Posts Tagged ‘Brazil’

The question was put by Willian Mathis in a very interesting article posted in Brazzil.com. He says Brazil is possibly one of the globe’s most popular and successful nations, experiencing limited negative impact from the global economic crisis that ravaged Western economies, and having beaten out both Chicago and Tokyo for home field advantage in the [...]

Brazil and Israel  have declared their intention to triple their current of trade, to more than US3 billion, during the current visit that the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pays to the country.
“We will triple trade between Israel and Brazil by 2015” Paulo Skaf, president of the Federation of Industries of the State [...]

A surge in consumer demand and a strong recovery in investment suggest Brazil’s economy is on course to grow at least 5.5 per cent this year, according to data released by its national statistics office. Consumption by families increased 7.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2009 against the same period in 2008. Investment [...]

We are pleased to inform you that we are now organizing the 2010 Brazil Summit, which will be held Monday, April 26th in New York City during the IMF Meetings.  This year’s theme will focus on “Brazil: The Next 10 Years.” The program will address investment opportunities (video below), primarily in major sporting events, which [...]

UK energy giant BP has announced it is to enter the deepwater offshore Brazilian oil-exploration market by buying assets owned by US oil and gas producer Devon Energy in a deal valued at US$7bn. Under the terms of the deal, BP will acquire assets in Brazil which include interests in 10 exploration blocks in Brazil, [...]

Brazil has around 200 million inhabitants and its middle class represents nearly half of them – 49,22%, says a recent report by the Brazilian Getulio Vargas Foundation. It´s been growing since the end of last decade. According to the report, close to 91 million Brazilians, who now are part of the middle class – known [...]

Over the next two-three years, developing countries led by China and Brazil will overtake rich nations in adopting genetically modified crops, said Clive James,  chairman of the U.S.-based International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), quoted by The Wall Street Journal. According to the cientist, Currently, 46% of the land under genetically modified [...]

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 [...]