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During a visit to Lebanon this week, the president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (CCAB), Paulo Atallah, discussed this proposal with the government and with local businessmen. The creation of a direct flight between São Paulo and Beirut was also discussed.
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Canadian officials met with the president of Eletrobrás, Luiz Pinguelli Rosa, for talks on the quest for sustainable energy sources for the XXI century and the problem of greenhouse gas emissions. Eletrobrás, the Brazilian state-run energy sector holding company, has a Zero Greenhouse Gas Emission program which will now be
Agência Brasil Brasília – The managing director of the World Bank, Mamphele Ramphele, who is visiting Brazil, met with president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday to discuss a joint effort that will go beyond financial resources in promoting economic growth. "Investments are fundamental," said Ramphele, but he explained that the World Bank and Brazil
Agência Brasil Brasília – On Thursday (18) and Friday (19), Brazilian and Ukranian government and company representatives met in Brasília to discuss a project of cooperation in the energy field. The idea is to create a private company, with capital from public and private sources, to produce gas-driven turbines for thermoelectric generating plants. The value
From the Newsroom São Paulo – The Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Ministry should publish, today, a new list of products subject to previous inspection before export. From this list, 638 products that used to be controlled by the Federal Police Department (DPF) or by the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) have been eliminated. The
Agência Brasil Betim (Minas Gerais) – On Friday, during a visit to a Fiat factory in Betim, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that although Brazilian interest rates remain high, they are the lowest in ten years. He added that for interest rates to fall, the country has to have domestic and foreign credibility.
