The number of orchards in the Alto Uruguai grain-producing region, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, is on the rise. Fruit production is proving viable for local small properties.
The Federation of Industries of the State of Pernambuco has established an Oil, Gas, Offshore and Naval division. The aim is to prepare companies for supplying goods and services in the field.
The Institute of Arab Culture is going to present for the methodology for conducting studies and research on the immigration process, focusing mainly on the Arabs.
Brazilian designer Milena Hamaní creates the threads that she uses in her collections using yarn made from PET bottles. She has just closed her first foreign sales deals.
A partnership between the Export Promotion Agency and the Architecture Firms Association aims to export US$ 3.5 million in services. One of the first actions will occur in October, in the Emirates.
Iraqi minister of Industry Fawzi Hariri, who visited Santa Catarina, said that the popular housing project should take seven years. The government should also build 4,000 schools and 28 hospitals.
The restaurants owned by Fakher Shames, in Tripoli offer typical dishes and also Brazilian food, as a result of the influence of almost 14 years during which the Libyan businessman lived in Brazil.
Publishing house Martins Fontes launched book "Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales" in Brazil. The work retrieves tales told among populations in African countries, among them Morocco.
Lingerie manufactured in São Paulo by company MyLady will soon be also worn by Arab women. The company has already shipped samples to a Dubai-based distributor.
There are opportunities available in construction of ports, railways, highways, sanitation, water supply, and real estate development
Company Titan Aviation, from the United Arab Emirates, received a Legacy 600 model for private use this week. This is the second jet of the same model delivered to the company.
Working on two large projects in Tripoli, the Brazilian construction company believes that the market’s potential will be sustained, and intends to remain in the country for ‘years and years to come.’
Odebrecht employs people of 31 different nationalities among its thousands of employees in Libya. In order to please Turks and Colombians, it even brings cooks from their countries of origin.
Article ‘A new age in the farmland,’ by journalists Isaura Daniel and Geovana Pagel, won the Internet category. This is the third consecutive year that the agency is granted the journalism award.

