BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Nov. 14, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- MercadoLibre, Inc. (Nasdaq:MELI) (http://www.mercadolibre.com), host of the largest online trading and payments platform in Latin America, today announced that Marcos Galperin, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Nicolas Szekasy, Chief Financial Officer, are scheduled to present at the UBS Technology & Services Conference on Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 2:15 p.m. EST in New York City. A live webcast of the presentation can be accessed via the Company's website at http://investor.mercadolibre.com under the Events & Presentations section. The presentation slides may also be accessed via the Company's website.
About MercadoLibre
MercadoLibre is the largest online trading platform in Latin America. We are market leaders in e-commerce in each of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, based on unique visitors and page views during 2006. Additionally, we have recently launched online trading platforms in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Panama. With a market of over 550 million people and a region with one of the world's fastest-growing Internet penetration rates, we provide buyers and sellers a robust online trading environment that fosters the development of a large and growing e-commerce community. We offer a technological and commercial solution that addresses the distinctive cultural and geographic challenges of operating an online trading platform in Latin America.
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