
Brazil Advances Payroll-Deducted Rent, Bill Heads to Senate
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved payroll-deducted rent, letting tenants pay rent straight from wages, capped at 30% of pay. It...
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Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved payroll-deducted rent, letting tenants pay rent straight from wages, capped at 30% of pay. It...
August 14, 2026
Brazil's Supreme Court set a two-year deadline for Congress to regulate Indigenous land mining, upholding the order on 13 August...
August 14, 2026
Brazil formal jobs hit a record 62.9 million even as a R$105.5 billion budget gap, a Pixbet suspension, and a...
August 14, 2026
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro filed a 2026 presidential run at Brazil's TSE, declaring R$8.1 million in assets, as the court froze...
August 14, 2026
Petrobras' Tupi field passed 4 billion barrels of oil equivalent in August 2026, as Brazil and Mexico's Pemex build a...
August 14, 2026
Brazil put its Saber M200 radar to work against small drones at Exercise Sagitta Primus 2026, a new counter-drone role...
August 14, 2026
BTG Pactual has raised its Méliuz stake to 10.51%, about 10.96 million shares, in the Brazilian cashback and Bitcoin-treasury fintech.
August 14, 2026
Cosan is moving to sell its TUP São Luís port terminal in Maranhão for about R$300 million, another step in...
August 14, 2026
CSN is weighing the sale of a minority stake in its Brazilian ports, railway and trucking platform to cut a...
August 14, 2026