The company KBW retains a stake in the venture, a sort of oil and gas shopping centre on the North coast of the state. The site will house a naval repair company.
Author: Isaura Daniel
Commodity shipments to the region dropped 6.24% in the accumulated result for the year, but rose 28% in September, fostered by Libyan purchases. Prices have been rising since halfway through the year.
The Brazilian market imported 63% more fertilizer from the region from the start of the year to late September, totalling US$ 1.3 billion. The product came mainly from Morocco, Qatar, Egypt and Tunisia.
Leaders at the organisation met on Wednesday (23) with Foreign Minister Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, in Brasília, and engaged to work together.
The Saudi prince granted a translation award in São Paulo and stressed ties between Brazil and his country. The Brazilian João Baptista Vargens, a professor at UFRJ, was among those awarded.
Shipments from Brazil to the Middle East and North Africa grew in September over the same month last year and totalled 4.3 million tonnes. Sales of ores boosted the figures.
The Brazilian female shoe brand should open a shop in Manama on Saturday (19). It will be run by the company distributor in the country. Plans forecast one more unit in Bahrain and another in Qatar in 2014.
The country had embargoed purchases of the product due to presence of the mad cow disease agent in an animal in the state. The beast, however, did not develop the disease. Liberation was in late September.
The government of Brazil has sent proposals for investment agreements to four countries on the continent. The objective is to provide incentives to Brazilian company projects in Africa.
In a talk at the Arab Chamber, professor Arlene Clemesha, from the University of São Paulo, should speak about the origin of the Arab people, from Islamism to the golden age.
Portal Brazil Expat Living was established two months ago to help in the adaptation of foreigners who are in Brazil on business or on tourism. The idea is to take advantage of the growth of these groups.
Researcher João Baptista Vargens studied Brazil’s former emperor’s book collection on Arab countries, or in Arabic, currently at the National Library, in Rio de Janeiro. His results were published one week ago.
The Brazilian Bar Association has selected five professionals to travel to the country in November, to learn more about the country’s laws and its legal reality.
With backing from the Arab Brazilian Chamber, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East has launched an effort to raise US$ 443,000 worth of donations for aid in the Middle East.

