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Vai alla Scheda Paese »There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
— John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Bolsas da Europa fecham em alta, com expectativas de estímulos nos EUA
O índice Stoxx 600 Europe encerrou a sessão com ganhos de 0,30%, em Londres, o FTSE 100 avançou 0,53% e em Frankfurt o DAX subiu 0,02% Os índices acionários globais registram alta consistente nesta segunda-feira (8), estendendo os ganhos fortes da semana passada, com os agentes financeiros ...
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Demanda reprimida sinaliza novo ciclo de expansão de commodities
Goldman Sachs, Bank of America e Ospraie Management estão entre as instituições que endossam apostas de investimento e veem espaço para novas altas Quando a pandemia de coronavírus acabar, a aposta é de forte expansão do consumo, o que deve aumentar a pressão sobre cadeias de abastecimento ...
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Balança comercial brasileira tem déficit de US$ 1,15 bi na 1ª semana de fevereiro
Ante o segundo mês de 2020, as exportações caíram 15,3% pela média diária, somando US$ 3,67 bilhões A balança comercial brasileira registrou déficit de US$ 1,15 bilhão na primeira semana de fevereiro, informou nesta segunda-feira (8) a Secretaria de Comércio Exterior (Secex), do Ministério da Economia. No período, ...
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Biden Appointments Signal a Trade Approach That Hews to the Left
Many appointees who will fill the ranks of the Office of the United States Trade Representative have close ties to congressional Democrats and a focus on worker rights and enforcing trade deals.
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Mercado financeiro aumenta projeção da inflação para 3,60%
A previsão do mercado financeiro para o Índice Nacional de Preços ao Consumidor Amplo (IPCA - a inflação oficial do país) deste ano subiu de 3,53% para 3,60%. A estimativa está no boletim Focus de hoje (8), pesquisa divulgada semanalmente, em Brasília, pelo Banco Central (BC), com a projeção para ...
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Argentina´s Fernandez Eyes ´Flexible´ IMF Deal, Possible Farm Tax Hikes
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentine President Alberto Fernández believes the International Monetary Fund should grant the country more “flexible” terms and warned that increasing inflation could lead his government to again hike export taxes or re-establish quotas, according to an interview on Sunday, February 7th, in the newspaper Página/12. ...
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Industrial estates set to expand
Despite risks from the travel ban, a delay in vaccine distribution and new tensions in US-China trade, the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and e-commerce are expected to continue spurring industrial property growth, in part thanks to stimulus plans and government investment in infrastructure and transport projects.
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FT Global MBA ranking 2021: Europe tops table but US dominates
American business schools make up half the top 100 as student demand holds up in the pandemic
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FG Harps On Implementation Of ECOWAS Brown Card Insurance Scheme
BY ZAKA KHALIQ, Lagos The federal government has advocated for the full implementation of the ECOWAS Brown Card Insurance Scheme to guarantee prompt compensation to victims of road accident within the ECOWAS member states. The honourable minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, while speaking at the inauguration ...
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WTO DG: Endorsement Of Okonjo-Iweala Shows America Stands By Nigeria – PMB
By Jonathan Nda- Isaiah President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the pronouncement of the United States Trade Representative signifying withdrawal of the country’s objection to the emergence of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director General of World Trade Organisation, WTO. “We certainly welcome the decision of the new US administration to remove ...
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WTO: PMB Welcomes U S Acceptance Of Okonjo-Iweala
By Jonathan Nda- Isaiah President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed pronouncement of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, signifying withdrawal of the country’s objection to the emergence of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director General of World Trade Organization, WTO. “We certainly welcome the decision of the new U.S administration ...
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Headwinds for Argentina´s Silicon Valley: New Provincial Tax Law Eyes Crypto Activities
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The central province of Córdoba, Argentina's second technology hub behind Buenos Aires, appears to have had enough of waiting for the national government to act on crypto tax – and has instead moved to introduce a local tax on the crypto activities of its residents. ...
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EU Spokesman Calls on U.S. to Reverse Classification of Cuba as Terrorist Supporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The High Representative for Foreign Policy of the European Union (EU), Josep Borrell, urged US President Biden to reverse the decision, taken by his predecessor Donald Trump just before his term ended, to include Cuba in its list of countries supporting terrorism. 'We very much ...
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Biden To Attend Next African Union Summit
United States President Joe Biden yesterday promised increased partnership with Africa and said he hoped to attend the next African Union summit, a continent largely ignored by his predecessor. In a video message to this weekend’s African Union summit, being held virtually due to COVID-19, the new US leader promised ...
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Kano Govt Arrests 500 Beggars
The Kano State government says it has arrested 500 beggars for allegedly violating the law that bans street begging in the state. The state commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, made the disclosure while repatriating the beggars to their states in Kano yesterday. Muhammad-Umar said that ...
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Path clears for Nigeria's Okonjo-Iweala as first woman WTO chief
GENEVA: US President Joe Biden's administration on Friday offered its "strong support" to Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO), clearing a path for her to become the body's first female and first African leader.
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Japan ranked as seventh-biggest country for U.S. trade deficit in 2020
The U.S. deficit was down 19.9% from 2019, when Japan was the third-biggest deficit generator for Washington.
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Dólar fecha em R$ 5,38 e encerra semana com queda de 1,65%
O otimismo nos mercados doméstico e externo prevaleceu nesta sexta-feira (5). O dólar voltou a ficar abaixo de R$ 5,40, e a bolsa de valores superou os 120 mil pontos. O dólar comercial encerrou o dia vendido a R$ 5,384, com recuo de R$ 0,066 (-1,2%). A cotação chegou a superar R$ 5,45 ...
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Exportações brasileiras de algodão recuam 11,3% em janeiro
Segundo a Abrapa, embarques no mês somaram 273,9 mil toneladas As exportações brasileiras de algodão somaram 273,9 mil toneladas em janeiro, queda de 11,3% em relação ao mesmo mês do ano passado. A receita, de US$ 425 milhões, caiu 12,4% na mesma base de comparação. O preço médio subiu 1,3%, ...
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Brazilian Sugar Producer Jalles Machado Prices IPO Below Target Range
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer Jalles Machado SA priced its initial public offering in Sao Paulo at R$8.30 per share, well below its target range of R$10.35 to R$12.95, according to data released by Brazil’s securities regulator on Thursday. The IPO raised R$741.5 million (US$137 ...
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Governo enviará ao Congresso projeto que fixa ICMS sobre combustíveis
O presidente Jair Bolsonaro disse hoje (5) que deve enviar ao Congresso um projeto de lei complementar para fixar a cobrança de Imposto sobre Circulação de Mercadorias e Serviços (ICMS), que é estadual, sobre o valor do combustível aos consumidores. De acordo com ele, outra proposta é que o ICMS ...