New York Times (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Brazil’s first truly national soccer museum is a reminder in this soccer-mad nation of how Brazilians became the most successful footballers the world has known.
London Walks (Free subscription) | yesterday
I was with a friend,Stefania, in London for 12 days last august. We have done a lot of walkings, some day out too, Stonehenge, Bath, Cotswolds, and Richmond-Hampton. We would like to thank you all for such a wonderful time, each walking leaves we carving for more. Even considering that we speaks portuguese in our daily basis, not english. Thank you Richard, Molly, Tom, Russell, Gillian, Fedra, Mary,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Sao Paulo - The global financial crisis unleashed panic Monday in Latin American financial markets, which suffered steep plunges - with trading suspended twice in Sao Paulo - before undergoing a relative recovery towards the end of the session. In Sa...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Sao Paulo - The global financial crisis unleashed panic Monday in the stock exchange in Sao Paulo, where trading had to be suspended twice, while markets in Buenos Aires and Mexico City also plunged. In Sao Paulo, the largest stock exchange in Latin ...
France24 (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
The Brazilian authorities suspended trading at the Sao Paulo stock exchange Monday after the main South American financial centre's flagship index plunged by more than 10% in a few minutes.
Wireless Federation (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Oi is all set to kickstart the commercial mobile services in Sao Paulo. The telco already has 100,000 sales points in the state and soon the marketing campaign via TV ads will start. Oi which is active in nearly 16 Brazilian states will be competing with four operators, Vivo, TIM, Claro and Aeiou, in Sao [...]
Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK & SAO PAULO, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has today revised to Stable the Outlooks on the five Brazilian banks which had a Positive Outlook (see list of rating actions
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
Deal with Brazil's largest airline lets Air Canada customers fly to six Brazilian cities, in addition to Sao Paulo
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAO PAULO - More than 370 penguins that mysteriously washed up on Brazil's equatorial beaches were flown south on an Air Force jet and released closer to the frigid waters they call home, environmentalists said yesterday. Onlookers...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL (MARKET WIRE) When Brazil announced its Digital Inclusion program called "Computador para Todos" (Computer for Everyone) in November 2005, the goal was to offer a free operating system and computer programs for Internet access to the computer's population, sending/receiving e-mails, and listening and recording music, among others.
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- More than 370 penguins that mysteriously washed up on Brazil's equatorial beaches were flown south on a huge air force cargo plane and released closer to the frigid waters they call home, animal advocates said Monday....
Digital Planet (Free subscription) | yesterday
More from Brazil with the second part of our visit to São Paulo. Featuring - One Laptop per Student; lampost wifi; distance learning and interactive radio. Presented by Gareth Mitchell with studio expert Bill Thompson.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAO PAULO, Brazil, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4) today released preliminary passenger statistics for the month of September 2008. Consolidated domestic passenger traffic (RPK) for September 2008 increased 0.1% and capacity (ASK) increased 9.6% year-over-year (vs. September 2007). Domestic consolidated load factor for the month was...
LA Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Some indexes see their steepest drops in 20 years as countries struggle to keep their own banks from failing. International stock markets hemorrhaged hundreds of billions of dollars Monday as countries around the world scrambled to save their own banks and bolster whatever investor confidence remained.
Animal Crazy (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — More than 370 penguins that mysteriously washed up on Brazil’s equatorial beaches were flown south on a huge air force cargo plane and released closer to the frigid waters they call home, animal advocates said...
