The latest in Brazil

India urges Europe, U.S. to resolve debt mess

2011-10-19T09:01:37Z

PRETORIA (Reuters) - Leaders from India, Brazil and South Africa urged the world's rich countries on Tuesday to contain their financial crises and prevent the global economy from slipp...

BRICS say ready to help IMF fight global crisis

2011-09-22T13:00:31Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major emerging nations on Thursday said they are considering providing money to the International Monetary Fund or other global financial bodies to increase their firepower for fighting financial crises.

Finance ministers of the so-called BRICS nations -- Record corporate profits suggest that the economy should be booming. But small firms — the main engine for job growth — still have it tough, particularly at the bank.

Record corporate profits suggest that the economy should be booming. But small firms — the main engine for job growth — still have it tough, particularly at the bank.

Politics isn’t the only schism in the ...

Bankers struggling to regain public trust: survey

2011-06-17T10:00:10Z

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bankers are struggling to regain the trust of consumers around the world after the worst financial crisis in generations rocked the global economy, a survey showed on Friday.

Dubbed "fat-cat bankers" by U.S. President Barack Obama, their reputation took...

Globalization and elimination of poverty in a flat world

2010-11-29T15:40:47Z

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Globalization in Brazil

2010-11-29T15:03:43Z

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Follow-Up

2010-11-03T15:44:30Z

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The Rich Get Richer - China - India - Brazil Millionaire Numbers Grow

2010-11-03T00:00:00Z

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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials

2010-10-06T11:00:14Z

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

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The Marietta (Ohio) Times on the special inspector general in Afghanistan:

People who hold inspector general posts...

How a Financial Crisis Morphs Into a Currency War

2010-10-06T06:24:17Z

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Questioning the Emerging Market Story

2010-09-13T10:19:17Z

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Taking Advantage of Growth in Emerging Markets - Luisa Moreno

2010-09-11T19:16:27Z

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How Did State Owned Banks Get Into This Mess?

2010-09-11T17:58:12Z

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BRIC summit could become the global economic and political situation the beginning of the evolution of

2010-09-09T13:14:42Z

The first BRIC summit will be held in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg. This may be the global economic and political situation the beginning of the evolution.
BRIC countries (BRICs) is created by Goldman Sachs economists terms, but once created it swept the globe. This title will be China, Russia, India, Brazil 4 world's most important emerging market economies characterized as a group, the four countries have one-fourth of the world's population, 15% of global GDP. China and Russia are ...

Cummins Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript

2010-11-02T12:09:40Z

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The Vulnerability and Resiliency of Latin American Countries

2010-10-27T08:57:25Z

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Banco Santander Chairman Expects In-Line 2010 Profits

2010-10-27T08:57:12Z

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Euro Debt Situation May Be Fully Priced In

2010-10-27T08:57:01Z

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Hiring Expected to Improve in 23 of 36 Countries

2010-10-27T08:55:24Z

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Brazil's Government-Backed Economic Miracle

2010-10-27T06:39:11Z

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In Recovery, a Bump Here Is a Boom There

2010-10-25T11:32:31Z

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Are You Ready to Rebound?

2010-11-03T08:56:36Z

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Cummins Inc. Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

2010-10-22T13:17:31Z

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Banking Looks Brighter In Latin America

2010-10-22T14:39:37Z

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Latin American Banks Attractive to Investors as Loans and Profitability Grow

2010-10-22T13:09:41Z

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Portuguese and German Translation Workers Discuss Brazilian Economy

2010-10-06T00:03:00Z

As a sign that developing countries have weathered the current recession far better than developing nations, the country of Brazil has earned investment grade status by all three of the major rating agencies including Moody?s, Standard & Poor?s and Fitch Ratings. The new designation means the Brazilian economy is solvent and can repay its debts. With its new rating, Brazil joins both India and Romania who have similar ratings. While the rating is a major achievement for the country, it...

U.S. falls 3rd in bank ranking, after UK, Australia

2010-04-16T09:55:25Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States slipped from first to third place after the U.K. and Australia in a ranking of financial development released by the World Economic Forum on Thursd...

The Mosaic Company F1Q10 (Qtr End 08/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript

2010-10-22T07:28:38Z

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Inflation, Deflation and Commodity Prices: How Emerging Markets Matter

2010-10-22T07:27:32Z

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Brazil Headed Toward Full-Year Growth

2010-10-22T07:46:02Z

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Sep 17, 2009

2010-10-24T09:54:48Z

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Brazil Emerges from Recession: What’s Next for Its ETF?

