The investment company from Abu Dhabi will have a 5.63% share in EBX holding, which controls businesses in the areas of energy, logistics, oil and mining, among others.
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Stevita, a sweetener brand made from the stevia plant, started being sold to the Arabs last year. The Brazilian company that makes the product has been investing in exports.
The organisation should promote a dinner to celebrate the National Day of the Arab Community. The event should honour São Paulo mayor Gilberto Kassab and professor Helmi Nasr, of USP.
On the National Day of the Arab Community, March 25th, ANBA discusses the immigrant batch that arrived in Brazil starting in the 1970s. Read the stories of some of these people.
Immigrant couple in Brazil was even foodless at times, but gained notoriety in São Paulo by cooking and selling a typically Brazilian snack: the coxinha.
Palestinian refugees who settled in Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, claim to be adapted to their new life. They celebrate Brazilian generosity and the privilege of eating beans every day.
Brazil had a surplus in trade transactions, but a deficit in the service and revenue accounts. The negative balance, however, was lower than that registered in the same month of 2011.
The growth, however, is low and the figures show weak sector recovery, according to Getulio Vargas Foundation.
The forecast concerns the next three years, according to a survey conducted by the Getulio Vargas Foundation, covering 779 Brazilian companies in January and February 2012.
Last year, 2.7 million Brazilians switched income brackets, leaving the so-called D and E classes to become a part of the C class. Another 230,000 joined the ranks of the (higher income) A and B class
The hygiene and beauty product sector had a turnover of US$ 42 billion last year, according to the sector association. The country may have overtaken Japan as the world’s second main consumer.
Boeing, Airbus and Embraer sign agreement to develop biofuels with costs and performances similar to petroleum’s.
The Fund and the World Bank complimented Brazil on its accounts and performance through the crisis. Still, the two claim lower interest rates would help the country benefit from increased demand.
The figure represents the net inflow of foreign currency in Brazil up until the 16th of March, according to the Central Bank.
