• Brasile

    Brazil: Financial market revises down GDP decline forecast

    The financial market's forecast for Brazil's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been slightly revised from a decline of 3.86% down to 3.88% this year. In 2017, the forecast has been maintained at 0.50% growth. The estimates are part of the Focus Market Readout, a weekly Central Bank survey of the ...

  • Panama

    Mercados no perciben más riesgo en Panamá

     Ni los títulos de deuda ni los indicadores bancarios han sufrido impacto tras las publicaciones internacionales sobre Panamá, según el MEF.

  • Brasile

    Foco na retomada

    Apesar da queda de 6% nas vendas, a Coca-Cola e suas engarrafadoras vão investir R$ 3,2 bilhões no Brasil em 2017. "Ainda que num contexto difícil, vamos continuar investindo para estar numa posição favorável quando a economia se recuperar", diz Brian Smith, presidente na AL

  • Angola

    Comissão realiza consulta pública

    A Comissão do Mercado de Capitais (CMC) realiza na segunda-feira, na sede do Banco de Comércio e Indústria (BCI), em Luanda, uma sessão de consulta pública referente ao ante-projecto de Decreto Legislativo Presidencial sobre o Regime Jurídico das Sociedades Gestoras de Patrimónios, noticiou a Angop

  • USA

    Group of states needs synergy with EU goals

    The mixed fortunes of the ACP-EU partnership over the past 40 years raise questions about its ambitious future, writes Adekeye Adebajo

  • Regno Unito

    Would Brexit be a bad break for SA’s exporters to the UK?

    A unified African bloc would be an advantage if Brexit forces a whole new trade and tariff regime on the UK, writes Matthew Stern, Chris Stevens and Jane Kennan

  • USA Thailandia

    Chevron Thailand to cut 800 jobs

    US oil firm Chevron plans to lay off 800 staff this year in Thailand as it looks to cut $500 million (17.68 billion baht) in costs at the Thai business to weather the fall in global oil prices, the company said on Monday.

  • Vietnam

    Baht gains as Q1 growth beats estimates

    The baht rose on Monday after Southeast Asia’s second-biggest economy expanded more than analysts estimated, spurred by the government’s increased spending.

  • Giappone

    Nintendo to enter into movie business

    OSAKA -- Nintendo Co has started negotiations with several movie makers to form an alliance in a bid to enter into the movie production business, a company official said.

  • USA

    Total commitment

    Rosy business potential, stable regulation and an investor-friendly environment have prompted the French oil and gas company Total SA to aggressively expand its presence in Asia Pacific, where the company has budgeted US$7.5 billion for upstream petroleum activities between 2015 and 2017.