I – Fiscal results The consolidated public sector primary surplus reached R$17.7 billion in January. The Central Government result posted a surplus of R$13.8 billion and […]
THIS was supposed to be a stress-free year for the global economy. By January the financial crisis had faded and Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis seemed less acute. […]
IT WAS supposed to the European summit when the crisis of the euro would finally be resolved with a comprehensive set of responses. The economic-governance reforms […]
A push by Brazil’s government to oust the chief executive of mining giant Vale SA reflects increasing intervention by the country in former state-owned companies, critics […]
O mercado financeiro mantém a expectativa de elevação da inflação em 2011. De acordo com o boletim Focus do Banco Central, feito a partir de pesquisa […]
A presidenta Dilma Rousseff deve viajar hoje (28) à noite para Portugal, onde fica até quarta-feira (30). Ela vai acompanhar o ex-presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da […]
Os benefícios fiscais do “Outono Tributário”, pacote de medidas anunciado na semana passada pelo Estado de São Paulo, não chegam ao varejo e, em consequência, não […]
As opções para que as pessoas físicas e jurídicas consultem seus débitos passíveis de parcelamento e procedam a retificações/inclusões em relação a modalidades de parcelamento, previstas […]
O Palácio do Planalto fechou ontem à noite o texto do decreto presidencial que eleva o IOF (Imposto sobre Operações Financeiras) das compras no exterior com […]
A dívida pública federal apresentou crescimento, em termos nominais, de 2,63%, passando de R$ 1,628 trilhão, em janeiro, para R$ 1,671 trilhão em fevereiro, informou hoje […]
A presidenta Dilma Rousseff disse hoje (24) para os líderes da base aliada que o governo quer fazer a reforma tributária no país, mas tem consciência […]
JBS SA (JBSS3), the world’s largest beef producer, posted a loss in the fourth quarter after it paid a penalty to Brazil’s development bank for extending […]
The Bovespa stock index fluctuated as companies posted lower-than-forecast earnings, offsetting a gain for oil producers. Oil companies OGX Petroleo & Gas Participacoes SA and Petroleo […]
Volkswagen AG (VOW) will boost production and add models in Brazil to challenge Fiat SpA (F) for the leading position in the country’s rapidly growing auto […]
In 2010 there were 71 rounds of contract negotiations involving workers in the steel and auto industries (“metalúrgico”) in Brazil. In 96% of the bargaining, workers […]
Brazil’s government is pushing for management change at Vale in an effort to align the world’s biggest miner of iron ore more closely with national interests, […]