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European governments are running into initial resistance as they seek to use this week’s Group of 20 summit to turn early praise for their revamped crisis- […]

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)’s purchases of Treasury securities in Brazil, where benchmark yields averaged almost 12 percent this month, helped push the bank’s holdings in […]

BUSINESS could scarcely be better for the supermajors, as the world’s biggest listed international oil companies are known. A barrel of Brent crude has changed hands […]

FOR much of the last century inflation was as prominent a feature of Brazilian life as football. It was finally tamed, first by the Real Plan […]

Criticism of capitalism has increased in recent months. Protest movements, such as “Occupy Wall Street,” are outraged at the excesses of bankers who, according to the […]

China is likely to lose its demographic dividend in the next five to six years, but the country can make up for it by restructuring its […]

A Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Econômico (OCDE) reconhece os progressos do Brasil nos esforços contra a má conduta no setor público, mas garante que […]

Apesar do juro nominal alto, as grandes empresas brasileiras com risco de crédito “AA” e “A” pagam as menores taxas de spread dentre os países do […]

Quem caiu na malha fina do IR (Imposto de Renda) neste ano tem até domingo para corrigir as informações na declaração e receber a grana da […]

Brazilian wholesale, construction and consumer prices rose at the slowest annual pace in 15 months as the economy slowed and food prices slipped, reinforcing the view […]

Brazil’s government could help euro zone nations mired in a debt crisis but would likely limit its aid to a bilateral agreement with the International Monetary […]

Grupo Oi , Brazil’s biggest phone company, may move up investments due to tax breaks for the expansion of its networks, Chief Financial Officer Alex Zornig […]

The downfall of minister of Sports, Orland Silva, and investigations of his predecessor, Agnelo Queiroz, now the governor of the Federal District, stem from questionable relations, […]

Government attorneys in the state of Ceará (“Ministério Público Federal no Ceará – MPF-CE”) have filed a lawsuit (“ação civil público”) calling for the annulment of […]

Aldo Rebelo vai se reunir com dirigentes da entidade em 8 de novembro. Na pauta, a venda de bebidas alcoólicas e a meia-entrada estudantil durante a […]

Em votação simbólica nesta quarta-feira (26), por unanimidade, o Plenário do Senado aprovou o Projeto de Lei da Câmara (PLC) 88/2011, que cria a Comissão Nacional […]

The international community is faced with multiple serious challenges, which makes the US sanctions and embargo against Cuba “all the more unreasonable”, Wang Min, Chinese deputy […]

“IT’S a normal transition”, says Ginni Rometty. Indeed, her promotion to be chief executive of IBM, announced on October 25th, was both planned and smoothly executed—two […]

O Senado aprovou nesta quarta-feira, 26, por unanimidade, a redução da contribuição previdenciária do empregado e do empregador doméstico, que passarão a pagar, cada um, alíquota […]

ROK leader hails Beijing’s efforts as vice-premier kicks off visit SEOUL / BEIJING – Lee Myung-bak, the president of the Republic of Korea (ROK), called on […]