The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development forecasts modest recovery in developed countries and sluggish economies in emerging ones. Brazil should see 4% recession.
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The event ‘Women for Success’ opened this Thursday (18) and will run until next Monday (22). The agenda includes leadership, balancing career and personal life and entrepreneurship.
The Beirut-based Brazilian journalist Lú Braga’s blog will feature ‘Papo de cozinha,’ a show featuring international recipes, Brazilian-style, including a space for advertisements.
Standard & Poor’s believes political and economic challenges persist, and that the country will take longer than previously expected to adjust its economy.
The UN mission chief in the Arab country says humanitarian needs exceed the government’s ability to cater to its population.
Brazil’s Development Ministry and National Federation of Industry have entered into a cooperation deal to work in tandem to attract productive investments into the country.
Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency said importation slid 74.5% in January 2016 from January 2015.
The money is needed to address the needs of as many as 10.6 million malnourished people and 7.4 million with no access to freshwater due to ongoing clashes. The UN’s undersecretary-general calls for peace talks.
Motorcycle sales from Brazil to foreign countries increased year-on-year in January, to 3,336 vehicles shipped abroad.
In a concerted effort with Russia and Venezuela, the two Arab countries have pledged to keep production at January levels to prevent prices from diving further. The goal, however, is not to drive prices up.
José Humberto de Brito Cruz, the new Brazilian ambassador in the Arab country, believes an agreement could give a boost to financial relations. He is set to take office on the 18th.
The country lifted its ban on beef from Brazil in November of last year, but it will only start buying once manufacturing units have been accredited anew.
Brazil’s exports outweighed imports in the second week of February, in the second weekly surplus of the month. Since January, the country is running a USD 2.2 billion surplus.
Banking institutions are expecting prices to go up 7.61% this year in Brazil, according to a Brazilian Central Bank poll. The estimate has been changed upward for the seventh straight time.

