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Os ministros das Finanças e governadores de bancos centrais do G-20 comemoraram os sinais de uma reativação econômica “mais rápida do que o previsto”, ao mesmo […]

Brazil central bank President Henrique Meirelles said the nation’s policy makers are already in a “tightening mood” as they work to keep inflation within their target […]

Hours before he would become Japan’s latest prime minister, Naoto Kan received a memo from his predecessor, Yukio Hatoyama, that offered some advice that Hatoyama himself […]

 Brasileiros com renda de R$ 3 mil a R$ 10 mil mensais trabalham até domingo (6) apenas para pagar tributos, segundo dados do IBPT (Instituto Brasileiro de Planejamento […]

 In a special report for the United Nations on Extra Judicial Executions, Philip Alston, says that Brazil must intensify a crackdown on violence as part of […]

O Supremo Tribunal Federal tem nas mãos um embróglio que pode forçá-lo a decidir se existe ou não o crime de terrorismo na legislação penal brasileira. […]

A proteção ao meio ambiente deve ser igualada às relações de consumo. Esse é o entendimento do Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ), que, ao julgar recursos […]

Finance ministers and central bank governors from the world’s leading economies are seeking to show common resolve to foster the global recovery. Concern is mounting that […]

O ministro Gilmar Mendes, do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), é o relator da Reclamação (Rcl) 10164, ajuizada por três servidoras da Prefeitura do município de Presidente […]

O ministro Celso de Mello, ao negar pedido feito pela União no Recurso Extraordinário (RE) 594350, salientou o entendimento de que é indiscutível a decisão que […]

A carga tributária repassada ao consumidor na conta de luz alcançou 45,08% em 2008. É o que revela a quarta edição de estudo elaborado em parceria […]

O ministro Dias Toffoli, do Supremo Tribunal Federal, designou a Justiça Federal como competente para julgar um processo no qual se apura falsificação de documento público: […]

O governo deve esperar até o fim do prazo legal para dar o parecer sobre duas propostas aprovadas pelo Congresso Nacional e que têm provocado grande […]

Yukio Hatoyama, Japan’s prime minister, on Wednesday announced he would step down together with ruling Democratic party heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa, bowing to pressure from colleagues fearful […]

Among the 24 counts of fraud, conspiracy, bribery and racketeering that could land Blagojevich a long prison sentence are charges he dangled President Barack Obama’s vacant […]

The U.S. Justice Department opened criminal and civil investigations into the BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the worst in U.S. history. “We […]

The Brazilian government won an important victory with regard to generic drugs at the World Health Organization recently where a resolution was passed that will separate […]

Brazil has canceled the sale of its longest fixed-rate local bonds three times in the past month after Europe’s debt crisis eroded demand for less-traded assets. […]

The U.S. government asked a federal judge to reject Transocean Ltd.’s bid to use a 159-year-old law to cap its liability at $27 million for environmental […]

Brazil’s government doesn’t need to sell bonds denominated in dollars “at any cost” because it has already met 80 percent of its external financing needs for […]