Minister of Expatriates Joseph Sweed is going to the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. He should meet with immigrants and descendents and visit organisations maintained by the Arab community.
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The thermoplastic division of the Saudi petrochemical company should have a stand at the fair that is taking place this week, in São Paulo.
The estimate for 2009 is part of a survey by company Target Marketing and implies real growth of 1.6% over 2008. Household maintenance spending should account for the lion’s share of the figure.
The information, concerning the month of March, was supplied by the Brazilian Association of Shopping Centres. To the organisation, the sector has been little affected by the crisis.
The evaluation was made by the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Food Supply Company. Brazil should produce a record-breaking cane crop this year and expand sugar and ethanol production.
The result of a partnership between the company and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, the lab will be among the world’s most advanced and has already received investment of US$ 11.9 million.
The information was culled from a Brazilian Supermarket Association research and represents growth of 4.4% over investment made in 2008. Industry revenues last year totalled US$ 72.5 billion.
The figure is part of a research by Bain & Company and is a forecast for the coming four months of the year. In the Middle East, however, sector sales are going to grow 2%.
São Paulo – Brazilian mining company Vale do Rio Doce confirmed today (27th) its association with the Dubai Aluminium Company (Dubal) in project Pará Alumina Company (CAP), an alumina refinery currently under construction in the North region of Brazil. The deal was announced nearly two weeks ago, but, according to Vale, it depended on the
AgroEX should serve to provide information and promote debates about international agricultural product market rules and practices. The meeting is scheduled for April 27th and 28th, in Minas Gerais.
Survey ran by Eurocom Worldwide indicates that half the executives in international technology companies are expecting revenues to increase in 2009.
A profile of contemporary women in photography, painting, video, text and drawing by French artist Titouan Lamazou will be on display at Oca, in São Paulo. Among the 200 chosen, Brazilians and Arabs.
The site was organised in partnership with 32 international institutions and has versions in many languages, including Arabic and Portuguese. The Library of Alexandria supplied technical assistance.
Companies in rede Petro group, from Rio Grande do Sul state, suppliers of energy products, signed an agreement to make possible business prospecting abroad. Many are in the technology area.
