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Fri, 9 May 2008 14:37:00 GMT

Fitch: Brazilian Toll Road Industry Growth to Continue

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Fri, 9 May 2008 14:37:00 GMT

For David Neeleman, life after JetBlue leads to Brazil

NEW YORK - When David Neeleman stepped down as CEO of JetBlue Airways a year ago, he swore he'd never start another airline. 'Shows you how compelling ... this Brazil idea really is,' the JetBlue founder said of his latest venture, an airline of course
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:35:00 GMT

Brazil, India have 'greenest' consumers

WASHINGTON: Inhabitants of Brazil and India have the world's most environmentally-sustainable lifestyle and Americans have the least, according to a new study tracking global attitudes towards consumption and the environment. The survey by the National
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:31:00 GMT

Brazil President Says Brazil Wants To Join OPEC

Brazil wants to join the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and work towards lower crude oil prices, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tells Spiegel magazine in an advance copy of this weekend's edition. In November 2007, state-run
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:29:00 GMT

Telecom Italian 1Q earnings down 35 percent; domestic revenue down and Brazilian losses

MILAN, Italy-Telecom Italia SpA said Friday first-quarter net profit fell 35 percent from a year earlier, as domestic fixed-line revenue remained under pressure and losses widened in its Brazilian mobile business. Italy's largest telecommunication
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:16:00 GMT

u-blox Appoints SmartCore as Brazilian Representative

Contact: SmartCore Business Intelligence Ricardo Adulis, Founder Phone: +55-11-8127-4959 E-Mail: vendas@smartcore.com.br Ricardo Nunes, Founder phone: +55-11-8202-3376 E-Mail: vendas@smartcore.com.br u-blox Nikolaos
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:11:00 GMT

Finland's Wartsila Corporation wins order for turnkey power plant in Brazil

Finnish power plants and ship power solutions supplier Wartsila Corporation (OMX Helsinki:WRTAV) said on Friday (9 May) that it has received an order for a turnkey power plant, valued at EUR80m, to be delivered to Brazil. The customer is Maracanau
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Brazilian bank protects retail e-banking users with VASCO's VACMAN Controller and Digipass GO3

VASCO Data Security International, Inc. has announced that leading Brazilian bank Banco Itau will protect the users of its retail e-banking application with VASCO's VACMAN Controller and Digipass GO3.Banco Itau, one of Brazil's largest privately owned
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:53:00 GMT

u-blox Appoints SmartCore as Brazilian Representative

THALWIL, Switzerland, May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- u-blox, the leading Swiss provider of GPS receiver technology, has appointed SmartCore Business Intelligence as its Brazilian representative. The move aims at offering customers better sales and design-in
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:48:00 GMT

u-blox Appoints SmartCore as Brazilian Representative

THALWIL, Switzerland, May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- u-blox, the leading Swiss provider of GPS receiver technology, has appointed SmartCore Business Intelligence as its Brazilian representative. The move aims at offering customers better sales and design-in
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:44:00 GMT

Unibanco Announces Consolidated Financial Results for 1Q08

SAO PAULO, Brazil, May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Unibanco (BOVESPA: UBBR11) announces consolidated financial results for 1Q08. Unibanco's net income reached R$741 million in 1Q08, up 27.5% when compared to 1Q07. In the same period, operating income was
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:14:00 GMT

PETROBRAS TO START BUILDING CACIMBAS-CATU GAS LINE

Petrobras to start building Cacimbas-Catu gas line May-09-2008 Eric Watkins Senior Correspondent LOS ANGELES, May 9 -- Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) will start construction May 9 of the 954-km Cacimbas-Catu natural gas pipeline, which will
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:05:00 GMT

Brazil wants to join OPEC, become major oil exporter: Lula

London (Platts)--9May2008 Brazil plans to become a major oil exporter and wants to join OPEC, the country's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told German magazine Der Spiegel published online Friday. Lula said Brazil wanted to start oil
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:04:00 GMT

Telecom Italia 1Q Net Profit -35% On Weak Wireline, Brazil Loss

MILAN -(Dow Jones)- (TI) said Friday first-quarter net profit fell 35% from a year earlier, as domestic fixed-line revenue remained under pressure and losses widened in its Brazilian mobile business. Italy's largest telecommunication operator said net
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:02:00 GMT

