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Bloomberg - Fri Nov 6, 7:35 am ET
The transactions would contain the dollar flow into Brazil and the real’s appreciation, the newspaper said. The government is also considering allowing foreign investors in the stock- futures market to deposit margins abroad, the minister told the Sao Paulo-based newspaper.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 8:19 am ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s real rose to the highest level in two weeks against the dollar, after the Group of 20 nations remained silent on the U.S. currency’s decline this year and agreed to maintain stimulus measures.
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Nasdaq - Mon Nov 9, 4:02 pm ET
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Equities across Latin America rallied Monday, with a surge in resource-related stocks and an improved outlook for economic growth allowing Brazil's benchmark to jump nearly 3%.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 12:15 am ET
Dueling visits to Brazil by the presidents of Israel and Iran are showing the South American powerhouse's growing role in Mideast diplomacy.
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The Forex Market - Mon Nov 9, 11:08 am ET
BRASILIA (Dow Jones)--Brazil's government Monday published a list of more than 100 U.S. products that may be subject to tariff increases as a result of a World Trade Organization ruling this year condemning U.S. subsidies to its cotton industry.
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The Daily Reveille - Sun Nov 8, 6:10 pm ET
SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian university expelled a woman who was heckled by hundreds of fellow students when she wore a short dress to class, taking out newspaper ads Sunday to accuse her of immorality....
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 2:34 am ET
A woman expelled for wearing a mini-dress that caused a near riot at a Brazilian college and made her an Internet sensation said all she wants is to go back to school. Well, she got her way.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 2:21 pm ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s current account deficit may almost double in 2010 and reach the widest since 1998 as a local currency rally boosts imports amid a consumer-led economic recovery, a central bank survey shows.
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 10, 4:45 am ET
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Telefonica SA Chairman Cesar Alierta is ready to put down 11 times profit for Brazilian phone company GVT (Holding) SA. He was less generous with Germany’s Hansenet Telekommunikation GmbH.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 9:34 am ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s current account deficit may almost double in 2010, a central bank survey shows, as the local currency’s rally fuels imports and makes exports more expensive.
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Goal.com via Yahoo! Sports - 2 hours 42 minutes ago
The Chelsea midfielder believes England can match Brazil in terms of talent. Well, in four out of eleven positions anyway...
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ChemPoint - Mon Nov 9, 1:05 pm ET
SAO PAULO, Brazil, November 9, 2009 -- Braskem S.A. ("Braskem"), in compliance with CVM Instruction 358/02, announces to shareholders and the market that, in association with IDESA, a traditional Mexican corporate group, it won the auction held by Pemex Gas, a state-owned Mexican company, for the acquisition of ethane, which will be used as feedstock for an integrated petrochemical project to be ...
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LA Observed - Mon Nov 9, 3:38 am ET
Los Angeles can't even prevent illegal billboards from going up — mainly because City Hall don't really want to — but in Brazil, Sao Paulo has become what may be...
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 6:04 am ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Spence , former dean of the Stanford University Business School and co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics, told O Estado de S. Paulo that Brazil shouldn’t let markets dictate its foreign-exchange rate.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 5:04 pm ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Brazilian stocks rose to a two-week high as commodities gained after the Group of 20 nations agreed to maintain stimulus measures and analysts increased their forecasts for growth in Latin America’s biggest economy.