2010-10-22T07:26:19Z

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Brazil spends less to counter financial crisis: govt

2010-04-16T10:21:25Z

Brazil said Sunday it is spending up to 22 billion dollars in stimulus measures to counter the effects of the financial crisis, significantly less than other big economies.

"By the end of the year we should have spent between 1.0 and 1.5 percent of GDP," Finance Minister Guido Mantega said in an interview published in the Estado de Sao ...

Emerging nations warn 'too early' to see end of recession

2010-04-16T10:29:37Z

Major emerging economies Brazil, Russia, India and China told their G20 counterparts on Friday it was "too early" to speak of an end to the global economic crisis.

"We welcome the first signs that the global economy is beginning to improve and that the worst of the crisis may be behind us," the so-called BRIC gro...

What Brazil’s ETF Has That Others Don’t

2010-10-22T07:23:02Z

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Countries Staying Afloat During the Great Recession

2010-10-22T07:22:50Z

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Washington Luis

2010-10-22T09:14:48Z

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Is This Really a Global Recovery?

2010-10-22T07:20:56Z

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Potash Corp. Of Saskatchewan Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

2010-10-22T07:19:01Z

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OECD countries seen losing 30 million jobs from 2007-2010

2010-09-15T14:47:15Z

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Developed countries will lose about 30 million jobs from the end of 2007 through the end of 2010, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Tuesday, underscoring concerns the global economy has...

Recession Impacting Global Poverty Rates

2010-10-22T07:16:47Z

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Inflation: As Inevitable as Death and Taxes

2010-10-22T07:16:28Z

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Brazil officially in recession

2010-04-16T11:53:44Z

Brazil's economy entered recession as gross domestic product fell 0.8 percent in first quarter, the government announced Tuesday.

The drop followed a 3.6 percent decline in output in the fourth quarter of 2008, which officials said means Brazil's economy now meets the widely accepted definition of recession: two consecutive quarters of economic contraction.

Last month, Industry Min...

Dollar Now, Aussie Soon

2010-10-21T09:59:43Z

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World's consumers heed environmental needs: study

2010-04-16T12:19:59Z

The world's consumers are paying more attention to their impact on the environment, encouraged in part by the economic crisis and the need to save on energy costs, according to a report.

The National Geographic Society and the international polling firm GlobeScan surveyed 17,000 consumers in 17 countries -- up from 14 countries last year ...

Brazil breadbasket teeters with economic meltdown

2010-10-22T10:13:01Z

Brazil's once-booming agribusiness sector grinds to a halt amid economic meltdown

A year ago, Brazil's breadbasket saw what resembled a gold rush as farmers scrambled to increase acreage amid record demand for soy. Today, much of the region is on its knees, victim of a double whammy of a financial crisis and a punishing drought.

Standing in his field of withered soy, Chile Saturday at a conference dominated by the financial crisis and global efforts to tackle it, ahead of a key G20 summit in London next week.

Amid a spiraling worldwide economic meltdown, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and

Brown flies to Brazil to keep G20 summit on track

2010-10-21T10:35:55Z

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Brown flies to Brazil to keep G20 on track

2010-10-21T10:35:54Z

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Crisis hits Brazilian economic growth

2010-04-16T16:08:45Z

Brazil's economy grew strongly for much of last year -- but then had its legs knocked out from underneath it when the global crisis struck, according to official data released Tuesday.

Gross domestic product for all of 2008 expanded 5.1 percent, reaching 2.9 trillion reals (1.25 trillion dollars) and confirming Brazil's position as the biggest economy in Latin America.

But GD...

Petrobras: Opportunity or Trap?

2010-10-21T09:20:06Z

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Break Up the BRICs

2010-10-21T09:20:14Z

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Brazil's Economy Weakens - Not Good for U.S. Trade in Latin America

2010-10-21T09:25:25Z

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Solutions to crisis elude 'disorganized' World Social Forum

2010-04-16T15:04:28Z

The World Social Forum was wrapping up in Brazil on Sunday amid criticism that lack of organization prevented participants from reaching common solutions to the global economic crisis and other issues.

Some of the 100,000 participants in the biggest gathering of leftwing groups on the planet said the diverse areas of focus -- labor, the environment, human rights, indigenous rights, education, religion -- meant energies were dispersed and...

Potash is Bullish On Brazil

2010-10-21T09:18:32Z

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Victims And Saviors?

2010-04-16T15:15:49Z

The global financial crisis was clearly stamped "Made in USA," but the outlook for growth in emerging economies is being rapidly scaled back, proving that globalization is for real. We are all in this together. What started as a US housing market problem has morphed into a worldwide economic slowdown and could be turning into something worse. The crisis is still in the early stages in many developing nations.

