Mortgages fuel Brazilian housing boom BBC News There is music, drinks, food and smart people, but this is not an ordinary party; it is the launch of yet another real estate development in Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city. Continue reading the main story Related stories | Boom allows Brazilians a ...
President's Chosen Successor Widens Lead in Brazil Poll Wall Street Journal By JOHN LYONS | SÃO PAULO, Brazil—Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva moved closer to extending his legacy in October elections after his handpicked successor took a commanding lead in a key weekend poll. | Mr. da Silva's fo...
Chinese railway exports put Japan on defensive Asahi News | BEIJING--China is promoting sales of its high-speed railways to expand economic and trade relations--and its political influence--in a move that threatens Japan's own drive to export infrastructure. | Although Japan's Shinkansen technology remains ...
Biofuel companies help small farmers Business Report | By Brian Ellsworth | Submit your comment | For the past three years, Scariot has sold soy beans at a premium over market prices to a biofuels company under a government programme aimed at supporting small farms and creating jobs in the count...
Gerdau Ameristeel Obtains Final Order For Plan Of Arrangement redOrbit | TAMPA, FL, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (TSX: GNA, NYSE: GNA) and Gerdau S.A. (Bovespa: GGBR, NYSE: GGB, Latibex: XGGB) announced today that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has issued a final order approving ...
Brazil, Petrobras Reach $42.5 Billion Oil Deal Wall Street Journal By JOHN LYONS and JEFF FICK | BRASILIA—Brazil's state-controlled oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA has agreed to pay the federal government $42.5 billion in stock to acquire five billion barrels of deepwater reserves, a controversial price because investors say it is more than the oil is actually worth. | Shares of Petrobras, as the company is...
