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By Nathan M. Walters, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In the Portuguese language, X-Tudo (pronounced shees TOO-du) is slang for a cheeseburger with...

Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The One Big One: Was the Rio+20 Conference a success, a failure, or something in between?...

By Stephen Eisenhammer, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s finance minister, Guido Mantega, reiterated his opinion Monday that the appreciating U.S. dollar will...

By Stephen Eisenhammer, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Consumption of gasoline in Brazil continues to reach record heights as the country’s development powers forward,...

By Laura Madden, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After months of speculation, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) CEO Ralph Speth in January confirmed plans...

By Laura Madden, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Vale is the world's largest producer of iron ore, and the second largest mining company...

By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s automobile industry has beaten its own sales record for the fifth year running,...

By Ben Tavener, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President Dilma Rousseff was certainly smiling after her official visit to China in April this...

By Anna Fitzpatrick, Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - French-Japanese car manufacturing company Renault-Nissan announced last week that it will be opening a second manufacturing...

By Ben Tavener, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil is set to import more from China than ever in 2011, with total imports...

By Ben Tavener, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Car manufacturers who start using a minimum proportion of components made in Brazil in their...

By Miles Hunter, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Brasil Offshore event saw over 600 companies from around the world...

By Amy Skalmusky, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Spearheaded by record investment in the petroleum and natural gas industry, Brazil’s job...