USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 24: a three-week run of gains ends, thirty-year borrowing is at its costliest...
August 24, 2026Section
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Economic and Business News in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Europe Intelligence Brief
Europe Intelligence Brief for August 24: record bond sales, German long borrowing at its costliest since 2011 and French since...
August 24, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief — Monday, August 24, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief for August 24: Samsung promised a record payout of up to 110 trillion won and its shares...
August 24, 2026
Brazil’s Braskem Files For Extrajudicial Recovery On US$10.9 Billion Debt
Brazilian petrochemical giant Braskem files for extrajudicial recovery to restructure US$10.9 billion in financial debt. No asset sales are planned...
August 24, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA and Canada Intelligence Brief, 23 August: Canada walked out of the talks, a 50% tariff took effect at midnight,...
August 23, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief
Europe Intelligence Brief, 23 August: six capitals draft a windfall tax on oil profits, Merz booed at a fire site,...
August 23, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia Intelligence Brief, 23 August: Japan's first execution under Takaichi, the Cool Japan Fund dropped from the budget, the post...
August 23, 2026
Ghana Booked US$1.91 Billion of Investment. Only US$88 Million Was New
Ghana foreign direct investment hit US$2.62 billion in 2025, but 95.4% of the balance-of-payments inflow was reinvested earnings from firms...
August 22, 2026
Kenya Says Dangote Has Offered It a Tenth of the Lamu Refinery
A Dangote Lamu refinery stake of 10%, worth about US$500 million, has been offered to Kenya, with 30% on the...
August 22, 2026