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The trader at Brazilan company Porto Ferreira, Carlos de Oliveira, believes that in one year at most the region will be the greatest market for company exports. The factory based in the interior of the state of São Paulo developed an exclusive line of ceramic tiles for the Arab market.

Royal Jordanian, the airline based in Amman, is going to launch the model Embraer 195 in the Middle East. The aircraft, with capacity for up to 100 passenger and average price of US$ 35 million, will start being delivered in the fourth quarter of 2006.

Royal Jordanian, the airline based in Amman, is going to launch the model Embraer 195 in the Middle East. The aircraft, with capacity for up to 100 passenger and average price of US$ 35 million, will start being delivered in the fourth quarter of 2006.

From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian shoes industry opened more than 2,000 new job opportunities in February, according to research made by the General Records Office for Employment and Unemployment (Caged). The information was published in the daily Jornal NH, from the city of Novo Hamburgo, in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande

Agência Brasil Rio – Petrobras, the Brazilian state owned oil company, has announced that its combined daily production of petroleum and natural gas (in equivalent barrels) reached 2.28 million barrels in February, an increase of 12%, compared to February 2005, and an increase of 1%, compared to January 2006 production. In February combined petroleum and natural

From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Since the beginning of 2003, some US$ 43.3 billion in public and private investments have been set for the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais up to the year of 2010, according to announcement made by the local government. This should ensure 700,000 direct and indirect jobs. The Gross

From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilians used credit, debit and shop cards to spend R$ 38.3 billion (approximately US$ 18 billion) in the first two months of 2006. The value is part of study ABECS Monitor of the Card Market. According to the study, in the first months of 2006, there has been an

Agência Brasil* Brasilia – Brazilian exports generated revenues of US$ 2.663 billion last week, against imports equivalent to US$ 1.756 billion, which generated a surplus of US$ 907 million. With this, the trade surplus in March increases to US$ 2.152 billion and in the year the value reaches US$ 7.818 billion, with an increase in

The fruit is called black gold by producers in the city of Igarapé-Miri, in Pará. There, around 280 small farmers live off assai, and they have established a cooperative to process the fruit. It is estimated that the productive chain employs around 4,500 people in the city.

Agência Brasil Brasília – The Secretariat of the National Treasury (SNT) which is housed in the Ministry of Finance and administers the government debt, has announced that it has successfully concluded another emission of new debt (sovereign) bonds which mature in 2037. The amount involved was US$ 500 million with a yield of 6.831% per

From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Multinational company Kennametal, a world leader in the development of solutions in metal milling and present in over 64 countries is inaugurating its first Brazilian factory today, Wednesday (15). The factory is based in the city of Indaiatuba, interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo. *Translated by