Sympathy for the Moon (Free subscription) | yesterday
It rained last night and today is much cooler and overcast. A relief from the last week. People here in São Paulo work very hard and long hours and I have found that an arrangement to meet is liable to be cancelled at the last minute for one reason or another. Mind you, it's not as hard as trying to get a cup of tea which is in fact impossible. And of course I'm dying for a cup of tea. At a...
Sport distance calculator (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Route created by: Joao - Type of sport : Running - Departure city : Setubal - Country : Portugal - No comment from Joao
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
WHEN BRAZIL’S notoriously interview-shy president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, offered journalists from Angolan state radio an exclusive telephone chat, they should probably have smelled a rat.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sao Paulo, Shanghai and Mumbai will be up there with New York, London and Paris, according to new PwC research New York, London and Paris may trip off the tongue as the world's top cities in terms of wealth but over the next 15 years emerging cities like Sao Paulo, Shanghai and Mumbai will give them a run for their money, says new research. According to consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers, the economic...
Soccer news (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Lateral left of the Fenerbahce Roberto Carlos, ex- player of the Brazilian selection and the Real Madrid, it has confirmed who in January will return to the soccer of his country, although doubt between the Corinthians and the Saints, equipment by which swelled its father. “It would say that it is in 50 percent for the Corinthians and 50 for the Saints. We are speaking. At the most, the next...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Eliza Lynch lived through one of the bloodiest wars in South America, writesTOM HENNIGANin São Paulo
COOL HUNTING (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
As São Paulo's humid summer approaches, just in time to help cool things down an unusual pop-up restaurant/bar called Estação Antarctica Sub Zero opens this weekend in the bar-heavy neighborhood of Vila Madalena. Conceived to promote the Brazilian beer company Antarctica's new beer, the temporary venue celebrates their double-filtration process at 28.4 degrees Fahrenheit and the...
France24 (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Little Prince, the intergalactic boy traveler part of many childhoods around the world, is visiting Brazil in a show also honoring his adventuresome creator. The exhibition at Sao Paulo's OCA museum highlights the voyages and lessons learnt by the character dreamed up by Antoine de Saint-Exupery in 1942, two years before his death at age 44.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
SAO PAULO, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL, Bovespa: GOLL4), Latin America's largest low-cost and low- fare airline, announces its preliminary traffic figures for October 2009.
Wooster Collective (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
“Paredes que hablan” (Talking walls) is a series of sixteen short films profiling street artist of three cities in Latin America: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Mexico City. Todays videos are from Buenos Aires: Paredes que Hablan :: Jazz from I.Sat on Vimeo. Paredes que Hablan :: Gualicho from I.Sat on Vimeo. Paredes que Hablan :: Nerf from I.Sat on Vimeo....
Dangerous Intersection (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Check out this collection of vintage magazine advertising , for a chuckle. Related posts: Sao Paulo bans most outdoor advertising CCFC Blasts McDonald’s Report Card Advertising Does constant exposure to advertising screw up our heads and lives?
.: Internet Ad Sales :. (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
comScore to Host Industry Workshop / Internet Seminar in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday 12th November LONDON, U.K., November 5, 2009 – comScore , Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the results of a study of Brazilian Internet usage, based on data from the comScore World Metrix service, which showed that 31.9 million Brazilians age 15 and over accessed...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Until a few years ago, most Brazilians able to hoard cash would rush to buy U.S. dollars to prevent runaway inflation or another economic meltdown from wiping out their hard-earned savings.
FIFA - Latest News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Sao Paulo, Palmeiras, Atletico Mineiro, Flamengo and Internacional are divided by little as a wide-open Brasileirao title race enters its home straight.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
SAO PAULO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Brazilian real estate developer Gafisa reported on Thursday net income of 85.8 million reais ($49.8 million) in the third quarter, compared 30.9 million reais a year earlier.
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