São Paulo – The merger of food manufacturing companies Perdigão and Sadia, concluded last evening (18th), will be announced today (19th), in the city of São Paulo, by the chairmen of the new company’s Board of Managers, Nildemar Secches and Luiz Fernando Furlan. To the technical advisor at the Brazilian Consumer Protection Institute (Idec), Marcos
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Sector mergers and acquisitions grew 52% last year. Transactions involving iron ore were the main contributing factor. Worldwide, the business volume has decreased, according to a survey by PwC.
Brasília – The trade balance surplus (exports minus imports) in the second week of May 2009 was US$ 505 million. In the period, exports totalled US$ 3.026 billion and imports, US$ 2.521 billion. This information was disclosed by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. In the accumulated result for the month, with ten
The Arab country purchased US$ 3.7 million in Brazilian cement in the first quarter of the year. The total is equivalent to 10.7% of all Mauritania imported from Brazil.
The food company ended the period as the 5th largest exporting company in Brazil, and earned the 5th position in the ranking of the world’s 200 companies with the best reputation.
Adalberto Netto works for the government of Saudi Arabia in the implementation of an industrial cluster program using knowledge acquired while working for Petrobras and at the Sebrae.
International departures from Brazil grew last month over April last year. TAM leads the market, with 86% participation.
Fashion brand Squadro sells its items to six stores in the Emirates through a showroom in France. The brand director, Renata Campos, believes that there are good growth perspectives in the region.
The balance is US$ 1.1 billion in Brazil in the first eight days of May, according to the Central Bank.
The demand for financing grew in April over March this year, according to a study by Serasa. In the North and Southeast of Brazil, the growth was the greatest.
Caxias do Sul University should promote, starting on May 29th, a seminar to show the market potential of the seven regions of the Emirates. Michel Alaby, of the Arab Brazilian Chamber, should speak.
Sales from Brazil to the MENA region generated US$ 716 million in April. In the accumulated result for the year, the total has reached US$ 2.55 billion, growth of 7% over the same period in 2008.
The company had earnings of 5.8 billion reals in the first quarter, a reduction of 20% over the same period in 2008. The retraction in domestic demand also affected the result.
The number of executives who believe that the recovery of the world economy has already begun has doubled. The increase in volume of optimists was identified in March.
