Brazil

A police strike in Rio de Janeiro just a week before Carnival threatened to wreak mass chaos upon Brazil's largest festival celebration. But just one day in, Rio's state government announced that the strike had "failed", with just a small ...  

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies are having unusual price changes in Sao Paulo trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are as of 12:44 p.m. local time. Preferred shares are usually the most-traded class of stock.  

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The Bovespa index sank, sending Brazil’s benchmark measure to its first weekly drop this year, as energy stocks tumbled after Petroleo Brasileiro SA reported profit that missed estimates and MPX Energia SA said it would ...  

São Paulo's dining revolution began just over a decade ago when Brazil's top celebrity chef, Alex Atala, opened D.O.M., which took the radical step of serving haute cuisine that drew from Brazilian, not European, traditions. Rather than ...  

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais, Brazil’s third-largest electricity company by market value, agreed to buy 40 percent of a gas distributor from Petroleo Brasileiro SA. The sale of Gas Brasiliano Distribuidora SA, for which ...  

RIO DE JANEIRO -(MarketWatch)- Brazilian miner Vale SA (VALE, VALE5.BR) has reached an accord with oil producer Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, on the lease of potash reserves to which Petrobras has rights in Sergipe state ...  

Accor opens the 11th hotel of its midscale brand Novotel in Brazil with its historical local partner, Atrio Hotéis, specialized in the development and management of hotels, and with Prisma Engenharia, a real estate company. Both partners invested BRL 30 million to develop this 166-room hotel.  

Brazilian mining giant Vale SA (VALE, VALE5.BR) on Thursday said its board of directors has approved a deal to lease for another 30 years a potash mine in northeastern Brazil, from Brazilian oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR4.BR).  

RIO DE JANEIRO Feb 9 (Reuters) - Brasil Telecom, a unit of Brazilian telecommunications group Oi , said on Thursday it plans to sell 2 billion reais ($1.16 billion) of bonds in the local market to refinance short-term debts and fund its investment plan.  

SAO PAULO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Brazilian miner Vale is moving closer to developing the Carnalita potassium project in northeastern Brazil after agreeing to rent mining assets from state-controlled oil giant Petrobras , according to a securities ...  

Teacher Chico Bicudo [pt] and journalist Lino Bocchini from the blog Desculpe a Nossa Falha [pt] comment on the fact that the newspaper Folha de São Paulo still declares itself as the number one newspaper in Brazil while the country's institute that verifies the circulation of newspapers denies it. Written...  

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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MoneyGram expands cash-to-account service to Brazil with Banco Rendimento. Relationship enables money transfer leader to send funds directly to any bank account in Brazil.  

M. Dias Branco SA Ind Com de Alimentos (M. Dias Branco) is a Brazil-based food processing company engaged in the manufacture, sales and distribution of crackers, cookies and pasta products. In addition, it offers wheat flour and wholegrain wheat, margarine ...  

After the panel discussion concludes, food will be served. A wide array of dishes will be offered — each of which has passed the Brazilian taste test. This includes the vegetarian offerings. A soupy bean mixture with pieces of meat in it ...