Innovative ideas brought a Brazilian and a Jordanian to the final of the Empretec Women in Business Award, granted by Unctad. The winner will be announced in Qatar, in April 2012.
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Country imported 247,000 tonnes of cement from Arab countries up until September. The volume is 12 times larger than in the same period of last year, but represents only 0.5% of national consumption.
The funds will be allocated to new product development and to expanding the market share.
The Brazilian footwear brand took its 2012 spring-summer advertising campaign to 15 different nations, including Saudi Arabia. The items have been adapted for the country.
International Monetary Fund forecasts that the GDP of nations in Sub-Saharan Africa will increase by 5.25% this year, higher than the 4% world average.
Brazilian industrialist confidence dropped again in October, by 1.8 point as against September and 8.2 points as against October 2010, according to a National Confederation of Industries survey.
A seminar on the matter will take place at the Arab Brazilian Chamber next Friday (26). Specialized lawyers will explain contract characteristics in the Arab nations.
The International Monetary Fund believes that the currencies of emerging nations may become international and turn into alternatives to the dollar in global and regional trade.
The country lost six positions in the World Bank’s ranking of ease of doing business. The survey covers 183 countries.
Fund inflow should be all-time high this year, but should reflect the slowing down the market which is already taking place. The country will suffer with the external crisis, although belatedly.
Brazilian foreign sales exceeded US$ 202 billion on Tuesday, an annual record.
According to the Unctad, such was the growth rate of foreign direct investment worldwide from the second half of 2010 to the first half of 2011. A slowdown is expected before the year ends.
Desfiacoco has already been awarded in Germany and exhibited in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Working with ecological material, the company won clients in the United States and Europe.
In September, 209,000 job openings were created in the country, according to the Ministry of Labour. In the same month of 2010, 246,800 jobs were created.
