Brazil B3 Delistings Surge as 21 Firms Go Private
Brazil B3 delistings are accelerating: Carrefour, Neoenergia, Santos Brasil and Wilson Sons have gone private as high interest rates thin...
August 3, 2026Topic
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French startup Swile turns unicorn and targets Brazil
French human resources startup Swile, which acquired Brazilian company Vee Benefícios, is officially a "unicorn"..
October 13, 2021
After new funding round, NotCo becomes first Chile-based unicorn
The funding also included the participation of venture capital firm DFJ Growth Fund and ZOMA Lab impact fund, as well...
July 28, 2021
Delinquency and poverty: the wounds of a Haiti with no president
Of all the problems afflicting Clena Dival, her president's assassination is the least of them. She sits in a squalid...
July 14, 2021
French retailer Carrefour buys Grupo BIG, third-largest food retailer in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Shares in Carrefour edged higher on Wednesday, March 24th, after the French supermarket retailer and...
March 24, 2021
Itaú Bank Sells Half Its Carrefour Shares Following Beating Death in Store
Since João Alberto Silveira Freitas was killed in the parking lot of a Carrefour store in Porto Alegre, many in...
November 28, 2020
Bolsonaro Calls “Fight for Equality” and “Social Justice” Efforts to Import Racial Tension
In his speech on Saturday, November 21st, during the G20 conference - the group comprising the countries with the world's...
November 22, 2020
Price Discrepancies at Supermarkets in Brazil
The Brazilian Institute for Consumer Defense (IDEC), found differing shelf and checkout prices in five supermarkets in Brazil during a...
March 25, 2014
Carrefour Looks at Walmart in Brazil Merger
French retailer Carrefour is reported to be considering a merger in Brazil with U.S. retail giant Walmart.
July 19, 2011