Author: Agência Brasil
Agência Brasil Brasília – China has accepted an evaluation of Brazilian genetically- modified (GM) soybeans by the National Biosecurity Technical Commission (CTNBio) which states that they do not pose any biological threat. With acceptance of the CTNBio document by the Chinese government, Brazilian exporters can use it as a sanitary certificate and freely ship soybeans
Agência Brasil Brasília – The number of merger and takeover operations increased 50% in 2003, compared with 2002. According to the ranking prepared by the National Association of Investment Banks (Anbid), 42 operations occurred last year, as against 28 the year before. The financial, steel, and information technology/telecommunications sectors accounted for 75% of the total
Agência Brasil São Paulo – Minister of Tourism, Walfrido Mares Guia, reports that the sector will get an injection of US$165.6 million (R$483 million) this year in the form of regular ministry budgetary funding, plus congressional amendments to the budget. Mares Guia declared that with the establishment of a Ministry of Tourism in January 2003
