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• Brazil Signals More Stimulus

  By Raymond Colitt and Matthew Malinowski, Bloomberg  |  July 12, 2012

  Benchmark rate lowered for eighth time, to record 8%.

• Argentina Seizes Control of YPF

  By Rodrigo Orihuela, Bloomberg  |  April 17, 2012

  Spanish owner Repsol is ousted after dispute over declining oil output.

• Brazil Draws Line on Inflation

  By Iuri Dantas  |  May 13, 2011

  Price increases for services, like bikini waxing, outpace all other categores.