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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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Cascais usa o digital para furar isolamento
Como é que uma smart city enfrenta estes tempos de pandemia? Cascais - a primeira a ter um veículo autónomo e também a disponibilizar viagens gratuitas de autocarro - encontrou no digital a resposta para furar o isolamento.
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Brazil Still Unprepared to Reopen Its Economy; Uncertainty Over GDP Increases
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - If, on the one hand, some countries in Europe and Asia and some American states are starting to reopen their businesses amid the impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Brazil still seems to be one step behind, with cities beginning to adopt lockdown in recent ...
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Artists and Business in Brazil Unite to Help Favela Mothers
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A real task force between artists and companies is being set up to help mothers living in favelas. Designed by 'Central Única de Favelas' (Unified Favela Center - CUFA), an organization that operates in over 400 favela communities, the project 'Mães da Favela' (Mothers of ...
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Political Divides Drive Dispute Over Assistance for States
The infections stirred concerns about how to keep workplaces safe as the economy reopens. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that unemployment would get worse before it got better.
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Natural Gas Exports Slow as Pandemic Reduces Global Demand
Businesses in the United States, Israel and other countries were planning to invest billions in export terminals. Now, those projects are being canceled or delayed.
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Mercado financeiro prevê queda de 4,11% na economia este ano
O mercado financeiro revisou pela 13ª semana seguida a previsão de queda da economia este ano. A estimativa de recuo do Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) – a soma de todos os bens e serviços produzidos no país – piorou de 3,76% para 4,11%. A estimativa consta do boletim Focus, publicação elaborada ...
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US-China economic decoupling accelerates in first quarter of 2020
Coronavirus impact exacerbates chill between countries as investments fall sharply
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Avianca Holdings entra com pedido de recuperação judicial nos EUA
A empresa aérea colombiana Avianca Holdings entrou com pedido de recuperação judicial nos Estados Unidos. Em nota, a empresa afirmou que os impactos financeiros trazidos pela pandemia do novo coronavírus fizeram a empresa apresentar o pedido no Tribunal de Falências dos Estados Unidos. Segundo a nota, o pedido foi feito para ...
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US officials warn jobless rate could top 20%
Trump administration delivers dire warning as it argues for reopening of economy
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Multinationals fear rise in protectionism because of pandemic
Survey reveals companies’ deep concerns that US and other advanced economies will impose more barriers to trade
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A First Among Gerber Babies: She’s Adopted
Magnolia Earl, a 1-year-old from California, was selected from among more than 327,000 entrants to represent Gerber in marketing campaigns.
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As Job Losses Mount, Lawmakers Face a Make-or-Break Moment
The United States just lost 20 million jobs. The wrong federal response could make those layoffs a permanent fixture of the U.S. economy and sentence thousands of companies to bankruptcy.
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Coronavirus, negli Usa persi 20,5 milioni di posti lavoro. Disoccupazione vola al 14,7%
Coronavirus, la pandemia contagia il mercato del lavoro statunitense: la disoccupazione è in volo e in un solo mese sono stati cancellati 20,5 milioni di posti di lavoro, per effetto dei...
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Warning signs for Texas in national job report
Key sectors of the Texas economy were among the hardest hit nationally in April, according the Labor Department's employment report. Texas reports state and regional employment statistics for April on May 22.
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Unemployment in US hits postwar high of 14.7%
More than 20m lose their jobs in April as lockdowns choke world’s largest economy
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US jobless rate soars to 14.7%
WASHINGTON: The coronavirus lockdown wiped out 20.5 million US jobs in April, destroying nearly all the positions created in the prior decade in the world's largest economy, the Labor Department reported Friday.
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Dólar bate recorde e fecha em R$ 5,84 após corte de juros
O corte maior que o esperado e a indicação de novas reduções na taxa Selic (juros básicos da economia) pelo Banco Central (BC) provocaram uma fuga de recursos do país que pressionou o câmbio e fez o dólar bater mais um recorde. O dólar comercial encerrou esta quinta-feira (7) vendido a ...
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US and China say trade talks on track despite coronavirus tensions
Two sides hold call on ‘phase one’ deal in rare easing of war of words over pandemic
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Foco da retomada do crescimento será investimento privado, diz Mattar
A retomada do crescimento da economia brasileira será principalmente com capital privado, afirmou hoje (7) o secretário especial de Desestatização, Desinvestimento e Mercados do Ministério da Economia, José Salim Mattar Júnior, em transmissão ao vivo feita pelo deputado Alexis Fonteyne (Partido Novo – SP). De acordo com o secretário, há no ...
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Geopolitics and technology threaten America’s financial dominance
IN ANUARY AN American former general spoke at a gathering of senior global financiers. Used to thinking about strategy and hard power, he warned that America is dealing poorly with its most complex array of threats since the cold war—from Iran and Russia to the novel coronavirus. But he also ...
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As China goes global, its banks are coming out, too
AMERICAN BANKERS make for bold bosses. From his roomy office in Manhattan, in early February, the boss of one of the country’s biggest suggested he has few serious rivals—and all are just a few blocks away. “US banks continue to gain share from European banks.” Asia barely gets a mention. ...