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Nigeria
#RespetaMiFuturo, campaña cívica contra la corrupción
“Estamos convencidos de que las principales amenazas a la reactivación social y económica son la corrupción y los conflictos de interés, que empañan las obras positivas y los buenos ejemplos”: José Ramón Icaza, presidente de la Cámara de Comercio,
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Cuba
Cuba elimina impuestos de importación a emprendedores
Cuba exoneró a productores privados del pago de impuestos de importación de insumos y materias primas hasta el 31 de diciembre, anunció el Ministerio de Finanzas, a tres semanas de las protestas que sacudieron a la isla.
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Brasile
Trabalhadores nascidos em janeiro podem sacar auxílio emergencial
Trabalhadores informais e inscritos no Cadastro Único para Programas Sociais do Governo Federal (CadÚnico), nascidos em fevereiro, podem sacar, a partir de hoje (2), a quarta parcela do auxílio emergencial 2021. O dinheiro foi depositado nas contas poupança digitais da Caixa Econômica Federal em 17 de julho. Os recursos também poderão ...
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Brasile
Brazil’s high-end market rebounds from pandemic and sells up to double 2019 figures
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A Balmain blouse with a Paulo Camargo blazer. Mixed pants and Alexandre Birman sandals. A Chanel handbag. Rio de Janeiro doctor Andreia Frota's "look of the day" - owner of a clinic specialized in facial injections attended by the famous and wealthy in Barra da ...
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Brasile
Peer-to-peer loans grow in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The impact of fintechs in the financial system is occurring in several ways. Increased competition and the consequent reduction in consumer costs are two of the main aspects. But startups are also broadening the alternatives both for those seeking a financial product or service and ...
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Brasile USA Argentina Venezuela
Only in Venezuela do U.S. foreign investments return less than in Argentina
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Total profit remittances from U.S. companies abroad to the United States were lower in 2020 than the year before. Compared with US$519.7 billion in 2019, they fell by about US$68 billion last year to US$452 billion, down 13%, according to official data released last week. ...
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Turchia
Business world starts sapling mobilization
With wildfires ravaging Turkey, killing at least six people and burning thousands of square meters of forests, the Turkish Forestry Ministry has announced that “new plantations will be made as the rain will start by the end of October.”
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Thailandia
Freight costs, container shortage put the squeeze on shippers
Exports seem to be the only driver to shore up the fragile Thai economy this year, ravaged by Covid-19 outbreaks.
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USA
Allianz warns legal battle over ‘Structured Alpha’ funds might turn costly
Insurance company under investigation in US over investment decisions that triggered lawsuits
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Brasile Argentina
Winter tourism in Argentina fails to recover pre-pandemic level
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A total of 13.2 million people traveled in Argentina during the winter break that ends today in this country, a figure that is 10.5% below the movement recorded in the winter vacations of 2019. According to a report released this Sunday by the Argentine Confederation ...