MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 29th 2011
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Friday, July 29th 2011 - 06:40 UTC
World Cup set to boost Brazil’s GDP by 1.5%, estimates the country’s main bank
The three-year build-up to the 2014 soccer World Cup is set to boost Brazil’s economy by 1.5% of GDP, according to Ilan Goldfajn, chief economist of the Itau Unibanco Holding, Latin America’s largest bank by market value.
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Friday, July 29th 2011 - 06:32 UTC
Claims China is ‘circumventing’, via US, to avoid Brazil anti-dumping tariffs
Brazilian newspaper Estado de Sao Paulo revealed documents from Chinese company Sun Falcon International Inc. offering triangulation scheme through Los Angeles port, the busiest container port in the US, to avoid Brazilian anti-dumping tariffs.
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Friday, July 29th 2011 - 06:27 UTC
Brazil has not been ‘soft’ on Argentina and on imports from China
Brazilian officials brushed aside claims from exporters that the country has been ‘soft’ on Argentina and on imports from Asia, mainly China, arguing that trade figures indicate something different and “you can’t have it both ways, liberal and protectionist”.
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Friday, July 29th 2011 - 06:25 UTC
Rio’s Maracana stadium will host the 2014 World Cup final
Rio de Janeiro's famous Maracaná stadium will host the final of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke indicated Thursday, pending formal ratification of the decision at FIFA executive committee meeting in October.
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Friday, July 29th 2011 - 06:22 UTC
President Cristina Fernandez “disregards and looks down on the rural sector”
A respected reference in Argentine politics, Senator Carlos Reutemann came out strongly this week in support of farmers saying that the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, (CFK), “disregards and looks down on the rural sector”.
