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Business - Rio de Janeiro

New Businesses in Rio Hit Record High in September

Rio's Commercial Registry, Jucerja, recorded an 11.8% increase from last year with a record 5,956 new businesses in September. Out...

Stellantis Pledges $508M for Rio Plant

Stellantis will invest R$2.5 billion ($508 million) in Rio's Porto Real plant by 2025. The...

Rio de Janeiro climbs six positions in the competitiveness ranking of Brazilian states

Rio de Janeiro has climbed six positions in the competitiveness rankings of states compiled by the CLP (Center for Public Leadership). From 17th place in...

If Rio de Janeiro were a country, it would be the tenth largest oil producer in the world

Rio's experience in providing goods, services, and equipment to the offshore oil industry and the lower carbon footprint of...

Brazil: Christ the Redeemer Museum in Rio de Janeiro...

The more than 90 years of history of one of the most significant cultural heritages in the world and...

Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro loses brains to Santa Catarina and São Paulo; Innovation Week won’t change that

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Innovation is not necessarily linked to great discoveries or...

Brazil: Rio de Janeiro to lose US$7.5 million due to cancellation of cruise season

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will stop receiving at least 25,000 tourists this year due to the cancellation of cruise ship operations on the coasts of the country,...

About a quarter of Brazil’s wealth was concentrated in eight municipalities in 2019, says IBGE

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Despite a reduction in the concentration of wealth, eight municipalities accounted for almost 25% of the Brazilian GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in 2019, according to data released on Friday (17)...

Survey shows pessimistic consumer and optimistic business people in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A survey shows a mismatch in the perception of the economy between consumers and business people in Rio de...

Luxury building to take last non-high-rise space on Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro Leblon beachfront

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The wealthy, bohemian and sophisticated Leblon, a neighborhood in southern Rio de Janeiro, lost its last unoccupied area to a waterfront building. The site was highly disputed by real estate developers...

Brazil’s Alba Saúde and Pastore Medical Center announce merger

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Dot Saúde is the result of the merger between the two competitors in the city of Rio de Janeiro, which will now become Brazil's third largest health care chain. "The popular...

Australian Senator Gerard Rennick: "There has been a lot of misleading advertising in regards to the safe and effective claim….the risks have never been clearly outlined"