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
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Speaking at the Catholic University (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro yesterday, minister of Science and Technology, Eduardo Campos, called for a National System of Science, Technology and Innovation which will allow development at the regional level. According to the minister, the idea is to reduce regional disparities, making it possible
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Canadian officials met with the president of Eletrobrás, Luiz Pinguelli Rosa, for talks on the quest for sustainable energy sources for the XXI century and the problem of greenhouse gas emissions. Eletrobrás, the Brazilian state-run energy sector holding company, has a Zero Greenhouse Gas Emission program which will now be
Agência Brasil Brasília – Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, arrived in Beijing on Sunday and has already begun working out the details of agreements that president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will sign during his official visit in May. Among those agreements are a Mercosur-China free trade agreement and one on cooperation in mining
Agência Brasil Brasília – The managing director of the World Bank, Mamphele Ramphele, who is visiting Brazil, met with president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday to discuss a joint effort that will go beyond financial resources in promoting economic growth. "Investments are fundamental," said Ramphele, but he explained that the World Bank and Brazil
Agência Brasil Brasília – On Thursday (18) and Friday (19), Brazilian and Ukranian government and company representatives met in Brasília to discuss a project of cooperation in the energy field. The idea is to create a private company, with capital from public and private sources, to produce gas-driven turbines for thermoelectric generating plants. The value
