According to the website information euroinvestor.co.uk: The Brazilian company will present biofuels initiatives and a methodology to prepare sustainability reports Petrobras will showcase its experience in sustainability initiatives in the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency, from May 26 to 28, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The event is organized by the Global Reporting Initiative [...]
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The New York Times: Brazil´s Pop King
The newspaper The New York Times tells a little story of the Brazilian star: ROBERTO CARLOS has been so large a pop music presence for so long that when he first emerged he was nicknamed “the Elvis Presley of Brazil” and once opened a show there for Bill Haley and His Comets. But 50 years, [...]
Bank of Brazil strengthens businesses in the U.S. and Argentina
According to agency Reuters: The Banco do Brasil has received approval from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to underwrite securities in the United States, Latin America’s largest bank by assets said on Friday. The bank said in a securities filing that it would also be allowed to act as a dealer for bonds in the [...]
Spring Wireless Secures $12 Million in Growth Equity Led by SAP Ventures
From Yahoo.com SEATTLE, Spring Wireless, a global leader in enterprise mobility platforms and applications, announced today that it has secured a $12 million series D round of financing. New investor SAP Ventures, a division of SAP AG, led the round, which also included the participation of existing investors Goldman Sachs and New Enterprise Associates (NEA). [...]
Brazil invests in scientific development
Brazil is a country that stands not only for football and the carnival. A new major research center will help the country Under Development and continuity of scientific studies in several areas. Embrapa is a references for global analysis and evaluation of scientific and technological trends and demands for agriculture, both at the national and international [...]
My home, My life
Brazil is investing in an ambitious housing plan. The program, “My Home, My Life,” is the largest in Latin America aimed at cutting overcrowding in slums. The program is considered by experts a model for developing countries to alleviate the slum problems worldwide. According to the Associated Press article, published this Thursday: “There is much evidence [...]
Brazil´s pavilion in Xangai Expo 2010 is one of the most spetacular
The spectacular Brazilian pavilion in the Xangai Expo 2010, China, became one of the most discussed. Created in an area of 2,000 Square Meters, the tropical-forest-like Brazil Pavilion shows off the cultural diversity and dynamism of Brazilian cities with the theme “Pulsing Cities: Feel the Life of Brazilian Cities.” The Expo has reportedly cost more than [...]
Brazilian economy expands almost twice as fast as the pace of the U.S.
Brazilian economy expands almost twice as fast as the pace of the U.S. The country´s economy is growing at the fastest pace since 2007. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in October that his country will become the fifth-biggest economy in the world by 2016, leapfrogging France, the U.K. and Italy. An study released last [...]
Brazil contributes 21% of Santander upbeat profit growth
Spain’s biggest bank and Europe’s second-biggest by market capitalization announced on Thursday that its first quarter net profit rose 5.7%, thanks mainly to the work of the Banco Santander S/A branches in Brazil. A driver behind the upbeat results was higher-than-expected net interest income, which rose to 7.1 billion euros against 6.04 billion euros in the year-ago period, against [...]