Hackers linked to China’s military cyber-command have reportedly engaged in a massive theft of intellectual property from US companies, while probing for weaknesses in the country’s digital infrastructure.

Few things pose more risk to international businesses than the eruption of mass violence in one of our markets—violence that can spill beyond its borders.

President Obama proposed making "high-quality preschool available to every child in America.” Most OECD nations (+ China and Brazil) invest heavily in pre-K, but conservative pols term it a “nanny state” program.

Directly and through their trade associations, companies poured over $3 billion into the 2012 elections.

Capital flows between the US, Canada and Latin America have reached a high point. The driver? Dynamic economic growth in Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Colombia.

Intellectual property is the driver of 21st century’s global economy. And the incentive to develop new products and invest in the commercialization of inventions and creative works depends on protection of IP rights in multiple jurisdictions.

Since 2003, Latin America has grown at an enviable pace, in large part due to historically high natural resource prices, including foodstuffs, precious metals, and energy. But commodity prices notoriously fall, often faster than they rise.

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Mobile banking services are now table stakes in highly competitive and ever-changing payments space—and in the process reshaping the competitive space for every consumer facing business.