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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent about an hour with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Minister of Foreign Affairs Celso Amorim, and Cabinet Chief […]

UBS AG and Ernst & Young LLP won a Luxembourg court ruling potentially nullifying hundreds of claims by investors who lost money in funds tied to […]

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil’s state-controlled oil producer, may raise as much as $40 billion in the world’s biggest share sale ever, a government bank and Petrobras […]

It is not just in the desire to become a truly global player that Eletrobrás wants to follow in the footsteps of Petrobras: as the state-owned […]

Brazilian iron ore giant Vale (NYSE: VALE) posted net income of US$5.35bn for 2009, compared to US$13.2bn the previous year. Revenues came in at US$23.9bn, down […]

O fato de o contribuinte ter aderido a programa de parcelamento de débitos junto à Secretaria da Receita Federal, à Procuradoria-Geral da Fazenda Nacional ou ao […]

Resolução aprovada hoje (2) pelo Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE) introduziu o voto em trânsito no pleito de 2010, restringindo, no entanto, às eleições presidenciais. Quem não […]

Deve ser editado mesmo um novo programa de renegociação das dívidas dos contribuintes do Estado, cujo estoque hoje (factível de cobrança) é de cerca de R$ […]

O Plenário aprovou, nesta terça-feira, o substitutivoEspécie de emenda que altera a proposta em seu conjunto, substancial ou formalmente. Recebe esse nome porque substitui o projeto. […]

O Plenário concluiu, nesta terça-feira, a votação do substitutivoEspécie de emenda que altera a proposta em seu conjunto, substancial ou formalmente. Recebe esse nome porque substitui […]

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On Monday, Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, gave a press conference with President Cristina Kirchner of Argentina. The president had just invoked the “decolonisation […]

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Tuesday his country was fighting for survival against bankruptcy and urged civil servants and pensioners to accept sacrifices to […]

In her campaign for the presidency, Hilary Rodham Clinton barely uttered the word Brazil. But as secretary of state, Mrs. Clinton has recognized Brazil as the […]

The government’s chief federal attorney (advogado-geral da União) Luis Inacio Adams, declared that in Brazil corruption is endemic and a permanent problem. “It is up to […]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faces an uphill battle as she tries to win support from a skeptical Brazil for new United Nations sanctions […]

Yesterday the Federal District Legislative Assembly (CLDF) sent the Supreme Court a 37-page brief outlining its position against federal intervention. The document, signed by the acting […]

Brazilian construction firm Camargo Corrêa will issue 3bn reais (US$1.7bn) in promissory notes for a three-year debt program, news service Agência Estado reported. Part of the […]

Only 15% of the projects under the 40bn-real (US$22.5bn) sanitation component of Brazil’s growth acceleration plan PAC have been completed, national water and sewerage concessionaires’ association […]

Petroleo Brasileiro SA’s plan to issue new shares to pay for the rights to oil deposits off Brazil’s coast was approved today in the nation’s lower […]