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	Doing Business in Uruguay We present the 2012 edition of Doing Business in Uruguay. This guide, created by PwC Uruguay, was thought to assist those executives interested in doing business in Uruguay.

	Mine 2011: The game has changed Record results but it’s clear the game has changed for the mining industry Revenues for the world’s 40 largest miners leapt 32% to a record $435 billion, driven by surging commodity prices and a 5% increase in production output in 2010.The strong top-line result catapulted the miners’ net profits to an impressive $110 billion – a 156% increase over the previous year, according to a new report from PwC, Mine: The game has changed.

	Tomorrow's corporate reporting: A critical system at risk To minimise future systemic risk, the corporate reporting system must evolve. If it doesn’t, financial capital will be misallocated, business decisions will suffer, and society will struggle to understand the critical contribution business has to make.

	Social media: the future of customer relationships PwC's Digital Transformation practitioners have been tracking the shift of customers to digital channels and social media. In this publication, you can learn about the significance of the paradigm shift to social media, the implications it has for businesses, and how to get started and maintain momentum.

	Offshore proof. Turning windpower promise into performance We are pleased to release our new thought leadership report Offshore proof - Turning windpower promise into performance.

	Forest Industry: Application Review of IAS 41 The application of fair value to standing timber requires considerable judgment, and the presentation of this valuation is of growing interest. There are major questions as to how the standard is being applied to forest assets.

	Shifting the Balance Shifting the balance: from direct to indirect taxes, a new publication from our global indirect taxes network, tracks the development of indirect tax regimes worldwide and looks at how some of the key aspects of these regimes compare across major territories and regions.

	Piracy Survey Summary Report For entertainment companies struggling to combat piracy, there is some good news: consumers expressed concern about potential piracy pitfalls, including the poor quality of some pirated content and the possibility of downloading a virus or facing legal trouble, so anti-piracy messages that focus on those concerns may resonate.

	Winds of change As Perspectives: Winds of Change shows, there are many new and potentially onerous legislative and policy procedures to consider before deciding to bring a transfer pricing case in a foreign court—and litigation, rather than negotiation, may sometimes actually be counterproductive to a multinational’s long-term interests.

	Renewables Deals 2011 Renewables Deals, an annual review by PwC of deal-making in the renewable energy sector. It sits alongside its companion report – Power Deals – and, together, the two publications provide a comprehensive look at trends and the outlook for M&A activity in the power utilities sector.

	2010 North American wireless industry survey Published annually, this PwC publication provides a framework to understand the current and emerging trends in the communications sector and addresses general financial accounting and reporting policies and practices of wireless telecommunications service providers. The results of this survey reflect the participation of eight U.S. wireless operators and three Canadian wireless operators.

	Future of world trade World trade has bounced back since the global economic downturn, but to what extent will this trend continue over the next 20 years? Will the rise of emerging economies fundamentally change the trade landscape? And what will be the most lucrative trade routes by 2030?

	Kin in the Game: PwC Family Business Survey 2010/11 We’ve talked to more than 1,600 family-business owners and managers in 35 countries in the course of completing our second global Family Business Survey – the largest of its kind ever to be conducted. We wanted to find out how they’re coping with the economic downturn, what problems they’re facing and how they’re preparing for tomorrow.

	Growing the Future Global Forest Paper and Packaging thought leadership, titled ‘Growing the Future’. In 2010 we published our third CEO Perspectives report, based on interviews with many of the industry’s top executives. . This paper continues the conversation by sharing our thinking on major trends in the industry. We take a look at how technology, competition for fibre and evolving value chains (including new collaborators and competitors) are redefining the possibilities, and briefly consider how business models may change in response.

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	Highlights of Uruguay 2009 will be undoubtedly remembered as an unusual year for the economy. The serious international crisis, which worsened by the end of 2008, suggested a complex and uncertain scenario. The deterioration of all indicators in major economies around the world at the beginning of the year led to forecasts of a deep recession that would last at least throughout 2009. This was verified in developed and some emerging economies. However, emerging countries in Asia, principally China, showed significant resilience.

	7th South American CEO Survey We are pleased to share with you the results of the seventh edition of the PricewaterhouseCoopers South America CEO Survey, in connection with the 13th edition of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Global CEO Survey. If we were to select one aspect arising from the current survey, which we believe deserves the highest degree of attention on the part of those stakeholders, for whom the advance of progress and welfare in the region is of vital concern, we would single out the roles of the State and the respective Governments.

	Snapshot of the Uruguayan Financial System The Uruguayan Banking System as of December 31st of 2008 is composed of 2 state-owned and 12 private banks. It is worth noting that the information related to Banco Santander includes the expenses related to the acquisition of ABN AMRO that formally took place on December 27th, 2008. The Uruguayan Financial System also has 5 Financial Houses (institutions that can perform all kinds of financial intermediation operations, except those reserved for commercial and investment banks) and 4 External Financial Institutions (institutions that perform exclusively operations of intermediation between offer and demand of securities, money or precious metals located off-shore).

	Newsletter - International Tax Service Newsletter August, 2008 summarizing the news that, in our opinion, represent a major interest in terms of international taxation. It has strictly informative character, thus, if you are interested in deepening any of these topics or in related advice, please contact any of the Uruguayan professionals that integrate PwC International Tax Services Network included in this newsletter.

	e-news Is a weekly report distributed via e-mail summarizing the seven main economic news pieces of the preceding week with an objective perspective and a brief analysis and presentation on the context to facilitate understanding.