Tag: Brazil

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 16:24 UTC

  Brazil wants to ban controversial ad campaign showing super model in knickers

  

  Brazil's ministry for women has called for a TV advertising campaign showing supermodel Gisele Bundchen in just her underwear and high heels to be banned

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 08:18 UTC

  Brazil with the best universities in Latam; Sao Paulo top of the list

  

  Brazil’s Sao Paulo University, USP, ranks as the top higher education institution in Latin America according to a list published by QS, and which includes universities from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Argentina.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 08:08 UTC

  Latam’s largest airline merger project appeals several anti-trust conditions

  

  Chile's LAN Airlines and Brazilian carrier TAM have appealed to Chile's top court some of the conditions imposed on their planned merger as the companies push ahead to create one of the world's biggest airlines.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 20:38 UTC

  Weaker Real expected to bolster Brazil’s meat sector exports

  

  A weaker Brazilian Real should give companies in Brazil's meat sector more flexibility to increase export volumes and could also provide a short-term boost to margins.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 20:29 UTC

  JP Morgan Chase forecast slower growth and lower interest rates in Brazil

  

  JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut its forecast for Brazil’s economic growth and said it expects the central bank to cut interest rates more than it previously expected as global financial turmoil weighs on confidence in Latin America’s biggest economy.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 20:24 UTC

  Brazil and EU call for concerted action to face current international situation

  

  Brazil and the European Union must take concerted action to calm markets fearful of global contagion spreading from Europe's debt crisis, leaders from both sides said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 20:15 UTC

  Brazil-FIFA hold a ‘positive meeting’ but negotiations are ongoing

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff had a “positive meeting” with FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke on Monday to discuss the 2014 World Cup, Brazil's Sports Minister Orlando Silva said Tuesday.

• Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 21:43 UTC

  Overly restrictive fiscal measures unlikely to solve EU crisis, warns Rousseff

  

  Overly restrictive fiscal measures are unlikely to solve the European Union's debt crisis, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Monday in Brussels in the sidelines of the V strategic meeting between the European Union and Brazil.

• Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 08:07 UTC

  Brazil props defence industry by reducing taxes, but demands more exports

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff signed a bill exempting defence companies from taxes for five years. The measure is geared to prop the defence industry and reduce the share of imported equipment for the armed forces.

• Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 07:22 UTC

  Rousseff and Blatter to discuss disputes regarding organization of 2014 World Cup

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff plans to meet the president of soccer's world governing body on Monday to resolve a legal dispute over the 2014 World Cup, the Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported.