Construction of the railway connecting São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro will no longer be auctioned this week. The tender auction will be pushed back at least a year, said the Brazilian minister of Transports.
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The Global Islamic Economy Summit, held in partnership with Thomson Reuters, will take place on November 25 and 26. The event will focus on financial services, halal market and small businesses.
The Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil has increased its forecast for this year to US$ 120 billion, 11% more than in 2012.
So says the monthly report of the International Energy Agency. The organization has revised its 2014 demand estimate down by 100,000 barrels per day (bpd), to 92 million bpd.
Index calculated by the FAO shows a decline in the costs of soy, other grains, poultry and sugar. The organization claims weaker demand and increased output have relieved pressure on the commodities’ prices.
The minister stated that in June this year, the performance was worse than in other months. The revolution in neighbouring Syria is one of the main causes for the negative result.
United Nations agency creates a picture gallery of the Muslim celebrations in São Paulo.
Formula Santander offers student grants at the New York University Abu Dhabi. Registration will remain open until September 22. There are 100 slots available to Brazilians, in 19 different countries.
A norm of the Ministry of Agriculture, signed this Tuesday (6th), allows cheese makers from Minas Gerais to sell outside the state.
Brazil’s vehicle manufacturers association has revised up its foreign sales projection for 2013 after a 25% hike in exports from January through July. In the prior forecast, a decline was expected.
First-half results also show increase in revenues and net income for the Brazilian bus manufacturing company.
Revenues from foreign sales of the product stood at US$ 197 million in July, an increase from July 2012, but level with June figures.
This was the increase in volume, according to the Brazilian Poultry Union. Revenues obtained with foreign sales rose 20%, to US$ 680.5 million, in comparison with the same period in 2012.
The representative of distributor Aal Mir will be in Brazil next week. He is going to participate in business roundtables in the city of São Paulo and in the Sweet Brasil fair, in Ceará state.
