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Brasile
Minas tem recorde de casos de covid, com 18 mil infectados em 24 horas
De acordo com o boletim da Secretaria de Estado de Saúde, esse é o maior número de casos já registrado desde março de 2020, quando a pandemia chegou ao Brasil
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Brasile USA
Banco do Brasil will invest US$36 million in Brazilian startups
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brasilia-based Banco do Brasil (BB), the oldest bank in Brazil and one of the oldest globally, is interested in investing in innovative business models by 2022. To do so, it will advance its strategy of participating in startups. Banco do Brasil is controlled by the ...
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Brasile
IDB: Uncertainty disappears and investor interest in Peru resumes
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Political uncertainty in Peru is fading, and business and investor interest in the country is returning, according to Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Mauricio Claver-Carone. "In the six months of the new government led by President Pedro Castillo . . . To read the full ...
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Brasile Colombia USA
Colombia’s foreign debt reaches 53% of the country’s GDP
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to statistics from Banco de la República, up to October, the country's public and private external debt reached US$167.2 billion, which meant an increase of 13.3% over the figure recorded at the close of the same month of 2020, when it was US$147.6 billion, ...
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Brasile
Chile: November posted accelerated recovery of jobs lost since the social crisis and pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Chilean economy continued to recover the jobs lost at the worst moment of the health emergency, in July 2020. The September-November 2021 mobile quarter confirmed the rebound in employment, with the unemployment rate dropping by 3.3 percentage points compared to last year, to reach ...
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Brasile
Chile’s productivity grows in 2021 during pandemic and breaks with contractionary periods
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This rebound contrasts with the 2020 downturn, when productivity fell for the second consecutive year. It dropped between -0.1% and -2.1% for the overall economy and between 1.9% and -4.0% for the non-mining economy. The entity's advisor Verónica Mies pointed out that the 2021 result ...
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Brasile
Peru’s country risk rose one basis point to close at 1.53 percentage points
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Peru's country risk closed today's session at 1.53 percentage points, adjusted after the close, up one basis point from the previous session, according to the EMBI+ Peru calculated by investment bank JP Morgan. Peru (1 . . . To read the full NEWS and much ...
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Nigeria
Customs Intercepts 135 Trucks Of Smuggled Rice, Others Worth N7.8bn In Lagos, Ogun
The federal operations unit Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it impounded contraband goods smuggled into the country from neighbouring Benin Republic worth N7.813 billion in 2021. The contraband namely, smuggled foreign parboiled rice, catridges, unregistered pharmaceuticals, Indian-hemp, fairly used vehicles, used tyres, used compressors, second-hand clothing, ...
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Nigeria
NYSC, Bowen Varsity Honour IT Firm, CEO For Youth Empowerment
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, have honoured New Horizons Nigeria, the largest private sector information technology and e-business training company and its chief executive, Tim Akano, with awards for supporting private universities and contributing to youth empowerment. The Bowen University award plaque, which ...
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Nigeria
World Bank Predicts 2.5% Growth For Nigeria In 2022
As the global economy is predicted to decelerate by up to 4.3 per cent in 2022, Nigeria and other countries facing debt sustainability challenges may face reduced access to external funding, forcing abrupt fiscal adjustment, the World Bank has warned. With a budget deficit of over N6 trillion and mounting ...