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This week's top stories
August
15, 2008
Special Announcments
Green Fuels Summit & Expo - Ambassador Paulo Cordeiro de Andrade Pinto to Attend
Rio Oil and Gas Show & Conference - Canadian Delegates and EDC to Attend
Ontario Aeropspace Mission to Embraer/ELEB Brazil
Country News
Copasa Anticipates Delays in New Concessions
Embraer's Chinese Unit Gets Certified for Components and Equipment
ThyssenKrupp Profit Slips 21%
Brazilian Mining Giant Orders 12 Largest Class Ore Carriers
Ultrapar to Buy Chevrons's Brazil- Fuel Marketing Unit
Cultural Events
2nd Brazil Film Festival of Toronto 08 at Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria College
August 8, 2008
Special Announcment
Canadian Jewellery Show- JCK Toronto 2008
Brazil's International Fair of Marble and Granite
Real Trade Connects Canadian and Brazilian Businesses
Country
News
Electronuclear Finds Angra III Waste Solution, to File For License
Yamana Profit Hit by Forex Loss
Gol Suspends Dividends for Rest of 2008: Shares Fall
Brazil's Lula Prods U.S., China to Restart Trade Talks
Brazil and Paraguay Ready for the Itaipu Energy Price Dispute
August 1, 2008
Country News
Petrobras Studying Fertilizer Project
Rio Tinto Corumba Project Target: 14.1 Million Tons of Iron
Embraer Profit Almost Doubles on Higher Deliveries
Brazil's Cosan Sees Record 2008/09 Ethanol Exports
July 25, 2008
Country
News
Brazil
Increases Interest Rates
Portugal's
Sonae Group Seeks to Expand Business in Brazil
Brazil
Fertilizer Industry Expects Record Sales Year
Loans
Support Job Creation and Global Competitiveness
in Brazil's South
Who
Will Benefit From Drilling in the Santos
Basin Offshore of Brazil?
Cultural
Events
Heat:
A Brazilian Carnival
Themed Party
July 18, 2008
Special Announcment
Vaaldiam Strengthens Its Operational Team
Country
News
Brazil's Vale Raises $11.5- Billion With New Stock Offering
Brazilian Imports from Portuguese-Speaking Countries More Than Double in First
Half
Itaú, Daiwa Securities Team Up- Brazil
Brazil to Cut Environmental Licensing Time in Half
Brazil Confirms Merger and world's Third Largest Bourse
July 11, 2008
Special Announcment
Diplomatic
Appointment in Rio de Janeiro
Country
News
Brazil's
Central Bank Promises Full Action Against Inflation
Quietly,
Brazil Eclipses an Ally
Brazil
Boom Lifts Millions into Middle Class
Petrobras
CEO: 2.8Mb/d by 2015, Not Including Tupi
Cultural
Events
Brazilian
Film Festival of Toronto-Summer Season,
Harbourfront
July 4, 2008
Trade Missions, Seminars and Other Events
BNN
Interview with Brazilian Ambassador Paulo
Cordeiro and BCCC's Almeiri Santos
Brazilian
Ambassador Calls on Canada
and Brazil to See Each Other
as Equals
Country
News
Gerdau
Ameristeel Approves First stages of Florida Expansion-
Brazil
Vale
Announces Global share Offering Worth $US14bn- Brazil
Brazil
Announces Massive Support Plan to Increase Crops
Brazil
Launches Plan to Buy New Jet Fighters
June 27, 2008
Trade Missions, Seminars and Other Events
BCCC
Annual General Meeting
Welcome
Reception for Canada's new
Brazilian Ambassador, Paulo
Cordeiro de Andrade Pinto
Country
News
Fertilizer
Deliveries Up 20% January-May - Brazil
China
and Brazil Create Commission to Develop Mining and
Energy Resources
Coca-Cola
FEMSA Acquires Refrigerantes Minas Gerais (Remil)
for US$ 364.1 Million
Biofuels
in Brazil: Lean, Green and not Mean
Toyota
Plans $1 bln Car
Plant in Brazil-Report
Cultural
Events
Grammy
Award Winner Sergio Mendes to Visit Toronto
June 20, 2008
Special
Announcements
Brazil
to Have Two New Canadian Trade Offices, Announces
Minister Emerson
Country
News
Bahia
State Opens Bidding Process for Exploration, Mining
Leases-Brazil
Brazil
Steel Output Up in May, Record Local Sales
Playing
the Commodities Boom, Brazilian Style
Coffee
Rises on Concern Frost May Curb Brazil
Crop Development
June 13, 2008
Trade Missions, Seminars and Other Events
The
Canadian Chamber of Commerce Hosts International
Trade Day 2008
Country
News
Petrobras
Aims to Become World's 3rd-Largest Refiner
CPFL
Energia to Invest US$175mn in Mini-Hydro Construction
Brazil:
GDP rises 5.8 Percent in the First Quarter
Embraer
Sells Super Tucano to US Defense Service
Company
Brazil
AmBev Shares Jump on InBev Bid for Anheuser
June 6, 2008
Trade Missions, Seminars and Other Events
Breakfast
with José Sergio Gabriello, President and CEO of
Petrobras, New York, NY
Kinross Opens New Office in Belo Horizonte Brazil
Country
News
Steel Industry Discusses Challenges at Rio Gathering
Brazilian Government Announces New Anti-Deforestation Measures
Lula Defends Biofuels and Attacks "Absurd Protectionism"
Braskem to Build Ethanol-Based Resin Plant in Brazil
May 30, 2008
Country
News
Fitch Upgrades Brazil to investment Grade
SulAmerica Signs Distribution deal with Votorantim
Brazil's Answer to Global Hunger
Vale in Negotiations with Chineese Steel Makers to Build factories in China
Farmland Prices in all Regions of Brazil Rise Sharply
May
23, 2008
Country News
Army to Protect the Amazon Promises Brazil's new Minister
Booming Brazil: The New China
Brazil Finds New Oil Near Huge Offshore Field
Competition Bureau Signs Cooperation Arrangement with Competition Agencies in
Brazil
Brazil's Gerdau Says Buys Stakes in Acos Villares
May 16, 2008
Trade Missions, Seminars and Other Events
Expo
SIMEXMIN'2008
Country
News
The Country of the Future Finally Arrives
Brazil Joins Front Rank of New Economic Powers
The Innovation Gap: Technology and Pharmaceuticals in Latin America
IDB Approves US$200 Million for Capital Investments by Brazilian Steel Company
Brazil: Communications Company Trellis Transfers Production to China Kick
May 9, 2008
Special
Announcements
May
7, 2008: Brazil Makes the Grade. An interview to Eric
Bonnor of Brookfield Asset Management and Kenneth Johnson
of Vaaldiam Resources
Country
News
Brazil
Working on Idea of a Sovereign Wealth Fund
Brazil,
India Top List of Sustainable Lifestyles
Energias
do Brasil Posts Profits of 164 Million Reais in First
Quarter
Brazil
Kicks Off Plan for Sustainable Development
in Amazon Region
Compal
to Setup Notebook Plant in Brazil, says
paper
Brazil
Seeing Sweet Profit from Sugar Caner-based
Ethanol
May 2, 2008
Country
News
Brazil's Oi Bids for Rival Brasil Telecom
Brazilian Mining Titan Takes On Global Giants
Japan and S. Korea Interested in Brazil's Bullet Train
World Bank Announces Four-Year, US$ 7 Billion Partnership Strategy with Brazil
U.S., Brazilian Textile Industries Sign Cooperation Agreement
