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Chinese companies lead M&A activity in Brazil

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By Valor International Chinese investors in the post-crisis period have become the most active in Brazilian merger and acquisition activity. Between 2009 and October 2012, according to a Credit Suisse survey, they accounted for 17% of those tra cheap cialis online nsactions, totaling $19.3 billion in new deals. The Americans, traditional investors in Brazil, came [...]

Broward County to open tourism office in Brazil

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By Doreen Hemlock, Sun Sentinel With international visitors fueling record arrivals, Broward County is opening its first tourism marketing office in South America’s powerhouse, Brazil. Plans call for hiring a representative company in Sao Paulo buy propecia no prescription by summer to work with the GreaterFort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau. Outreach would include a [...]

Business.view: Brazil nuts

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INTERNATIONAL investors have grown less excited recently about emerging markets. But despite all the talk about the “decoupling” them from America’s economy, it turns out that when America has a cold, the rest of the world still sneezes—even if, thanks to the emergence of new sources of demand outside America, it does not get quite [...]

Growing Brazilian Population in South Florida Encourages Partnership Between Take Care Health Systems & the Consulate General of Brazil

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In recent years, South Florida has become the hub for the Brazilian community. In a partnership between the Consulate General of Brazil and Take Care Health Systems. With an estimated 300,000 Brazilians residing in the state, Brazilians who work and live in South Florida will have access to health care through an agreement between Take [...]

Rio+20: protecting the environment is not enough

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A three-dimensional approach to development is now needed – one that combines social, economic and environmental concerns By: Antonio Patriota Rio+20 is a landmark for the future. As more than 190 countries gather in Rio, we are witnessing a historic moment. The recent global crisis has shown that old-fashioned views about development are misleading. It [...]

Rational anxiety in Brazil

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FOR much of this year, Brazilian shares have been a ticket to riches. In the six months to June, the Sao Paulo stock exchange rose 82% in dollar terms, a return bettered only by Russia’s stockmarket. Then came panic. Fearful that Brazil would succumb to the kind of currency bug afflicting South-East Asia, investors dumped [...]

MONEY AND INTEREST RATES

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Jan 14th 1999 | from the print edition MONEY AND INTEREST RATES  Bond markets rallied sharply on January 13th as investors sought refuge from the stockmarket turmoil following the devaluation of Brazil’s real. Broad money-supply growth in the euro-11 edged down to 4.5% in the year to November. Enlarge   from the print edition | [...]

Latin America’s stockmarkets: High and dry

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FOR brokers on Latin America’s stockmarkets, the news recently has been mixed. Share prices have been rising sharply and the economic outlook has brightened. But there has been increasing concern that local markets, already small and illiquid, may dry up altogether. The trouble is that some of the most actively traded shares are in companies [...]

FINANCIAL MARKETS

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Apr 26th 2001 | from the print edition Buenos Aires plunged on fears of a possible default on foreign debt, leaving the market’s index 22% lower than its January 23rd peak. Shockwaves echoed through other Latin American bourses and dragged the Brazilian real and Chilean peso to historic lows. Bombay further recovered from recent lows; [...]

Brazilian IPOs: New wave for the Novo Mercado

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NATURA, a company that sells cosmetics door-to-door Avon-style, started the fashion. Its initial public offering (IPO) in May 2004 was the first in Brazil in more than two years. Since then, 18 companies have made their debuts on São Paulo’s stockmarket, the Bovespa. Another score are expected to do so by the middle of this [...]

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