Monday, July 14th, 2008
Brazil's national federation of industry has lowered its forecast for the country's economic growth this year from 5.0 percent to 4.7 percent, local media reported Sunday.
Due to surging food prices around the world, Brazil's inflat ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Brazil's oil and gas giant Petrobras said Friday that a planned five-day strike by platform workers next week would not affect production.
Petrobras had a contingency plan to maintain output but the company's management was open to ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Crude futures closed above 145 U.S. dollars a barrel after surpassing the 147 dollars level for the first time Friday on supply concerns in Iran, Nigeria and Brazil.
Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose 3.43 dollars to settle ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Brazilian Federal Police searched the home and offices of the country's mining billionaire Eike Batista on Friday for evidence of suspected fraud and tax evasion.
In an operation code-named Midas Touch, the federal police were inves ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Brazil will auction oil fields, except for the newly discovered pre-salt areas, authorities said Thursday.
Brazil's National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels, a regulatory department for the industry sectors concerning ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Leaders from Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa and South Korea and the Group of Eight (G8) nations held a major economies leaders meeting on Wednesday to discuss climate change and energy.
The meeting ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
The leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) nations on Wednesday met with their counterparts from Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa for an outreach working session to discuss a range of global issues.
This is the fourth annu ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
The Brazilian government plans to install 400 condom dispensing machines in state schools participating in the country's AIDS prevention program, Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporao said Thursday.
One of the greatest challenges in t ...
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