Posts under ‘Brazil's Economy’

A wide survey by the World Economic Fórum (WEF)shows that the average  number of women holding the CEO level position in Brazil is high – 11% – if compared with more advanced countries, like Belgium, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, which have no female CEOs among the 600 [...]

In 10 years time, Brazil will increase its market share of meat exports – beef, pork and poultry – to 44.5% of world trade in the sector. At the moment, Brazil’s share of the world meat export market is 37.4%. According to forecasts at the ministry of Agriculture, exports of poultry, now 41.4% of the [...]

Brazilian industrial production had its biggest rise for a January in 15 years: the industrial output rose 16,9% from January 2009, according to the census bureau IBGE. It said that the double-digit jump from a year earlier–which was the largest for a January since 1995–reflected the low base of comparison as January 2009 was still [...]

Brazil’s resilience during the economic crisis has made it a favorite investor destination and the country will soon play host to the world’s largest initial public offering, or IPO, this year, according to the Wall Street Journal. OSX Brasil SA, a shipbuilder belonging to the Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista (photo), disclosed plans to raise from [...]

By Betting in Brazil
You are a multinational company with a new product. Where will you test market: San Francisco, London, Jakarta, Switzerland, Japan or Brazil ?
Take a guess.
7.000 new products were introduced in Brazil in the first semester of 2009. Nearly 6% of all new products introduced in the world. Why?
For various reasons.
1. Brazil has [...]

Brazil  registered record motor vehicle sales for the month of February, rising 3.1% on the month before, according to unnamed industry sources cited by local Estado newswire. Sales of autobiles, light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses totaled 213,312 units, up from 199,366 units in February 2009, according to preliminary industry data cited by the sources. [...]

Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant, announced it has just made two separate discoveries of oil in the Campos basin near the country’s coast, with recoverable reserves of 40 million and 25 million barrels. News of offshore discoveries is now a weekly occurrence as companies like Petrobras and OGX, owned by Brazilian billionaire Eike [...]

In its recent  The World Economic Outlook,  the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised up global forecasts to near 4% in 2010. According to the report, the global economy, battered by two years of crisis, is recovering faster than previously anticipated, with world growth bouncing back from negative territory in 2009 to a forecast 3.9 percent [...]

Less than eight months before what it seems will be one of the most competitive elections Brazil ever had, analysts believe that there are some investment risks to watch in the country this year.  Corruption and a period of policy stagnation are two of them.   But, they also think that the presidential dispute in October looks [...]

Brasília -   The  Ministry of Extenal Relations of Brazil designated yesterday Mr. Pedro Augusto Leite Costa, a Brazilian entrepreneur of Seattle, Washington, the Honorary Consul of Brazil. Mr. Costa, 53 years old, will work under the jurisdiction of the Brazilian San Francisco’s Consulate and will be responsible for the Brazilian affairs in the state of Washington.
Mr. Costa is [...]