Revenues from exports to the top two Arab buyers of Brazilian shoes increased in January from January 2015, industry association Abicalçados reported.
Such is the deficit Brazilian financial institutions believe the federal government will have posted by the end of 2016. The January forecast had been for a USD 17 billion deficit.
The state-owned company that manages railways in the country is floating a tender for diesel locomotives purchased in the late 1970s.
The company produced 333.4 million tons of iron ore last year, up 14.2 million tons from the preceding year.
Brazilian Central Bank index shows that in 2015 the economy slowed down to its poorest performance since 2003. The result is considered as a preliminary GDP result.
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.
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.
A Moroccan and an Iraqi will perform at the International Language and Culture Festival on the 27th and 28th this month. The event’s first Brazilian edition will feature participants from 16 countries.
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.
Salem Nasser, a professor at Fundação Getúlio Vargas, will administer the course ‘A trip to the Middle East in 5 stations’ from March 14 to May 02 in São Paulo, about political and historical aspects of the region.
Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency said importation slid 74.5% in January 2016 from January 2015.
