Bloomberg Bank of Nova Scotia would consider acquisitions to further expand operations in Latin America, Chief Executive Officer Brian Porter said. Just don’t expect anything in Brazil or Argentina. “We’ve got a small business in Brazil and we’re fine with that, thank you,” Porter said on Tuesday in an interview on Bloomberg TV Canada. “And Argentina, we have no desire ...

Bloomberg Facebook Inc.’s international expansion has been challenged by application shutdowns, regulatory blocks and protests. On Tuesday, the Brazilian government tried another tactic: detaining an executive. Brazil’s federal police took an executive into custody for failing to cooperate with judicial orders related to information on the company’s website in an investigation of drug trafficking. A judge in Sergipe ordered the ...

Bloomberg The real gained along with emerging-market currencies worldwide as commodities advanced, offsetting concern that Brazil’s economy continues to worsen while an ever growing corruption scandal gets closer to former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The real rose 2.1 percent to 3.9341 per dollar in Sao Paulo. A Bloomberg gauge of 20 developing-nation currencies gained for a second day ...