The federal savings bank will have a bank account to raise funds for humanitarian campaigns of the United Nations. The first will aim to fight the cholera outbreak in Haiti.
Author: From the Newsroom
The third plant of the type in Brazil will have an installed capacity of 1,400 megawatts. The US$ 3.6 billion in credit of are equivalent to 58.6% of total investment.
Inbound international flights reached 7.2 million from January until November. During the same period, arrivals in domestic routes reached 61.2 million.
The country is seeking international companies willing to supply it with skim milk powder, whole milk powder and butter oil. Bids should be submitted by January 10th.
During the month, Brazil produced over 2 million barrels of oil per day and 66 million cubic metres of gas per day. Petrobras accounted for 91.2% of the total.
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.
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.
