Thaisa Storchi Bergmann and Rajaâ Cherkaroui El Moursli won the For Women in Science award in their regions. They will attend the ceremony next week in Paris.
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Regional female entrepreneur associations are sponsoring an event in Egypt from April 14th to 17th. The meeting is backed by the League of Arab States and the FAO.
Brazilian economic growth in 2011 has been raised from 2.7% to 3.9%. The new calculation incorporates changes suggested by multilateral institutions.
A poll from Fundação Getulio Vargas shows 27% of industrialists plan on increasing investments. They are, however, outnumbered by those with a negative outlook.
The United States currency was up 2.4%, for the sixth straight day. One of the reasons was uncertainty surrounding the Brazilian economy.
In the first week of the month, the balance results stood negative in US$ 50 million. Imports and exports are still dropping in comparison to 2014.
In 2014, the country reached the 16th position in a United Nations ranking and is the highest placed African country. Tanger-Med Port helped improve the country’s rating.
Journalists Paula Quental and Joel Santos Guimarães are set to begin publishing this Friday on their new solidarity economy-oriented blog Solidare.
In February, 200,000 units were manufactured, 28.9% less than in the same month of last year. Exports, however, increased 9.2%.
The rate of foreign goods sold on the Brazilian market was 22% last year. In industry, the share of imported inputs was 24%.
Index that measures the prices of primary products with international rates increased 4.97% last month, after dropping 5.14% in January.
United States dollar outflows from Brazil exceeded inflows by US$ 1.4 billion in the month, mostly as a consequence of financial operations.
Auto sales posted the worst February since 2008, according to the National Federation of Distribution of Motor Vehicles.
In January, Brazil produced 96.6 million cubic meters per day, a historical achievement. Oil extraction stood at 2.469 million daily barrels.