Like a summer s...

Study finds people still spending on beauty

2010-04-16T15:22:17Z

That dream holiday may have been shelved by the economic downturn, but consumers worldwide say they will still be spending on some things that count more -- beauty and health-care products.

An international survey by market research firm Synovate showed spending on cosmetics and health care appears resilient in the face of the downturn, which has altered consumer attitudes worldwide.

It found 41 percent of people plan ...

Global Outlook For 2009

2010-10-21T09:48:45Z

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Sears expects 4Q profit above analysts' estimates

2010-10-21T09:48:27Z

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A look at economic developments around the world

2010-09-22T13:02:27Z

A look at economic developments and stock-market activity around the world Tuesday:

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LONDON — Major retailers Next PLC and Debenhams PLC reported falling sales over the crucial Christmas-New Year trading period, but investors were relieved that their drops were not as bad as many had feared. Meanwhile, the Nationwide building society said house prices in

Brazil industrial output falls on slowing economy

2010-08-25T13:41:14Z

Brazil industrial output falls as global crisis slows export demand

Brazilian industrial production fell the most in seven years in November as the global financial crisis sapped credit and demand for exports, the government said Tuesday.

Industrial output fell 6.2 percent over the same month in 2007, the steepest drop since December 2001, deepening the economic crisis' impact on World Economic Forum organizers call the "New Champions"the growing group of emerging market multinationals [EMMs] from China,

EU leaders: World has 100 days to fix system

2010-06-12T11:19:06Z

EU leaders demand reforms to end Wall Street "irresponsibility and excess" in 100 days

European Union leaders backed a 100-day deadline for world's leading economies to decide urgent global finance reforms, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday.

Sarkozy, who chaired a special me...

China: Killer Balance Sheets Striking Terror

2010-10-21T09:10:15Z

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UPDATE 1-Brazil axes a foreign investment tax;currency dives

2010-10-21T09:43:24Z

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Panic-selling returns to world stock markets, Japan stocks drop 7 percent

2010-09-22T13:01:17Z

Panic-selling has returned to global stock markets with the leading Dow Jones industrial index shedding 5.6 percent, as fears of global recession stalked investors.

Japan's Nikkei stock index followed the trend on Thursday tumbling more than seven percent in early trade and hitting the lowest level in more than five years.

The Under Bush administration, US influence in Latin America sinks to lowest point in decades

In a matter of weeks, a Russian naval squadron will arrive in the waters off Latin America for the first time since the Cold War. It is already getting a warm welcome from some in a region where the influence of the United States is in decline.

"The U.S...

From an Age of Exuberance to an Age of Despondency

2010-10-21T09:07:29Z

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Protectionist countries will suffer most from crisis: US official

2010-10-22T13:18:46Z

Protectionist countries will be worst hit by the financial crisis wracking the world, US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez warned Thursday.

Gutierrez, who was on a visit to Brazil to meet business leaders at the American Chamber of Commerce in President George Bush was caught in a much-forwarded video clip last week giving a coruscating analysis of the credit crunch. 'There's no question about it, Wall Street got drunk. It got drunk and now it's got a hangover.' The unfortunate truth is that the hangover has spread thousands of miles beyond America's shor...

The Anatomy Of Financial Calamities

2010-10-16T19:34:04Z

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The Third World Debt Crisis - ?the Fault of the Developing Countries or ?irresponsible Lending? by the Western Financial Banking Institution??

2010-10-06T11:55:25Z

1. Introduction

The debt crisis and loan defaults have been a constant feature of the global economy, the present size of the world debt problem overwhelms the imagination. It is clear that the countries in the Third World are in an inherently disadvantageous position. As primary exporters, they are at the mercy of price and demand fluctuations in international markets. These fluctuations are beyond the sellers? control as they reflect the economic health of client industries i...

Spain Soccer La Liga

2011-01-03T15:31:47Z

Real Madrid's Kaka from Brazil runs with the ball during a Spanish La Liga soccer match against Getafe at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez stadium in Getafe, Spain Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, right, gestures during a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. Rousseff was sworn in as Brazil's first female president Saturday. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during a celebration organized by his supporters honoring him at the city where he started his political career, Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. (AP ...

Brazil Spain

2011-01-02T07:01:15Z

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, right, shakes hands with Spain’s Prince Felipe during a meeting at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. Rousseff, a former rebel who was imprisoned and tortured during the nation's 21-year military dictatorship, was sworn in a...

Kings Nuggets Basketball

2011-01-01T21:00:26Z

Denver Nuggets center Nene, front, from Brazil, spins around Sacramento Kings center Samuel Dalembert (10) during the first half of an