Brazil can’t let pass the opportunity afforded by the global financial crisis to lower interest rates, President Dilma Rousseff said today in her strongest call yet […]
Brazil plans to maintain a tax on foreigners’ purchases of fixed income assets that was introduced to try to curb currency gains, Treasury Secretary Arno Augustin […]
When Rhode Island became the 13th state to allow in-state tuition for illegal immigrants at public colleges, supporters heralded the move as one that would give […]
A new plan to curb global warming risks becoming a battleground between rich and poor nations and could struggle to get off the ground as negotiators […]
The Rio de Janeiro deep ocean oil discoveries of 2007 have been Brazil’s one giant leap forward. Between 1959 and 1969, the U.S. government’s budget for […]
O ministro do Trabalho, Carlos Lupi, acredita que o Brasil alcançará o pleno emprego ao longo de 2012. Para ele, a condição, caracterizada quando a taxa […]
A presidenta Dilma Rousseff assinou na tarde de hoje (29) medida provisória (MP) que isenta empresas fabricantes de equipamentos de defesa do pagamento de tributos. De […]
O Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) decidiu hoje (29), por maioria de 7 a 1, abrir ação penal envolvendo o deputado federal Paulo Maluf (PP-SP) e mais […]
O relator da Medida Provisória 540/11, deputado Renato Molling (PP-RS), está negociando com o governo a redução das alíquotas e a ampliação do prazo de vigência […]
O Plenário aprovou nesta quinta-feira (29) cinco projetos de decreto legislativo (PDCs) que confirmam acordos internacionais firmados recentemente pelo Brasil. Os projetos, que seguem para análise […]
Brazil’s central bank lowered its projection for economic growth this year to 3.5% due to the worsening global economic outlook — less than half of growth […]
O relator da reforma política, deputado Henrique Fontana (PT-RS), apresentou uma série de mudanças em seu anteprojeto de reforma, cuja versão inicial foi divulgada em agosto. […]
Brazil’s national development bank, BNDES, could withdraw support for Foxconn’s efforts to start iPad production in the country, reports say. Contrary to earlier reports Foxconn has […]
Yesterday, a majority of the members of the National Judiciary Council (“Conselho Nacional de Justiça – CNJ”) signed a document refuting declarations by the CNJ Inspector […]
Mergers and acquisitions activity in Brazil shows no signs of a slowdown resulting from current economic crises in other countries. A recent study by PwC Brazil […]
Brazilian stocks finished lower Wednesday, giving back earlier gains to track overall declines in global equity markets, reflecting investor anxiety over the prospects for resolving Europe’s […]
Tom Brady’s wife, the world’s most famous model, Gisele Bundchen, is a familiar figure in Brazilian magazines, newspapers and on TV where she can be seen […]