On Saturday (4th), Alexandre Padilha will inaugurate a medical centre built in Hebron with funds supplied by Brazil. He should also meet with Palestinian authorities.
Author: From the Newsroom
Profit by the Brazilian branch of the Arab Banking Corporation in the first quarter of this year is 0.8% higher than in the last quarter of 2012 and 5.6% higher than in the first three months of 2012.
Foreign sales fostering project Brazilian Furniture targets nine countries, including the Emirates. Shipments saw a slight decline in quarter one.
The Brazilian food company posted US$ 1.54 billion in export revenues in quarter one. The Middle East is the main target market, with over US$ 499 million in imports.
The country’s export and investment promotion agency was among the winners of the United Nations (UN) award. Organisations from Jamaica and Latvia also won.
The agreement signed by Brazil’s manufacturing company with the US-based airline includes a purchase option for another 40 units, in a deal that may amount to US$ 2.9 billion.
So said United Nations Development Programme delegate Jorge Chediek, following the release of a study on the new Brazilian middle class.
The food will be sent to the United Nations (UN), which cares for Palestinian refugees in the occupied territories and other countries. The announcement was made on Sunday, by governor Tarso Genro, who is in the region.
A study forecasts an increase in passenger flow due to the strategic location of airports in the region. By 2015, Dubai’s terminal should be the world’s busiest.
The international Airport of São Paulo, in the Guarulhos municipality, received 2.872 million passengers in March. Year-to-date through March, throughput was up 5%.
The investment meeting should take place from May 6th to 9th, in Tangiers. The objective is to strengthen economic and trade relations between Morocco and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Governor Tarso Genro has an agenda in Ramallah starting on Friday (26). Forecasted are meetings with PNA president Mahmoud Abbas and the signing of agreements for agricultural cooperation.
The choice of the next director general of the World Trade Organisation will be announced in May. The two candidates were the ones with the greatest support in the last round of negotiations.
The National Consumer Expectation Index dropped 1.9% from March to April. The main concern is inflation and lower future income.
