TACNA, Peru (AP) -- Second-half goals from Casemiro, Willian and Neymar lifted Brazil to a 3-1 victory over Colombia on Thursday, leaving Brazil unbeaten from two Group B matches in South American Under-20 World Cup qualifying.
Brazil will create a nationwide disaster-prevention and early-warning system following recent floods and landslides that killed more than 750 people in mountain towns north of Rio de Janeiro, government officials said today.The...
Brazil will create a nationwide disaster-prevention and early-warning system following recent floods and landslides that killed more than 750 people in mountain towns north of Rio de Janeiro, government officials said Thursday.
Brazilian companies will probably raise more than 55.6 billion reais ($33 billion) through initial public offerings this year, a record for the nation, led by the consumer, oil and gas, and infrastructure industries, said Edemir Pinto, head of the Sao Paulo securities exchange.
Brazil will create a nationwide disaster-prevention and early-warning system following recent floods and landslides that killed nearly 750 people in mountain towns north of Rio de Janeiro, a government official said Thursday.
The Brazilian central bank's decision this week to hike interest rates to 11.25% was driven by growing inflation fears, but could well end up worsening foreign exchange flows, analysts said Thursday.
SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- Brazilian farmers don't have the same access to seed technology as their U.S. counterparts, but the gap is narrowing with the use of genetically modified varieties more widespread than ever.
International investors are building bullish bets on Brazil's real at the fastest pace in four months as the central bank begins raising benchmark rates after a six- month pause.
( FT ) -- Brazil's central bank raised interest rates by 50 basis points and signalled further tightening in the weeks to come as Latin America's biggest economy seeks to rein in a worrying surge in inflation.
Brazil's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate last night for the first time since July, and signaled it will also rely on measures to curb the growth of credit to fight the fastest inflation in two years.
Brazil's central bank raised its key interest rate half a percentage point to 11.25 percent late Wednesday, amid fears that inflation was getting out of hand.
Brazil's central bank has hiked a key interest rate in an effort to halt inflation. The bank's monetary policy committee says that it hiked the Selic rate to 11.25 percent from 10.75 percent.
At least 207 people are still missing after Brazil's worst landslides in decades, authorities said on Wednesday, as the death toll from the disaster in a scenic mountain region rose steadily to 727.
Brazil has raised interest rates sharply, following China, India and host of countries across the emerging world in acting to curb inflation and counter the flood of dollar liquidity from the US.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Brazil's decision to postpone an early deal for a multibillion-dollar purchase of fighter jets for its air force reopens the Latin American country's market to competitors who were up against France's Rafale as the leading favorite.
Brazil's central bank raised its benchmark overnight rate by a half-point to 11.25 percent, starting a series of increases that may push borrowing costs up to a three-year high by the end of 2011.
NEW YORK (Karvy Global) -- Brazil's TAM and Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes are two airline stocks to watch. Shareholders in TAM may benefit from the company's merger with another Latin America airline, while Gol could rise from a favorable industry outlook and strong fundamentals. Brazilian domestic air traffic soared 18.6% to 6.98 billion passenger kilometers (4.33 billion miles) during ...
The World Bank has said it will lend Brazil $485 million for rebuilding and disaster prevention efforts following devastating mudslides that killed more than 700 people.
The head of Brazil's Supreme Court has said that convicted fugitive Cesare Battisti may be extradited if he is found to be in the country illegally, in a reversal from the Lula government's position.
Brazil, which saw imports from China surge 61 percent last year, may ask the World Trade Organization to look into what action can be taken against countries that weaken their currencies, a Finance Ministry official said.
The death toll from catastrophic mudslides in Brazil last week rose Thursday to 702 as more bodies were recovered from the devastated mountainous Serrana region near Rio de Janeiro.
RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Brazil's uranium enrichment capacity will be expanded to an industrial scale this year to meet the needs of the country's current nuclear power program, state-owned nuclear development company Industrias Nucleares do Brasil, or INB, said Tuesday.
Brazil may ask the World Trade Organization to look into what action can be taken against countries that keep their currencies undervalued to boost exports, a finance ministry official said.
RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Brazil's government will accelerate development of nuclear energy under the administration of new President Dilma Rousseff, the head of the state-owned Eletronuclear SA utility said at a conference Tuesday.
Brazil's army Monday sent 700 soldiers to help desperate neighborhoods that have been cut off from food, water or help in recovering bodies since mudslides killed at least 655 people.
Rebuilding from floods and mudslides in Brazil that killed 647 people will cost at least 2 billion reais ($1.2 billion), according to estimates by the three hardest-hit areas in Rio de Janeiro state.
Brazil - Brazilian army helicopters stepped up rescue and supply operations Monday in areas hit by floods and landslides that have killed at least 655 people, reaching residents who had been cut off from help for five days.
