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Richard Mann

Richard Mann is a German native and has worked as a freelance journalist for many years. He travels all over Brazil and is mainly interested in business, art, and culture and also likes to write articles about spiritual topics and unusual events.

Brazil’s Government Eliminates 27,500 Positions, Forbids New Hires at Universities

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The extinct posts include activities regarded as obsolete - for instance typist, telephone operator, and linotypist - but also...

‘Brazil is our favorite story,’ Says Bank of America Executive

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Although the country will not be the one to grow the most, it will be one of the few...

Brazil’s Vivara Aims to Open 50 Stores in 2020 after Recent Capital Share Offer

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Vivara jewelry chain (VIVA3) has been in the spotlight since going public in early October. The operation injected...

Small Caps: Small-sized Companies’ Shares Perform Better on the Stock Market

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Small-cap funds were the most profitable type of equity investment fund in the 12-month period ended in November 2019:...

Bolsonaro Administration Is Disapproved by 53 Percent of Population – IBOPE Poll

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The IBOPE (Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics) released a survey on Friday, commissioned by the National Confederation...

Trump Commits to Not Imposing Surcharge on Brazilian Steel, Says Bolsonaro

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro announced yesterday, December 20th, during a Facebook live broadcast, that the US government will no longer...

Federal State-owned Companies’ Profits through September Grow 70 Percent

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The five leading federal state-owned companies that rely on their own revenues - Petrobras, Eletrobras, Banco do Brasil ("Bank...

Tourism in Brazil Creates Approximately 25,000 New Formal Jobs in 12 Months

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Tourism in Brazil generated a net 24,902 formal jobs in the 12 months ending in October of this year,...

Marcelo Odebrecht Dismissed by Order of His Father

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ruy Sampaio, president of Odebrecht, dismissed Marcelo Odebrecht from the company for just cause, following a directive of the...

Marcelo Odebrecht Accuses Father of Driving the Company to Judicial Reorganization

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In recent days, entrepreneur Marcelo Odebrecht, 51, has been forwarding emails to family members and Odebrecht directors with complaints...

Formal Job Creation in November Reaches Highest Level Since 2010

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Benefiting from trade and services, the creation of jobs with a signed worker's registry reached its eighth consecutive month...

With Sale of Marfrig Shares, BNDES Starts to Wean “National Champions”

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The policy of strengthening large private Brazilian companies by means of public financing through the National Bank for Economic...

Germany Needs Foreigners to Fill 1.4 Million Job Vacancies; Brazil in Pilot Project

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A poster on the Berlin tram #12 on Sunday encouraged passengers to work as drivers. This is the picture...

Why, Despite Sluggish Economy, Does Brazil’s Stock Exchange Keep Hitting Records?

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian stock market has been breaking successive positive records. The last one was on Monday, December 16th, when...

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