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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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Brazil´s 50 companies are going to participate in Gulfood, a trade fair for the food industry that will be held in Dubai,  from the 21st to the 24th. They represent three of the many Brazilian agribusiness sectors – powtry, meet and fruits. : powtry, meet and fruits, which are talking part in the most import [...]

Brazil’s grain crop harvest is expected to reach 143.5 million tons in 2010, up 7.2 percent from 2009, according to an official projection released recently by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. According to IBGE data, the harvest expected for this year has the following regional distribution: South Region, 59.4 million metric tons (+13.3%); [...]

Brazilian constrution firm Camargo Correa has announced that it is buying a 22,17% stake in the Portuguese cement maker Cimpor, in a billion Euro deal. The Brazilian company may possibly buy an additional 3 percent of Cimpor held by other entities. The purchase underlined the determination of Brazilian companies to boost their standing in the [...]

Following years of intense international pressure, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, finally, sent to Congress a bill aiming to crack down on companies that bribe public officials. Under the proposal a company caught bribing domestic or foreign public officials could even be shut down. The bill would also prevent individuals convicted of fraud [...]