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RFIDSolutions-RFIDSolutionsOnline - Tue Nov 10, 6:29 am ET
IDENTEC SOLUTIONS announced recently at the TOC Americas Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina that its industry-leading active RFID technology has been selected by the Tecon Santa Catarina (TSC) terminal in Sao Francisco do Sul, Brazil and DPW Tarragona, Spain for truck identification and automated job promotion integrated with their GPS and Terminal Operating Systems.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 12:04 pm ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Obrascon Huarte Lain Brasil SA , the Brazilian toll-road operator known as OHL, rose to a two-year high in Sao Paulo trading after Bank of America Corp. raised the shares to “buy” on prospects for reduced capital spending.
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 9, 12:34 pm ET
Rio de Janeiro - An independent study in Brazil suggests that the soaring number of police killings of suspected criminals in Rio's war on drugs is linked to bonuses now paid to courageous police officers, according to a newspaper report Monday. Th...
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DTN / The Progressive Farmer - Mon Nov 9, 3:50 pm ET
Brazil's government is considering a cut in the required ethanol blend from 25 percent to 20 percent, according to easybourse.com, that would help increase availability of the biofuel and reduce ethanol prices.
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The Forex Market - Thu Nov 5, 7:23 am ET
SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--Brazil's real opened marginally stronger on Thursday, but will seek further direction from Wall Street after U.S. jobless claims data are released.
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Aircraft Maintenance Technology - 43 minutes ago
Rio de Janeiro, November 9, 2009. Soon after having been certified by Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA), by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and by European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), to perform maintenance on Airbus models A330 and A340, TAP Maintenance and Engineering Brazil received the first A330 for a C Check (heavy maintenance), and the aircraft was delivered on ...
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Bloomberg - Thu Nov 5, 8:05 am ET
Mantega told the Sao Paulo-based newspaper that investors are shifting money to commodity exporting economies because rich nations are paying low interest rates.
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New York Times - Tue Nov 10, 12:40 am ET
Mr. de Souza led Olodum, a Brazilian percussion band notable for its social work as well as its music, and he lent his distinctive rhythms to a Paul Simon album and a Michael Jackson video.
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Motorsport.com - Tue Nov 10, 2:24 am ET
Rubens Barrichello has won a legal case against the internet giant Google. The official Sao Paulo government gazette said the Formula One veteran is to receive $500,000, because the Google-hosted Brazilian social networking service hosted hundreds of false profiles bearing Barrichello's name.
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Boston Herald - Mon Nov 9, 4:25 am ET
SAO PAULO - Palmeiras relinquished the Brazilian league lead for the first time since July after losing 1-0 to Fluminense on Sunday, allowing defending champion Sao Paulo...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 3:16 pm ET
In Brazil, famed for its tiny bikinis and carefree attitude, a university student has been expelled after violent protests by students outraged at the short outfit she wore on campus.
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ABC News - Tue Nov 10, 5:49 am ET
Brazil college reverses expulsion of woman whose mini-dress sparked uproar.
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Nasdaq - Fri Nov 6, 7:02 am ET
SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian debt and share issuance dropped 3.3% in the first 10 months of 2009, although October may have marked a rebound in capital market activity, the Brazilian Investment Banks Association, or Anbid, said Friday.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Nov 9, 8:00 am ET
SAO PAULO----Echelon Corporation and ELO Sistemas Electronicos S.A. today announced a strategic alliance to bring smart grid solutions to the Latin American energy market. ELO, the number one supplier of electronic meters and systems in the Brazilian electricity supply market, has become a value-added reseller of Echelon’s market-leading Networked Energy Services System, an advanced metering ...
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Soccer365 - Mon Nov 9, 8:46 am ET
Roma are refusing to release goalkeeper Doni and defender Juan for Brazil's friendlies against England and Oman.