Featuring 169 exhibitors, the business salon at Fashion Rio, held January 10th to 13th, recorded a 16% increase in sales compared with last year.
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In the fourth quarter alone, 92 aircraft were delivered. The firm order backlog ended the year at US$ 15.6 billion.
The destination management company, which is part of the Dubai-based Emirates Group, announced that it has appointed the Brazil Experts Bureau as its representative in South America.
The country received US$ 30 billion in foreign direct investment last year, growth of 16% over 2009, and led the flow into the region for the fourth year running.
In the second week of the month, exports from Brazil reached US$ 3.883 billion and imports totalled US$ 3.387 billion.
Elias Hallab Cauerk left Lebanon to open the first Arab restaurant in Rio de Janeiro in 1901. The talent for cooking runs in the family and remains with his grandchildren, who own specialized places.
The Brazilian minister of Finance presented estimates for the country’s economic growth over the coming four years, the period of president Dilma Rousseff’s term in office.
This is the forecast for the average growth of the economies of the Middle East and North Africa in 2011. Next year, the estimate is for 4.4%, according to the Global Economic Prospects report.
A World Bank survey concluded that global economic growth this year should be slow but more solid than in 2010. Developing countries should grow by 6%.
With the preparation for the World Cup and the Brazilian Olympics, the tendency is for business travels to grow. The forecast by Abracorp is for growth of 15% to 20% this year.
The figure was 9% higher in 2010 than in the previous year. Exports totalled US$ 1.4 billion, and imports reached US$ 4.9 billion.
The hotel in Anguilla, a British territory, should be inaugurated in three years.
A farm from Minas Gerais exports 150 tons of atemoya to Canada and Portugal. The company expects 50% in growth in 2011.
In the first week of the month, the flow of foreign exchange recorded a US$ 477 million surplus, whereas the flow of finance reached US$ 3.623 billion.
