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France pushes Covid bans to new extremes
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Dozens of French police officers used tear gas to disperse a protest on Wednesday against President Emmanuel Macron's plan...
Brazilians are apprehensive about economy and personal financial condition -survey
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilians are still apprehensive about the economy's direction, and personal financial condition shows a new survey by the Brazilian...
Pandemic control in São Paulo should occur in September – Health Committee
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The big question about Covid-19 is when we will return to the most normal routine possible. In the forecast...
Covid mortality in São Paulo fell 46% in the last four months
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The governor of São Paulo, João Doria (PSDB), announced Wednesday (14) that the mortality rate for covid-19 in the...
Brazilian Real: Dollar drops steadily after Powell’s speech
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Comments prepared to be read by the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, in testimony to the U.S....
Analysis: What to expect from new Brazilian data protection rules for SMEs?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Entrepreneurs are eagerly awaiting the new rules of the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) applicable to small and medium-sized...
Brazil’s insurance startups expedite claims and customize coverage
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Owners of new insurance companies want to make taking out insurance for one's car or cell phone increasingly similar...
Open banking in Brazil: What prompted the Central Bank to postpone the 2nd phase of data exchange
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The request to postpone the second phase of Open Banking came from members of the Convention to identify problems...
ANVISA authorizes trials of another two vaccines against Covid-19 in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian health regulatory agency ANVISA on Wednesday (14) announced that it granted authorization for clinical trials in Brazil...
Brazil’s government maintains GDP growth projections until 2025
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Despite raising this year's economic growth forecast from 3.5% to 5.3%, the Ministry of Economy's Secretariat of Economic Policy...
Will private speech on text messages be censored in the U.S. to prevent “misinformation” about Covid-19?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to a report in POLITICO magazine, "Biden allied groups including the Democratic National Committee are planning to...
Dollar drops against Brazilian real with Fed chair Powell on the radar (July 14)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The dollar was trading down against the real shortly after Wednesday's opening, ahead of Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome...
Some vaccines may require third dose – ANVISA president
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The director-president of Brazil's health regulatory agency ANVISA, Antônio Barra Torres, said he believes that some of the available...
Heads of Brazil’s government branches agreed to meet to discuss relations
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Confirmed by the advisory office of Federal Supreme Court Chief Justice Luiz Fux, the meeting would be attended by...