The amount was disbursed from January to November 2010 and is 31% higher than in the same period of last year. Petrobras’ fundraising operation was a contributing factor.
Author: From the Newsroom
One week before the end of the year, Brazilian foreign trade revenues have reached US$ 198 billion. Imports amounted to US$ 179 billion as of last week.
Marathon runners Abderrahime Bouramdane and Mohamed El Hashimi, from Morocco, will be in the city of São Paulo next Friday to run the São Silvestre race.
The 72 companies of the Organics Brazil Project sold US$ 108.2 million abroad in 2010, mainly in food products. The shipments were to 70 countries.
The president of the Andean nation, Evo Morales, made the announcement on Wednesday. This is the third South American government to take such a decision, after Brazil and Argentina.
Economatica consultancy company analysed the behaviour of seven Latin American currencies and the Euro over the last eight years. The Brazilian currency had appreciation of 108% in the period.
At the Medica fair, in Germany, in November, Brazilian companies received orders from importers in several countries, among them Saudi Arabia and Algeria.
The hospital should take its services to the interior of São Paulo. The new institutions will cover 58,000 square metres of built area and should have 150 beds.
The organisation’s report informs that, although recovering, the maritime transport sector has not yet returned to levels prior to the crisis. Transport of goods dropped 4.5% in 2009.
For the seventh year running, magnate Alwaleed Bin Talal tops the ranking of richest Arabs published by ArabianBusiness.com. Of the 50 main Arab fortunes, 32 are Saudi.
The Middle East accounted for US$ 4.3 billion, or 4.5% of the total. There is a perspective of growth for the whole of 2010.
The discovery was made offshore, 140 kilometres away from state capital Vitória. The Brazilian company owns the concession to the well alongside the Norwegian Statoil.
The embassy of Brazil to Beirut is going to promote a party at Ajami Square, on Sunday, at Beirut souk. The event should have Brazilian music and dance.
‘Na Senda das Noites,’ by Christiane Damien, will be released on Thursday (16th), in São Paulo. Evening will include a lecture by Mamede Mustafa Jarouche, translator of the Thousand and One Nights.
