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Brazil increases interest rates

BBC News (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Brazil increases interest rates to 13% from 12.25%, in an attempt to counter rising inflation

Brazil heading to Port of Spain

Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | yesterday

The dates of the CONSUR B/NAWIRA play-off matches between Brazil and Trinidad + Tobago have been announced as the Rugby World Cup 2011 qualifying competition gathers pace."

Oi purchases USD599 million worth preffered shares in BrT (Brazil)

Wireless Federation (Free subscription) | yesterday

Oi, the Brazilian telecoms group, has purchased USD599 million (BRL948 million) worth of preferred shares in fixed line counterpart Brasil Teelcom (BrT) and its parent, Brasil Telecom Participacos, via a public tender offer. In a stock market filing, Oi paid USD19.27 (BRL 30.47) per share for 20.8 million shares in the parent company and USD14.81 (BRL23.42) per share for [...]

GKN wins Brazil aircraft contract

Financial Time (Free subscription) | yesterday

GKN, the UK engineering group, is to provide components for the next generation of business jets from Embraer of Brazil. It has won a contract to supply the engine...

Why are penguins dying on the beaches of Brazil?

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

NITERÓI, Brazil — The discovery of hundreds of young penguins washing up along the Brazilian shoreline over the past month has...

• Penguins wash ashore in Brazil, prompting concerns about their habitat - The Guardian

Brazil lifts benchmark rate to 13%, above expectations

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Brazil's central bank rate committee late Wednesday raised its key interest rate by 75 basis points, to 13%, as it moved to curb rising inflationary pressures. Economists had widely expected the Selic rate to be raised by 50 basis points, from 12.25%. Consumer prices on an annualized basis are running above the country's inflation target of 4.5%. In April and June, policymakers...

• Brazil likely to raise rates by half a point - Financial Time

Brazil boom breeds new generation of millionaires

Christian Today (Free subscription) | yesterday

When Fabio Calderaro was a 23yearold cadet at Brazils military academy in 2000 he invested a couple of thousand dollars in the stock market

• Brazil Boom Breeds New Generation of Millionaires - ABC News

Kubotek USA Taps Brazil's RCTASK with Pacesetter Award

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RCTASK, one of the premier KeyCreator CAD resellers, has received the Pacesetter Award for the second consecutive year.

Industrial Info Resources: Fire Shuts Down Delayed Coker at Petrobras' Regap Refinery in Brazil, an Industrial Info News Alert

Market Wire - Energy and Utilities: Oil and Gas (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

CORDOBA, ARGENTINA (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- A fire broke out on July 21 in the 24,000-barrel-per-day delayed coker unit of Petrobras' (NYSE: PBR) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Regap refinery in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The refinery's other processing units were not affected. Plant officials are evaluating the damage.

Brazil increases interest rates

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Brazil increases interest rates

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Brazil increases interest rates to 13% from 12.25%, in an attempt to counter rising inflation

Brazil beats Russia in straight sets to open World League volleyball finals

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Five-time defending champion Brazil routed Russia 25-23, 25-18, 25-15 in the opening match of the World League volleyball finals on Wednesday.Brazil needed little more than one hour to defeat the Russ...

Brazil sprouts new millionaires

Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

When Fabio Calderaro was a 23-year-old cadet at Brazil's military academy in 2000, he invested a couple of thousand dollars in the stock market.At first, the value of his investment plummeted. But as he grew more market savvy, his fortunes changed - so much so that a few years later Mr. Calderaro quit the military and started living off his gains.

Brazil raises interest rate above expectations, to 13%

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Brazil's interest-rate policymakers Wednesday evening raised its key rate to 13%, a level higher than had been anticipated by economists.

Brazil Beauty products to launch ‘Brazilian fruit’ cosmetics line

TechBlogger (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008

LAS VEGAS, USA (AVING Special Report on ‘COSMOPROF 2008′) — Brazil Beauty products launched ‘Brazilian fruit’ cosmetics line made of the premium quality, all-natural plant extracts and oils found only in the Rainforest and other parts of Brazil at 2008 Cosmoprof North America, July 13~15, in Las Vegas. Original post by Kevin Choi