British company BP has acquired the Devon Energy rights to explore areas in Campos Basin. The agreement, which also includes other areas for international exploration, cost US$ 7 billion.
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Brazil should be theme of talk at Med Log, a conference in the logistics area to take place in Tangier, in April. The country was chosen as the focus of the meeting is food exports.
Production in the country should rise by 190,000 barrels a day this year, the largest growth among the countries that are not part of the OPEC. The forecast is by the organisation itself.
Ahead of Arab food restaurants in São Paulo, entrepreneurs show, on International Women’s Day, that they are successful due to talent and to the care with which they work.
The institution has had a new director for two months. Ahmad Serieh, born in Damascus, graduated in History and worked with archaeological excavations some years before coming to Brazil.
According to the IBGE, production rose 16% in January, as against the same month in 2009, and 1.1% over December, boosted by growth in foreign sales and in the domestic market.
Investment in construction in Brazil totalled US$ 328 billion in 2009, according to figures disclosed by ITCnet, a research company. Most of the funds – US$ 162 billion – went to industrial works.
Artisans from Rio Grande do Sul make accessories and costume jewellery out of fish leather, fishing nets and rubber residues. They are part of the Mar de Dentro Handicraft Project and Canoa Group.
This is the evaluation of Finance Minister Guido Mantega, who believes capital markets will have the greatest volume of business in the world in 2010. He warned, however, about exchange fluctuation.
The airline from Bahrain bets on regional aviation, a sector for which the Brazilian aircraft maker’s jets were developed. The aircraft to be used are the Embraer 170, for 67 passengers.
Sales totalled 221,000 units of new vehicles in February. Production also grew 23.9% over the same month in 2009, totalling 253,200 vehicles.
The Portal Brasil e-government site brings together around 500 services and has areas in English and Spanish, turned to foreigners.
The result was influenced by an outflow of dollars in exchange operations, according to the Central Bank of Brazil. In the year, the country accumulates a surplus of US$ 676 million.
Responsible for 6% of production of honey in Paraná, the city of Ortigueira plans to sell to the Emirates. In the city, an association named Apomel brings together beekeepers and exports.
