCV / Market drivers: consumer buying power, GDP and credit expansion / Potential for growth: fleet size and age / Reduce high percentage of taxes / OEM current capacity in Brazil and Argentina and planned investments to support growth / New players development: South Korean and Chinese / Commercial agreements Mercosur and Mexico. To view, please click here |
"How to Remain Competitive as a Supplier in Mexico" with Leo Torres de Unanue
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About the Seminar: Current situation in Mexico / Top commodities sourced in Mexico / Current environment in the purchasing world / Challenges and opportunities for Mexican manufacturing sites / What can we do? / What comes next? To view, please click here |
"Suppliers Terms & Conditions - Buying in Mexico" with Jorge Luis Ruiz
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About this Seminar: Introduction and Background / Procuring goods and services in Mexico / Ownership issues regarding services / Purchase and Sales principles / Agreements/Terms & Conditions / Authority of the parties / Methods of Payment / Risk of Loss / Customs considerations / Invoicing / Labor issues / Warranties / Mexican official standards (NOMs) / Supplier managed inventory / Confidential Information / Consignment / Practical Case. To view, please click here |
"How to Grow your Brand using Global Social Media" with Marek Wawrzyniak
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This Seminar will help you better understand how to localize Social Media techniques as a Brand building strategy. Did you know the Facebook and Twitter are blocked in China, while China has their own social networks growing rapidly? To view, please click here |
Upcoming OnDemand Seminars
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"Manufacturing in Mexico" with Alberto Villarreal
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 In this segment, Alysha Webb talks with Alberto Villarreal about the economic and logistical advantages of off-shoring manufacturing operations in Mexico. To listen to interview |
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LATIN AMERICA TAX and FINANCE
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Mexico: Tax amnesty program introduced
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Mexico's Federal Revenue Law for Fiscal Year 2013, published in the official gazette on 17 December 2012, includes a tax amnesty that will enable taxpayers to settle tax liabilities incurred before 31 December 2012, as well as interest and certain ... Read on ... |
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Additional tax and finance articles
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Brazil: Merger & Acquisitons Research 2012 - 4th Quarter Brazil Issues New Transfer Pricing Regulations 14th Annual Latin American Tax Conference Read on ... |
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LATIN AMERICA GLOBAL HEADLINES
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Latest articles from around the world
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To read the following articles, click hereGM Studying Need for New Brazil Auto Factory -Report Source: Fox BusinessGM to Add Shift in Brazilian Plant Source: ZacksFord Ships Made-in-Mexico Cars to Michigan for Inspection Source: BloombergVolkswagen Moves Golf Production into Mexico in Bid to Capture US Market Source: Fox NewsBrazil: Chinese pile in to manufacture in growing market Source: Just-AutoFiat 500 production moves from Mexico to Poland Source: auto123.comBrazil's job creation slows sharply as economy struggles Source: Reuters
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ADDITIONAL LATIN AMERICA ARTICLES
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Brazilian business community demands the country signs trade accords with third countries With eyes on trade, Canada courts resurgent Mexico Mexico signs eight new tax treaties Uruguay promotes a free trade agreement of Mercosur with Canada Mexico issues minimum content requirements for privacy notices Regulations to the Mexican Immigration Law Latin America 'Weak' Infrastructure Starts to Get a Major Facelift Brazil's economy grew 1.35% in 2012, says central bank Dock worker strike exposes fragile Brazil ports Argentina's January inflation, 2.58%, highest in 22 months according to private estimates Bringing Corporate Housing Solutions to Brazil To read above articles, please click here |
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