State-owned bank registered net gains of R$ 1.9 billion (US$ 535 million) in Q2 and of R$ 3.5 billion (US$ 986 million) in H1, 2.8% more than in the first six months of 2014.

Thaís Fernandes Araújo created her company of special gifts ten years ago, when she was only 15, and already exported to three countries, among them the United Arab Emirates. She plans to increase exports.