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Exclusive: Brazil to cut electricity taxes to boost economy -
16/05/2012
- Reuters / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff plans to cut and simplify taxes for electricity producers and distributors, two senior officials told Reuters, as part of a strategy to reduce Brazil's high business...Read more
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Brazil’s pyrrhic victory in currency war -
10/05/2012
- The Financial Times / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
It seems that Brazil is finally winning its currency war. The Brazilian real on Wednesday touched its weakest point against the dollar since July 2009, hitting R$1.9649 against the greenback in ...Read more
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Understanding the rise of China -
04/05/2012
- TED
Speaking at a TED Salon in London, economist Martin Jacques asks: How do we in the West make sense of China and its phenomenal rise? The author of "When China Rules the World," he examines why the Wes...Read more
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Brazil: cutting at any cost? -
04/05/2012
- The Financial Times / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
Brazil’s President Rousseff made history on Thursday evening when she announced that she was partially dismantling yet another legacy of the country’s former inflation-led economy. The po...Read more
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Brazil Real Weakens To BRL1.90 To US Dollar -
02/05/2012
- The Wall Street Journal / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
Brazil's real weakened past the psychological barrier of BRL1.90 to the U.S. dollar Monday as risk aversion grew worldwide and investors shied away from the Brazilian currency in particular amid fears...Read more
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Guest post: Brazil! Miracle or mirage? -
25/04/2012
- The Financial Times / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
The enthusiasm with which much of the world has viewed the Brazilian economy in recent years seems to have added an exclamation mark to the country’s name. Whenever someone in a foreign country ...Read more
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Has Brazil won the currency war? -
24/04/2012
- The Financial Times / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
Brazil’s finance minister, Guido Mantega, should have been doing a victory dance around the IMF last weekend rather than threatening further capital controls, it seems. According to the market,...Read more
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In search of more high-flyers -
17/04/2012
- The Financial Times / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
An enemy truck rumbling through the countryside does not know what has hit it. A Brazilian Embraer Super Tucano swoops out of the clouds, its target finder zeroes in on the truck, and the two-sea...Read more
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Brazil, Thailand Raw-Sugar Premiums Fall on Ample Supply -
13/04/2012
- Bloomberg / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
The premiums buyers are prepared to pay to obtain raw sugar from top producer Brazil and from Thailand, the world’s second-largest shipper, fell this month on ample supplies, according to Swiss ...Read more
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Brazil eyes move to centre stage -
13/04/2012
- The Financial Times / BIC (The Brazil Industries Coalition)
It is required reading for every aspiring diplomat in Brazil to pick up Samuel Pinheiro Guimarães’ 500 Years of Periphery. In the book, the veteran Brazilian foreign policy expert d...Read more