On the eve of Christmas, Brazil´s main airports have once again become a battleground of discontent, tumult, long lines, hours of delay and, at times, total chaos.
Adults in Brazil believe their current head of state has been superior to all others, according to a poll by Datafolha published by Folha de Sao Paulo. 35 per cent of respondents think Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been Brazil’s best president.
The crop watchers at AgroConsult, an agricultural consulting firm in Florianopolis, the capitol city of Brazil´s Santa Catarina state, are expecting Brazil’s soybean production to jump nearly 5% in 2007. AgroConsult agronomist Andre Pesoa told Brownfield one reason is exceptional planting and early season growing weather.
Brazil´s unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 10 months as lower lending rates boosted economic growth and companies hired more workers ahead of the holiday season.
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) announced on Wednesday that it has finished mapping and sequencing the genome of a bacterium that works as a natural fertilizer.
The construction of the so-called Museum of Football will start in Jan. 2007, and its inauguration is scheduled for the first half of 2008, according to authorities of the city of Sao Paulo, local media said yesterday.
Brazil´s Supreme Court has invalidated a controversial decision by congressional politicians to award themselves a 91% pay rise.
The Brazilian Foreign Office (Itamaraty) should take the suggestions to the next meetings between representatives of the Arab and South American countries.
Brazilian airline BRA said late on Tuesday it sold a 20 percent stake to a group of investors including Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, raising cash to expand its fleet and benefit from increased air travel in the country.
A new loans and grants scheme in Brazil will fund company initiatives that help reducing carbon emissions through the Kyoto Protocol´s Clean Development Mechanism.
Brazilian and Bolivian officials resumed talks on the price hike of natural gas proposed by La Paz on Monday, local media reported.
Nespresso, the premium coffee division of Swiss foods giant Nestle, will acquire from Brazil 45 percent of the coffee that will go to its Swiss factory for roasting, the division´s top executive said.
The International Gold Resources Inc. revealed that it has completed financing to commence production in its Brazilian Amapa Gold belt.
Japanese steel maker Nippon Steel Corp. and Brazilian mining giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce said on Monday they had agreed to strengthen their strategic alliance.
Universal Corp., the world´s biggest tobacco-leaf merchant, raised its forecast for world output of flue-cured tobacco after increasing its estimate for production in Brazil, the biggest exporter.
A new loans and grants scheme in Brazil will fund company initiatives that help reducing carbon emissions through the Kyoto Protocol´s Clean Development Mechanism.
Brazil´s Embraer, the world´s fourth-biggest manufacturer of commercial aircraft, expects to invest $500 million next year, its chief executive officer, Mauricio Botelho, said on Thursday.
Brazil´s legislative body on Thursday approved of an almost 100 percent hike in salaries for lawmakers.
After robbing the family, the men decided to kill them because the mother had recognized one of the attackers, said Luciana Oliveira, a police spokeswoman in the small city of Braganca Paulista, 60 miles north of Sao Paulo. Another woman inside the car survived with severe burns.
Brazil´s securities regulator is considering plans to reduce the period in which company executives and investment bankers are prohibited from commenting on the sale of securities.
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