Bovespa Has Worst Semester Since 2008
The Bovespa, Brazil's stock market, suffered a 22 percent loss in the first six months of this year, its worst...
July 2, 2013Topic
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Batista’s Billions Bounce Back After Crash
Shares in Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista’s oil and gas company (OGX) dropped forty percent last week, knocking $3.8 billion off...
July 3, 2012
Rio’s Superporto do Açu Draws Controversy
Construction on Superporto do Açu, located 250 miles north of Rio, underway since 2007 and reported to be a US$1.6...
January 24, 2012
Superporto do Açu in Northern Rio State
By Amy Skalmusky, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Discussing the Superporto do Açu, is an exercise in...
December 21, 2010