The IOC decided to allow the country to participate in the Olympics after excluding it last week. The organisation and the Iraqi government came to an agreement on an independent national committee.
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A shoe "made of Brazil." This will be the tonic of a foreign campaign for promoting footwear manufactured in the country in the second half this year.
Out of eight currencies surveyed by consultancy firm Economatica, the Brazilian real was the one that appreciated the most against that of the United States.
Shipments totalled US$ 5.4 billion during the period. Imports touched on US$ 4 billion.
The units will be in the cities of Évora and will be used for the production of complex airframe structures for metallic assemblies and composites. Investment should total 148 million euros.
In the first half of the year, 3.2 million people arrived in the country on international flights, growth of 2.67% over the same period in 2007.
The port had a throughput of 13.3 million tonnes in the first quarter of this year, up 10.5% over the same period in 2007. The strong point of the port is trade of agricultural products in bulk.
Multinational Ameron is going to build an industrial unit in the city of Betim, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, to produce epoxy resin pipes.
Foreign purchases of sector products reached US$ 178 million in the first half of the year, according to figures supplied by the Abigraf. Exports grew 1.6%, to US$ 151 million.
The president of the sector association, Marcelo Carvalho, will be responsible for a management course to take place this week in Botswana. The event should include 150 African executives.
Brazilian companies invested 7.4% of their net revenues in fixed assets in the first quarter of this year, according to a study by Serasa. The sector that invested most was services.
This is the estimate of the Food and Agriculture Organisation. There should be increases in the production of maize and wheat.
A group of 12 professionals won several categories at the International Design Excellence Award, in the United States.
Company Mozambique Principle Energy plans to produce 213 million litres of alcohol per year in the African country starting in 2013. Distribution should be to the domestic and foreign markets.
