Bloomberg Prudential Financial Inc. says debt from Latin America is still attractive after a rally this year, with bonds from PetroleosMexicanos SA and sovereign securities from Argentina among the most alluring options. David Bessey and Cathy Hepworth, money managers who help oversee $26 billion in emerging-market debt at Prudential Financial, said that the extra yield investors get to own ...

  Bloomberg Coca-Cola Co. and bottler Coca-Cola Femsa SAB agreed to buy Unilever’s AdeS soy-based beverage business for about $575 million, expanding the beverage giant’s sales of non-soda drinks and boosting its business in Latin America. After the takeover is completed, AdeS will become part of the non-carbonated beverage platforms that Coca-Cola Femsa and Coca-Cola share in its franchise territories, ...

  Bloomberg The Federal Reserve should raise interest rates gradually despite weak jobs data, Fed Cleveland Bank President Loretta Mester said. U.S. economic growth is picking up, inflation is moving toward target and the country is at full employment, Mester told reporters in Stockholm on Saturday. “I still believe that in order to achieve our monetary policy goals a gradual ...