Finland's Wartsila Corporation wins order for turnkey power plant in Brazil

Finnish power plants and ship power solutions supplier Wartsila Corporation (OMX Helsinki:WRTAV) said on Friday (9 May) that it has received an order for a turnkey power plant, valued at EUR80m, to be delivered to Brazil. The customer is Maracanau
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Bullish on Brazil

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Fri, 9 May 2008 12:56:00 GMT

Finland's Wartsila Corporation wins order for turnkey power plant in Brazil

Finnish power plants and ship power solutions supplier Wartsila Corporation (OMX Helsinki:WRTAV) said on Friday (9 May) that it has received an order for a turnkey power plant, valued at EUR80m, to be delivered to Brazil. The customer is Maracanau
Fri, 9 May 2008 12:30:00 GMT

Correction: Brazil-Boat Sinks story

In stories May 4-May 8 about a ferry sinking in Brazil, The Associated Press erroneously described the Solimoes River as a tributary of the Amazon River. It is a branch of the Amazon itself.
Fri, 9 May 2008 12:15:00 GMT

SHV MAKRO Brazil 2007 sales

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Fri, 9 May 2008 12:08:00 GMT

Acquitted Brazilian rancher says he admired US nun

A rancher acquitted of ordering the killing of American nun Dorothy Stang professed admiration for the dead activist and said a key prosecution witness changed his testimony after finding God. Vitalmiro Moura was acquitted Tuesday in retrial after being
Fri, 9 May 2008 12:05:00 GMT

InBev Q1 disappoints as Brazilian beer sales fall

BRUSSELS -- Belgian brewer InBev, the world's second-largest by volume, reported lower than expected first-quarter earnings on Thursday as Brazilian beer sales fell and commodity costs rose, but forecast a better second half. InBev shares, under pressure
Fri, 9 May 2008 11:44:00 GMT

Petrobras to start building Cacimbas-Catu gas line

Eric WatkinsSenior Correspondent LOS ANGELES, May 9 -- Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) will start construction May 9 of the 954-km Cacimbas-Catu natural gas pipeline, which will form the main part of the 1,387 km, three-section Gasene
Fri, 9 May 2008 11:36:00 GMT

Brazilian beef sector set to consolidate

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Fri, 9 May 2008 11:31:00 GMT

Increase in Brazilian orange crop forecast

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Fri, 9 May 2008 11:31:00 GMT

Brazil prepares retrial of 2 men in killing of American nun who defended rain forest

Locality: Paris - ex Source: International Herald Tribune Link: http://www.iht.com Two men convicted in the 2005 killing of American nun and rain forest defender Dorothy Stang face retrials Monday. Para state court spokeswoman Gloria Lima said Rayfran
Fri, 9 May 2008 11:09:00 GMT

Brazil aims to provide efficiently produced ethanol, but has few takers

Locality: Source: TradingMarkets.com The ethanol giants of southeastern Brazil have transformed how 185 million residents of this South American nation power their cars and trucks. Now, they say they're ready to start the same ethanol revolution in the
Fri, 9 May 2008 11:09:00 GMT

Brazil's government moves toward monitoring those who visit the Amazon

Locality: Source: The Plain Dealer Larry Habegger The Brazilian government intends to send its Congress a bill within months that will require all foreign visitors to the Brazilian Amazon to obtain a permit to be there or face a whopping fine of 100,000
Fri, 9 May 2008 11:08:00 GMT

Brazil retries 2 in nun slaying

Locality: New York - ex Source: Associated Press Link: http://www.ap.org Two men are being retried in Brazil in the killing of an Ohio nun three years ago. Dayton native Dorothy Stang was a defender of the Amazon rain forest and was shot to death along
Fri, 9 May 2008 11:08:00 GMT

Acquittal in Nun's Killing Provokes Outcry in Brazil

Locality: !sem cidade - AC Source: New York Times Link: http://www.nytimes.com/ Human rights advocates and the Brazilian government on Wednesday sharply criticized the acquittal of a man accused of being behind the murder of an American Roman Catholic
Fri, 9 May 2008 11:03:00 GMT

Lula flags up Carioca date

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Fri, 9 May 2008 10:59:00 GMT