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Brazil’s GOL airline expands partnership with American Airlines, receives US$200 million investment
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Gol announced Wednesday (15) that it will expand its codeshare agreement with American Airlines, making it exclusive for the next three years; further, the U.S. carrier will make a US$200 million (R$1.05 billion) investment in the company via a stock purchase. The new agreement expands ...
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Brazil’s agribusiness export revenues reach US$10.9 billion in August
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The exported revenue reached US$10.90 billion, 26.7% more than the US$8.60 billion exported in the same month last year. In 2013 Brazil's agribusiness exports reached the same level of US$10 billion for the months of August. Despite the record, the share of agribusiness in the ...
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Massive protest against Panama’s Parliament for electoral reform
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Thousands of people demonstrated this Tuesday (14) peacefully in front of the Parliament of Panama to reject the changes applied by the deputies to a project of reform to the electoral law agreed upon for months by a national commission. Some 5,000 people, according to ...
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Struggles facing China's Evergrande not panicking markets - yet
NEW YORK: Debt-crippled Chinese real estate giant Evergrande's troubles are being watched closely by foreign investors, but markets do not seem to fear a major contagion, at least so far. With a debt load of $300 billion, the threat of bankruptcy is real, especially as Evergrande hinted on Tuesday that ...
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SoftBank launches $3 billion fund for Latin America’s tech boom
The company said it will focus on e-commerce, digital financial services, health care, education, blockchain and insurance companies from across the region.
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Para ministro, 5G resultará em US$ 1,2 trilhão em investimentos
O ministro das Comunicações, Fábio Faria, estima que a quinta geração de internet (5G) poderá resultar em um total de US$ 1,2 trilhão em investimentos diretos e indiretos no país – motivo pelo qual ele tem buscado dar celeridade ao processo que resultará no leilão das faixas destinadas à nova tecnologia. Segundo o ...
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Apex lança programa para divulgação do agro brasileiro no exterior
A Agência Brasileira de Promoção de Exportações e Investimentos (Apex-Brasil) lançou, hoje (14), o segundo ciclo do Programa de Imagem e Acesso a Mercados do Agronegócio Brasileiro (PAM-Agro). O objetivo é “qualificar a imagem do agronegócio brasileiro no exterior, posicionando o Brasil como referência global na produção agropecuária sustentável e ...
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Liberia: Arcelor Mittal Chairman Announces Latest U.S.$800 Million Additional Investment Package
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Executive Chairman of ArcelorMittal, Lakshmi Mittal has assured the government and people of Liberia that its latest US$800 million agreement will not only increase the company's investment in Liberia to US$2.5 billion, it will create thousands of jobs and boost the Liberian economy.
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SoftBank increases focus on Latin America with new US$3 billion fund
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SoftBank, the Japanese conglomerate behind investments in technology worldwide, is increasing its investment in Latin America. The group announced Tuesday the launch of a second fund focused on the region, the Latin America Fund II, with US$3 billion available for investment - and the possibility ...
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Federal Govt, EU Partner On Green, Digital Economy For Youth Empowerment
The federal government and the delegation of the European Union (EU) to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), have mapped out modalities for partnership to boost green and digital economy, good governance, peace and human development to empower youths in Nigeria. Indications to this development emerged ...
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Ministro estima perda de R$ 100 milhões/dia com atraso no leilão do 5G
O ministro das Comunicações, Fábio Faria, lamentou nesta segunda-feira (13) o adiamento da conclusão da análise do edital do leilão do 5G, por decisão da Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel). O adiamento ocorreu após pedido de vista feito pelo conselheiro Moisés Queiroz Moreira. A data para retomada da discussão ainda ...
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Former UK hedge fund partner plots return of Trump-era social network Parler
George Farmer seeks to revive ‘free speech’ app that imploded after US Capitol riots
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LG Chem to produce 75,000 tons of corn-based bioplastic in US
LG Chem said Tuesday it will form a joint venture with Archer Daniels Midland, one of the world’s largest corn processors, to produce 75,000 tons of corn-based bioplastic per year starting in 2025. According to an agreement signed Monday betw
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Seoul, Washington eye closer ties in global supply chain, vaccine delivery
South Korea and the United States have agreed to maintain close ties in the goal supply chain and continue to make joint efforts to speed up the delivery of vaccines around the globe, the trade ministry said Tuesday. South Korean Trade Minister Yeo
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Brazilian Ilan Goldfajn to be new IMF chief for Latin America
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian economist Ilan Goldfajn will be the new head of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), director Kristalina Georgieva announced Monday. Goldfajn, president of the Central Bank of Brazil between 2016 and 2019 and where he bet on digitalization and new ...
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How ‘Boeing’s Fatal Flaw’ Grounded the 737 Max and Exposed Failed Oversight
A new documentary by Frontline, in partnership with The New York Times, examines how competitive pressure, flawed design and problematic oversight of the Boeing jet led to two crashes that killed 346 people.
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Instituições financeiras elevam estimativa de inflação para 8%
A previsão do mercado financeiro para o Índice Nacional de Preços ao Consumidor Amplo (IPCA), considerada a inflação oficial do país, subiu, novamente, de 7,58% para 8%, neste ano. É a 23ª elevação consecutiva na projeção. A estimativa está no boletim Focus de hoje (13), pesquisa divulgada semanalmente pelo Banco ...
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Hyosung Group Chairman Cho Hyun-joon calls for aggressive US push
Hyosung Group Chairman Cho Hyun-joon called for an aggressive, preemptive approach to increase its business foothold in the US during his recent visit there, the group said Monday. “The US holds the key to new market dynamics in the post-pand
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Video | Overlevenden van 9/11 vertellen hun verhaal
10:31 Op 11 september 2001 waren Joe en Janice aan het werk in de zuidelijke toren van het World Trade Center (WTC) in New York. In deze videogetuigenis vertellen ze hoe ze van de hogere verdiepingen van he...
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PepsiCo bets on Uruguay and highlights its talent and good investment ecosystem
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The talent of its people, the economic stability, and the solid ecosystem are some of the reasons for PepsiCo to set its eyes again on Uruguay with an investment of US$64 million in a world-class concentrates plant, as stated by its CEO for Latin America, ...
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Genesis' SUV sales exceed 100,000 units in 18 months
Genesis, the independent luxury brand of Hyundai Motor Co., sold more than 100,000 sport utility vehicles (SUV) globally in just 1 1/2 years since its SUV market debut, thanks to brisk sales at home and in North America, data showed Sunday. G