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Brazil's real recovered to R$5.15 per dollar by August 25 after touching R$5.22 mid-month. Focus still sees R$5.20 at year-end — a tenth straight week.
The US-Brazil visa dispute, from the ambassador's revoked visa to record cancellations, is a quiet warning for ordinary Brazilian travelers.
Braskem debt restructuring may move out of court, covering more than US$10 billion in debt, as...
Vale copper plans speed up: the miner will bring its Salobo expansion in Para online in...
Taesa closed its R$1.638 billion, about US$303 million, purchase of five Energisa transmission companies, adding regulated,...
A provisional measure signed by Lula directs US$1.36 billion in financing to exporters covered by the Brasil Soberano...
Brazil's CVM board voted 3-0 to require an Oncoclínicas tender offer by Centaurus, a buyout estimated at up...
Oil fell again on 26 August 2026 as Iran-Oman talks raised hopes of reopening the Strait of Hormuz....
São Paulo Daily Brief for Wednesday, August 26, 2026: weather, markets, events, transport and the day's best plan...
Ibovespa: Copom wagers and the mid-month IPCA-15 inflation print set the tone for B3 on Wednesday, with local...
Brazil's Ibovespa rose 1.55% to 174,577 on Tuesday, a fifth straight gain, while the real firmed slightly to...
Federal Police served six warrants in Campo Grande over municipal pension money placed in liquidated Banco Master, part...
Foreign investors put R$1.7 billion (≈US$331 million) into B3 equities on 21 August, reversing heavy outflows, as Squadra...