• Brasile

    Economistas afirmam que saída de Levy vai piorar situação do Brasil

    A economista Margarida Gutierrez, do Instituto Coppead de Administração da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), disse hoje (18) que a saída do ministro Joaquim Levy da Fazenda é “muito ruim, mas era algo totalmente esperado”. Segundo ela, Levy não tinha mais condições de permanecer no cargo. “Ele estava ...

  • Brasile

    Brasil cierra 130,6 mil puestos formales de trabajo en noviembre

    El número de empleos formales que se cerraron en noviembre en el país ascendió a 130.629. Tânia Rêgo/Agência Brasil El número de empleos formales que se cerraron en noviembre en el país ascendió a 130.629. Según datos del Registro General de Empleados y Desempleados (Caged), que se dieron a conocer ...

  • Brasile

    Dólar sobe e Bolsa fecha no menor nível em 6 anos com possível saída de Levy

    Moeda  norte-americana  acumula  alta  de  1,55%  em  dezembro  e  de  48,45%  no  ano      Arquivo/Agência Brasil   Depois de um dia de trégua no mercado financeiro, a moeda norte-americana fechou no maior valor em mais de dois meses. O dólar comercial encerrou esta sexta-feira (18) vendido a R$ 3,947, ...

  • Brasile

    Over 130.6 thousand formal jobs closed in November

    The number of formal jobs closed in November in the country totaled 130,629. Tânia Rêgo/Agência Brasil The number of formal jobs closed in November in the country totaled 130,629. According to figures from the General Register of the Employed and Unemployed (CAGED) released Friday (Dec. 18) by the Ministry of ...

  • Giappone

    Pharma’s bad boy rap-fan CEO faces charges

    He’s the enfant terrible of pharmaceuticals, a 32-year-old CEO who unapologetically raised the price of the only approved drug for a rare disease from $13.50 to $750 per pill. He’s a millionaire music aficionado who riled rap fans by buying the only known copy of an album by the Wu-Tang ...

  • Giappone

    Papers on JR Hokkaido derailment to be sent to prosecutors

    The prefectural police department of Hokkaido plans to shortly send papers on Hokkaido Railway Co. and some of its employees to public prosecutors over the 2013 derailment of a freight train that led to data falsification, it was learned Friday. Inspection data for the tracks at the derailment site were ...

  • Giappone

    Toshiba likely to suffer huge net loss in fiscal 2015

    Toshiba Corp. is expected to suffer hundreds of billions of yen in group net loss in fiscal 2015, which ends next March, due to slumping operations and huge costs for structural reforms in nonperforming sectors, informed sources said on Friday. The company would thus be in the red for the ...

  • Australia

    Why this heat is seriously bad for business

    AUSTRALIA is gearing up for a severe heatwave this weekend. Enjoy this hot weather, says Jason Murphy, because it’s going to ruin our economy.

  • Australia

    Hard work follows climate deal: Bishop

    Foreign Minister Julie Bishop admits Australia will have to work harder to slash emissions after global climate deal reached.

  • El Salvador

    La minería en el limbo

    El cerro siempre ha estado ahí cuando lo necesitan. Cuando todo el sudor depositado en milpas y frijolares resulta en plantas maltrechas por la sequía; cuando no hay nada más que hacer al terminar la escuela y los jóvenes solo pueden volver la mirada al campo o a los caminos ...