The statement was made Friday by the Chief of Staff, Dilma Roussef, in São Paulo. In an interview to foreign correspondents, she also claimed that Brazil is going to be a ‘power of the 21st century.’
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The exhibition, SemiáridoShow, should go from October 5th to 8th, in the city of Petrolina, in Pernambuco state. Products, services and technologies for agriculture in the semi-arid should be shown.
Brasília – The Central Bank of Brazil has maintained its projection of foreign direct investment (FDI) at US$ 25 billion this year, but is expecting a larger inflow of funds into the country’s manufacturing industry in 2010 (US$ 38 billion). According to figures supplied by the Central Bank, investment in the industry totalled US$ 15.878
The event will be held on October 8th and is mainly geared at small and medium businesses, either affiliated with the organisation or not.
The figure is the result of US$ 3.496 billion in exports and US$ 2.94 billion in imports.
The company provides credit recovery and financial information services in Brazil and abroad. It operates through the TCM network, which has agents in 155 countries, including nine Arab nations.
From 2007 to 2008, the number of people aged over 40 in the country has risen 4.5%. The population above 60 years old has also grown, and accounts for 11% of the total.
The Unctad says sovereign funds of the Middle East should expand their participation in the global foreign direct investment flow this year. There are new opportunities for international acquisitions.
Company Alcoa, as part of the Awac joint venture, began operating a bauxite mine in the state this week. The ore will be turned to alumina production in the state of Maranhão.
Brasília – In the month of August in Brazil, 242,126 job positions were created, as a result of 1,457,455 people taken on and 1,215,329 dismissals. It was the best result this year, as informed today (16th) by the Ministry of Labour, upon disclosing the General Records Office for Employment and Unemployment (Caged). The number of
Brasília – The sum of dollar inflow and outflow in Brazil, also known as the flow of exchange, was negative by US$ 1.768 billion, in September, up until the 11th. The figure is lower than the one recorded in the same period of last year, which was US$ 4.179 billion. The information was disclosed today
Importers from Lebanon and the Emirates participate, from today to Friday, in exhibit ‘Alto Verão Carioca’, in truth a circuit of showrooms and ateliers of 40 brands in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilian shoe brands attended GDS, a trade fair for the industry that ended this week in Germany. They made contacts and closed deals with importers from several countries, including Arab ones.
The discovery was made in Santos Basin, 290 kilometres off the coast at a depth of approximately 5,150 meters.

