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Rio carrying Olympic hopes of an entire continent

Brazilians are promising to transform the region and captivate the world with a well- organized Olympics played out near the city’s stunning beaches and famous landmarks. Rio anxiously awaits the Oct. 2 host-city vote in Copenhagen, especially after gaining front-runner status following a positive evaluation by the International Olympic Committee in its final report on the four finalists for 2016. Thousands of Cariocas, as Rio citizens are known, are expected to make it to Copacabana beach to watch the IOC announcement, hoping for a big celebration by the Sugar Loaf mountain and the Christ the Redeemer statue.

Brazil booms on real estate

Brazilian real estate is booming again. After a relatively bad period, sales have rebounded in Brazil, an American real estate private equity investor said in an interview to Reuters last Tuesday. Launched two weeks ago, a 104-unit residential project directed at middle-income families in Sao Paulo’s Vila Carrao area is the best example of that, [...]

Is America still AAA? No.

When Brazil’s sovereign bonds were raised to investment grade last year there was much rejoicing, such is the heft of the big credit-rating agencies in emerging markets. Yet somehow the process does not work in reverse, even though there are several independent rating agencies based in the bigger emerging markets that are capable of judging [...]

Brazil multiplies IT investments in the US

Business in Brazil – Brazil is by far the largest investor, with at least five important IT vendors expanding rapidly in the American market. Brazil has long been a pioneer in science and technology policies, research development and investment in the IT industry.

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