Tag: Eike Batista

• Tuesday, May 28th 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  Brazil's once richest man fined US$ 134 million for insider trading

  

  Eike Batista, once the richest man in Brazil, has been fined around US$134 million for insider trading, the securities commission said on Monday as the ex-billionaire remains under house arrest pending an appeal against a 30-year jail sentence.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2018 - 09:02 UTC

  Brazilian ex-billionaire sentenced to 30 years in prison for corruption

  

  A Brazilian businessman famous for amassing and then losing a multi-billion-dollar fortune has been convicted of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2017 - 12:07 UTC

  Brazil's ex richest man jailed on return from US; he is linked to the Petrobras scandal

  

  Former Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista on Monday turned himself in to police in Rio de Janeiro on Monday on charges related to the Petrobras corruption scandal. He was detained shortly after arriving from New York.

• Sunday, November 3rd 2013 - 00:03 UTC

  Brazil's golden boy files for bankruptcy; an example of overblown expectations?

  

  Just a few year ago, flashy Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista was bragging that he would soon overpass Carlos Slim as the world's richest man. He even liked to show visitors his Mercedes-Benz McLaren parked right in the living room of his mansion. But his fall has been deep and fast.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 19:29 UTC

  Collapse of a 35bn dollars empire; Brazil’s Eike Batista defaulted on 45 million interest payment

  

  Two days ago, former Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista crossed a line. He started to default on a 45 million dollars interest payments on his oil and gas company, OGX's, bonds. The default will be official on October 30th, according to Bloomberg. That leaves bondholders, like PIMCO, the largest bond fund in the world helmed by legendary investor Bill Gross, taking a massive hit. And what's worse is that there could be more to come, according to the Wall Street Journal.

• Monday, September 23rd 2013 - 20:56 UTC

  Brazil’ Bovespa implementing changes to update its benchmark Ibovespa

  

  Brazil’s main stock exchange Bovespa is implementing changes to its benchmark Ibovespa stock index, the first since 1968, in an effort to correct recent distortions and better reflect the performance of local shares.

• Tuesday, July 3rd 2012 - 19:05 UTC

  China scraps plan to build 5 billion dollars steel plant in Brazil

  

  A major Chinese steelmaker has scrapped a plan to build a five-billion-dollar factory in Brazil due to high costs and a slump in global prices for the metal, state media said Tuesday.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2012 - 21:35 UTC

  High cost and scarcity of electricity threatens Chile’s massive investments in copper industry

  

  The biggest-ever pipeline of copper projects is under threat as Chile, the world's top producer, struggles to contain rising opposition to new power plants.

• Tuesday, June 28th 2011 - 18:08 UTC

  Brazilian boom full of ambition and consumers, but also has a downside

  

  House prices in some parts of Rio are up nearly 80% in the past year,” says Ronaldo Coelho Netto, an estate agent in Rio de Janeiro, looking up at a new development near the city centre.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2011 - 17:58 UTC

  Beware Mr Slim: Brazil’s Batista says he will become the world’s richest person

  

  Brazil’s billionaire Eike Batista said that he expects to become the world's richest person, speaking in an interview at the Milken Institute's annual global conference in California.