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Brasile
Brazil: Nearly 4 million new businesses to open in 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The opening of small businesses in the country reached a record last year, according to a survey published by the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae). In 2021, more than 3.9 million entrepreneurs created micro and small businesses or registered as individual microentrepreneurs ...
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Brasile Bolivia
Bolivia triples its electricity generation
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bolivia tripled its electricity generation to strengthen its economy and consolidate the industrialization of natural resources such as lithium and iron, said the president of National Electricity Company (ENDE) Corporación, Marco Escobar. ENDE's president informed that the increase . . . To read the full ...
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Brasile Paraguay
Paraguay’s Central Bank clarifies the inflation trajectory
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Through one of its directors, the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) explained the situation of prices in the country and clarified the trajectory of inflation. BCP board member Humberto Colmán explained that monetary policy -through its interventions in the interbank market to align the interbank ...
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Brasile Paraguay
Drought leaves Paraguay without soybean, supply lasts until June
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Paraguay's soybean industries will only be able to process the product until the middle of the year due to the drop in production caused by a prolonged The post Drought leaves Paraguay without soybean, supply lasts until June appeared first on The Rio Times.
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Brasile Uruguay
Uruguay’s official economic growth forecast is 3.8% for 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Uruguayan government expects economic growth to reach 3.8% in 2022, according to Economy and Finance Minister Azucena Arbeleche during the presentation of the South American country's macroeconomic situation. The head of the economic department explained that the government of Luis Lacalle Pou estimates a ...
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USA
Shinsegae acquires Napa Valley winery for W299.6b
Shinsegae Property, the property development arm of Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae, said Wednesday it has acquired US winery Shafer Vineyards for 299.6 billion won ($250.3 million) to boost the group’s wine business. “With the acqu
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Belgio
Les fédérations patronales se dressent contre la sortie du nucléaire
Dans une communication officielle dont L'Echo a pu prendre connaissance, la Fédération des entreprises de Belgique (FEB), la Fédération flamande des entreprises (Voka), l'Union wallonne des ...
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Nigeria
NDLEA Reveals More Evidence Of Kyari’s Involvement In Cocaine Deal
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has revealed more evidence on how the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and his men orchestrated the importation of 25kg of cocaine into Nigeria. This is coming after the management of the Nigeria Police Force accused some officers of the NDLEA at Enugu Airport ...
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Nigeria
Maritime Workers To Commence Strike March 1 Over Grievance With IOCs
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, (MWUN), has issued a 14-day strike notice to the federal government over the refusal of the International Oil Companies, IOCs, to allow the Stevedoring Companies access to their platforms to commence operations, denying registered dockworkers and stevedoring companies to operate in the IOCs platforms ...
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Nigeria
EU Will Sustain Investment Partnerships With Nigeria –Vestager
The European Union (EU) Commission yesterday said it would continue to partner Nigeria on business opportunities, investments and other developmental issues. Executive Vice President of the European Union (EU), Ms Margrethe Vestager gave the assurance during a visit to the Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investments, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo ...