Next Tuesday, cultural centre Casa das Rosas will promote the Middle Eastern Poetry Evening. Classical and contemporary poems from the region will be read.
Author: From the Newsroom
The Mirabela complex, in Itagibá, should represent growth of 30% in Brazilian nickel production. With the discovery, the state is becoming the second main producer of the ore in the country.
The call to tender and contract for construction of a high-speed train, connecting São Paulo to Rio, should be open to public inquiry. The proposals presented should be opened in May.
Brazil exported 13.7% less than in the same month of last year. In the year-to-date result ended November 2009, however, foreign sales have grown 6%.
Prize for female entrepreneurs has 10 finalists. The winners will be known in April 2010.
Embraer had its second meeting with Middle Eastern operators of the Legacy 600. The company has around 20 jets of the kind operating in the region.
Repsol YPF plans on investing US$ 15 billion in the country by 2020, in the basins of Santos, Campos and Espírito Santo. The British BG Group, in turn, will allocate US$ 20 billion to the Tupi Field.
In the book ‘In the Arabian Nights,’ released recently in Brazil, the Anglo-Afghan writer Tahir Shah combines stories of his life in the Arab country and characters of local culture.
The Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency will inaugurate its service unit in São Paulo tomorrow. The aim is to heighten the level of information of companies interested in exporting.
There has been a 1.3% increase in throughput last October, as against the same month last year. In passenger transport, the growth was 1.8% in the same comparison, according to ACI.
Complex The Wave, in Muscat, won the International Property Awards in the architecture category. The enterprise includes a resort, housing, hotels, a marina, a golf course, stores and restaurants.
The projection was disclosed as a preview of a report on the world economy. According to the United Nations, Asian countries should be the main drivers of growth.
The president of the Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association, Francisco Turra, stated that shipments should end the year at similar levels to those of 2008.
This Wednesday, in Geneva, a group of developing nations decided to sign an agreement providing for a 20% reduction in foreign trade tariffs on 70% of the products traded among them.
