Author: Silvia Lindsey
Nelsinho Piquet won the two races of the first phase of the A1 Grand Prix, which took place yesterday in Brands Hatch, in England. In second place came the Australian driver Will Power and in third the Mexican Salvador Duran.
According to a research made by the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service, the participation of non-traditional destinations in the shipments by micro sized companies went from 8% in 1998, to 12.4% in 2004. In the case of the small sized companies, the percentage increased from 7.5% to 11.2% in the same period. Of the 681 Brazilian companies that started exporting last year, 345 were small sized.
Last year 7,443 small sized companies sold to the external market against 7,098 in 2003.
The project E-Blocks, by the company Positivo Informática, won the World Summit Award (WSA) in the category e-Learning. This places the pedagogical system, developed to teach English to children between 5 and 10 years old, amongst the 40 best multimedia works in the world. The prize giving will take place during the World Summit for the Information Society, in November in Tunisia.
Isaura Daniel* São Paulo – The São Judas University, in São Paulo, will hold, as of tomorrow (20) a fair on foreign trade with the theme "Brazil and the Arab World". Starting today (19) at the university will also be held a seminar under the same theme, exclusively for the pupils. The fair is directed
Isaura Daniel* São Paulo – The São Judas University, in São Paulo, will hold, as of tomorrow (20) a fair on foreign trade with the theme "Brazil and the Arab World". Starting today (19) at the university will also be held a seminar under the same theme, exclusively for the pupils. The fair is directed
The Brazil-Arab News Agency signed, last week, an agreement for contents reproduction with the Syrian Arab News Agency, official agency from Syria. This is the fifth agreement ANBA holds with news agencies in the Arab countries. The partnership should ease the flow of information on business opportunities for the two countries.
The Brazil-Arab News Agency signed, last week, an agreement for contents reproduction with the Syrian Arab News Agency, official agency from Syria. This is the fifth agreement ANBA holds with news agencies in the Arab countries. The partnership should ease the flow of information on business opportunities for the two countries.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Petrobras, the Brazilian oil giant increased its average oil and natural gas production by 9.3% in August in relation to the same month in 2004. When compared to July, however, the production decreased by 2.4%. The company produced 2.2 million barrels of oil per day in Brazil and abroad.
Businessmen who participated at the fair in Dubai, which ended yesterday (15), in the United Arab Emirates, return to Brazil satisfied with the contacts made. One of the participating companies, the shoes manufacturer Sandálias Giovanna, sold 700 pairs of shoes to the Arabs. The stylist Leonardo Chiasso, who held fashion shows during the fair, sold 60 dresses during the event.
