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...Basic goods such as sugar, milk, maize flour and toilet paper are scarce and queues are commonplace. No hay – “there isn’t any” in Spanish – has become a common mantra....
...Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch returned from a visit to Caracas last week believing the government has both the opportunity and the willingness to enact key macroeconomic reforms....
...You can pay for a full tank with the loose change you get from buying an arepa – flatbread made of maize flour, the national staple dish. Is this about to change? Maybe....
...He adds that he has already used the NSE himself, once buying 300 tonnes of maize on the exchange. Back at the NSE warehouse, a customer has just arrived with a tractor-load of maize....
...This year it is backed by M&G Investments, the show returning to the financial sector where its commercial sponsorship began a decade ago with Merrill Lynch....
...For corn, the estimate for land devoted to maize production was cut by 1.01m acres to 78.18m acres from a previous estimate of 79.2m acres....
...Over the next five years, the charity – in association with its business partners, which include Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Edelman – has pledged to raise $15m for projects in seven African countries...
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