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Thailandia
Project a boon for high tech
Thai and Chinese authorities have agreed to launch the Thailand-Guangdong cooperation project to promote high-tech industries, including electric vehicles (EVs), as well as the green economy in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) area.
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Cina
China’s regulatory crackdown is already hurting the economy
Beijing has signaled there’s more regulation for businesses in years to come, but economists say authorities will need to carefully manage its pace and intensity.
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Brasile
Opinion: Is it safe to invest in Brazil? Don’t be scared off by the 2022 election
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (Opinion) Investing in a foreign country can be scary. Will there be political instability? Will they nationalize the company I invested in and confiscate my money? Some small Latin American countries are difficult to foreign investors, and Americans are well-advised to be cautious. People have ...
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Brasile USA El Salvador
Government of El Salvador asks for more than US$200 million for its Bitcoin Law
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The government of El Salvador asked the Legislative Assembly to approve the use of more than 200 million dollars to implement the use of bitcoin as legal currency, according to information consulted Wednesday by Efe. In its Tuesday session, the legislative body approved an initiative ...
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Brasile USA
Dominican Republic economy will grow by 3% compared to 2019 – Central Bank
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Dominican economy will grow this year by 3% above the level registered in 2019, before the pandemic, affirmed Wednesday (25) the governor of the Central Bank, Héctor Valdez Albizu. This growth figure "is ten times more than the 0.3% indicated by the former president," ...
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Brasile USA Costa Rica
Costa Rica seeks to develop sales and marketing of insect-based food industry
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Foreign Trade Promoter of Costa Rica (Procomer) highlighted the country's potential to develop the insect food industry, such as the cricket and the mealworm, recognized as alternative proteins. The authorities reported that as part of the Descubre program, the cricket (Acheta domesticus) and mealworm ...
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Nigeria
NDA Attack: DHQ Denies Guards Slept Off, Board Of Enquiry Constituted
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) in Abuja, has debunked a report of sleeping soldiers on duty while bandits attacked Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna on Tuesday, killing two and abducting one officer. Consequently, the DHQ also revealed that the Academy had constituted a board of enquiry to unravel the immediate ...
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Brasile USA Portogallo
Governo retira Casa da Moeda do programa de desestatização
O governo federal decidiu retirar a Casa da Moeda de seu portfólio de privatizações, por meio do Programa de Parcerias e Investimentos (PPI), vinculado ao Ministério da Economia. A decisão foi anunciada em entrevista à imprensa, nesta quarta-feira (25), após a 17ª reunião do conselho do programa. Criada em 1694, a ...
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Brasile USA
Petrobras assina contrato de venda de refinaria em Manaus
A Petrobras assinou nesta quarta-feira (25) contrato para a venda da Refinaria Isaac Sabbá (Reman), na capital amazonense Manaus, e seus ativos logísticos associados pelo valor de US$ 189,5 milhões (R$ 994,15 milhões), para o grupo ATEM. Dentre as oito refinarias que estão em processo de venda, a Reman é a ...
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Brasile USA
PIX não foi pensado para substituir TED e DOC, diz presidente do BC
Segundo o presidente do Banco Central (BC), Roberto de Oliveira Campos Neto, o Pix, sistema instantâneo de pagamentos em vigor desde novembro do ano passado, não foi pensado para substituir a Transferência Eletrônica Disponível (TED) e o Documento de Ordem de Crédito (DOC), modalidades de operação financeira de transferência de ...