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Brasile Paraguay
Paraguay Approves Protocol for Controlled Border Opening with Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Monday, the Paraguayan government approved the health protocol for a future controlled reopening of its land border with Brazil, with the aim of reactivating trade between the two countries after six months of total isolation to contain the coronavirus. The measure was announced during ...
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Brasile Argentina Uruguay
Argentine Currency Becomes Worthless in Uruguay
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For the second day running the Argentine Peso was virtually worthless at foreign exchange houses in neighboring Uruguay. On Tuesday, September 22nd, the Argentine Peso was worth zero, and on Wednesday there was a modest ten Uruguayan centavos offered for the battered Argentine currency. Uruguay ...
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Brasile Argentina
Argentine Economy Shrinks 19.1 Percent in Q2, Record Downturn for the Country
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Argentine economy contracted 19.1 percent in Q2 this year as a result of isolation to combat Covid-19. It was the most brutal contraction since statistical records began, exceeding the 16.3 percent drop in the first quarter of 2001, after the collapse of the peso-dollar ...
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Brasile
Magazine Luiza Is Brazil’s Most Admired Retailer, per IBEVAR-FIA Ranking
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Magazine Luiza (MGLU3, Magalu) is the most admired retailer by consumers in two of the 17 categories assessed in the 2020 edition of the IBEVAR-FIA ranking. The company was also considered by teams and employees the most widely appreciated to work for . . . ...
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Brasile USA
Two Brazilian Car Rental Companies Merge, Seek to Change Car Rental Market
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Two of the largest car rental companies in Brazil have announced a merger, through the incorporation of Unidas's shares by Localiza. The company resulting from the merger will have a market value of R$50.5 billion (US$10.1 billion) and a fleet of nearly 491,000 vehicles - 336,000 ...
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Nigeria
Mushroom Production Can Earn Nigeria More Foreign Exchange – NEPC
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) says the country can significantly improve on its foreign exchange through investment in mushroom production. The Executive Director, NEPC, Mr Olusegun Awolowo, said this during a capacity building workshop organised for members of the National Mushroom Growers, Processors and Marketing Association of Nigeria (NAM-GP-MAN) ...
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Nigeria
NAHCON, Jaiz Bank To Set Up Hajj Savings Scheme
By Hussaini Hammangabdo, Yola The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) is set to partner with Jaiz Bank in setting up a Hajj Savings Scheme. The scheme is planned to assist low income earners and the general public to save at their convenience towards meeting their goal of performing pilgrimage. ...
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Nigeria
Film Industry 2nd Largest Employer Of Labour – FG
The federal government has described the film industry as the second largest employer of labour in Nigeria which must be supported. The government also noted that the industry contributed N83 billion to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018. The minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who ...
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Italia
Digital Magics, risultato netto negativo nel semestre dopo svalutazioni
(Teleborsa) - Digital Magics, business incubator certificato e quotato sul mercato AIM Italia, ha chiuso il semestre con un risultato netto in perdita per 0,5 milioni (era negativo per 0,8 milioni al...
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Francia
Avignon offre un bus et deux bennes à Diourbel
Diourbel, 24 sept (APS) - La commune de Diourbel (centre) a reçu de celle d'Avignon (France) un don comprenant un bus de 50 places destiné à ses élèves et deux bennes tasseuses pour le ramassage des ordures. - Social