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Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Retail sales in general fell in 2003. Hypermarket and supermarket sales (which means food and beverages), were down 4.87% in 2003, compared to 2002. Fuel (gasoline, diesel and alcohol) sales dropped 4.29%. According to the statistical bureau (IBGE), which announced the numbers, negative results in retail sales were due to
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Retail sales in general fell in 2003. Hypermarket and supermarket sales (which means food and beverages), were down 4.87% in 2003, compared to 2002. Fuel (gasoline, diesel and alcohol) sales dropped 4.29%. According to the statistical bureau (IBGE), which announced the numbers, negative results in retail sales were due to
Agência Brasil Brasília – The deputy director of the International Monetary Fund for the Western Hemisphere, Charles Collyns, and other officials of the fund are in Brazil for the first revision of the preventive US$14.8 billion agreement signed at the end of last year. Yesterday the mission met with the head of the National Treasury,
Foreign Relations Ministry representative says Brazilian government recognises United States effort in FTAA negotiations, but that Brazilian interests must not be forgotten. He also stated that 80% of the matters discussed in Puebla were solved.
Agência Brasil Brasília – An International Monetary Fund mission, led by Phil Gerson, the head of the Atlantic Division of the Western Hemisphere Department, has arrived in Brasília. They will undertake the first revision of the US$14.8 billion preventive agreement reached at the end of last year. The agreement is scheduled to remain in effect
Pedro Nickel Filho, a trainer from Paraná state, in southern Brazil, sold horse Other Victory to a breeder in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and stated that the Arabs are "starting to see that Brazil exists" when the subject is thoroughbreds. According to him, the animal has won five of the eight races it has participated in.
Pedro Nickel Filho, a trainer from Paraná state, in southern Brazil, sold horse Other Victory to a breeder in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and stated that the Arabs are "starting to see that Brazil exists" when the subject is thoroughbreds. According to him, the animal has won five of the eight races it has participated in.
Agência Brasil Brasília – A survey by the National Transportation Confederation (CNT) on the reforms the country needs, has found that Brazilians consider a labor reform the most important. Two thousand people were interviewed. Forty-six percent said changes should be made in labor relations and contracts. In second place was land reform, followed by political,
Agência Brasil Brasília – A survey by the National Transportation Confederation (CNT) on the reforms the country needs, has found that Brazilians consider a labor reform the most important. Two thousand people were interviewed. Forty-six percent said changes should be made in labor relations and contracts. In second place was land reform, followed by political,
