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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Brazil Sun.com http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/24437442923341f1/ en-us Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:56:21 -0400 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:56:21 -0400 30 Some 2,000 penguins have been found dead since Sunday in the southern Brazilian states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, victims of an oil spill from an unidentified ship, Brazilian media have reported citing the authorities. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/400252/cs/1/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:09 -0400 Brazil Sun.com http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/400252/cs/1/ Washington, Aug 29 : Reese Witherspoon has spoken against domestic violence during her recent visit to Brazil. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/400514/cs/1/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:00:33 -0400 Brazil Sun.com http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/400514/cs/1/ Officials say a disposable diaper has saved the life of an 18-month-old boy, breaking his fall from a third-floor apartment window. Caua Felipe Massaneiro survived a 30-foot (10-meter) fall because hi... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17319065/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:03:40 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17319065/ The first semi-submersible platform to be constructed entirely in Brazil Towering above the beautiful bay of Angra dos Reis near to Rio de Janeiro a vast oil platform stands almost ready to head out... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17318869/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:51:43 -0400 BBC http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17318869/ SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Dozens of small and medium-scale farmers in Brazil's Sao Paulo state will grow sugar cane certified as meeting strict social and environmental standards, the region's cane produc... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17318870/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:47:13 -0400 Reuters http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17318870/ Airline is the second operator of the E-Jets family in mainland China SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil 'We are very glad to see our EMBRAER 190 serving more Chinese passengers through the reliable operatio... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17314486/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:59:52 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17314486/ Brazil's state-owned Petrobras found oil in an offshore well in the Campos basin more than 6800 metres below the ocean surface, the country's petroleum regulator said. Petrobras found the oil in the B... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17314488/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:59:47 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17314488/ Bolivian President Evo Morales has announced the date for a controversial referendum on a new constitution which would advance his socialist policies. Mr Morales said the poll on 7 December would "de... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17312697/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:45:21 -0400 BBC http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17312697/ Bloomberg reports: Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil's state-controlled oil company, and Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., the world's largest producer of the crop nutrient, were added to Goldman Sachs ... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17314489/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:59:45 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17314489/ Global inter-dealer broker (IDB) BGC Partners has expanded its global reach with the acquisition of Brazil's Liquidez. With offices in 16 countries, and only one of those in Latin America, the deal wi... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17314487/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:59:49 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17314487/ . CAMPINAS, Brazil--A math teacher gives a class of eighth-graders their assignment and tells them to get to work. The students grab their bags and fan out across the campus, enjoying the sunny au... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17314317/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:43:28 -0400 CNet http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17314317/ A scenario in which Brazil's growth overtakes Argentina's will have important long-term implications for regional business, and in turn, the portfolios of Latin America-oriented investors. In this pie... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17314299/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:38:17 -0400 Morning Star http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17314299/ President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says Brazil could soon be one of the world's biggest producers of oil. But he wants to export value-added products and not just crude.Speaking Thursday, da Silva sa... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17310093/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:38:53 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17310093/ Bolivian President Evo Morales may have high approval ratings, but protesters have literally forced him out of the country briefly.Morales was trying to return from an event in northeastern Bolivia on... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17310096/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:35:16 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17310096/ WASHINGTON — Roads and canals connected walled cities and villages. The communities were laid out around central plazas. Nearby, smaller settlements focused on agriculture and fish farming. The p... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17310255/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:01:01 -0400 Deseret News http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17310255/ The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean on Thursday predicted 4.7-percent growth for the Latin American economy in 2008. Despite a slowdown in the global economy, economic growth in... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17310081/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:33:57 -0400 People's Daily http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17310081/ Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Thursday that the recently discovered pre-salt layer oil fields are a national asset, which will benefit all the Brazilians. "Brazil is not to b... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17309528/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:33:54 -0400 People's Daily http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17309528/ Fashion, opera and design endear Milan to the world. Coincidentally, the city's biggest football club owes much of its allure and success to foreign triumvirates. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17299890/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:43:35 -0400 FIFA http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17299890/ Brazil is the only Latin American country among the 10 nations in the world that promote most international events. According to the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), the most ... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17299893/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:41:03 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17299893/ LIMA -(Dow Jones)- Peru may hold as much gas reserves as neighboring hydrocarbon powerhouse Bolivia, the chief executive of Petroleo Brasileiro SA's (PBR) Peru operations said Thursday. In a press con... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17299892/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:41:02 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17299892/ WASHINGTON - Roads and canals connected walled cities and villages. The communities were laid out around central plazas. Nearby, smaller settlements focused on agriculture and fish farming. The plac... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17295483/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:56:43 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17295483/ NEW FLIGHTS American Airlines will add three destinations in Brazil to its Miami route network in November. American will fly to Belo Horizonte, Salvador de Bahia, and Recife in Brazil on Nov. 2. Serv... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17294441/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:50:27 -0400 Miami Herald http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17294441/ RIO DE JANERIO: More than 200 oil-slicked penguins have washed up dead on the beaches of a popular Brazilian resort, and officials say they are searching for a cause. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17295347/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:37:59 -0400 Times of India http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17295347/ -(Dow Jones)- Brazil's powerful new financial exchange, the integrated BM&F Bovespa, and Chile's Santiago Stock Exchange will create a bilateral commission to move forward with an association fo... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17294151/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:52:48 -0400 Morning Star http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17294151/ RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 28 (IPS) - A Brazilian Supreme Court hearing on a landmark case got off on a positive footing for the indigenous people who live in the Raposa Serra do Sol reservation in northern ... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17289801/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:53:41 -0400 IPS http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17289801/ When Joaquim Levy quit his post as vice president for the Inter-American Development Bank to become the finance secretary of Rio de Janeiro early last year, more than a few people thought he was nuts.... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17291141/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:48:45 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17291141/ RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR), or Petrobras, could increase its refining capacity as part of the company's 2020 strategic plan, the company... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17291142/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:48:44 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17291142/ he official view in U.S. and Latin American government circles is that there is no arms race going on in South America, and that most countries are just modernizing their armed forces. Hmmm, I wonder.... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17290976/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:55:42 -0400 Miami Herald http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17290976/ VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 28, 2008) - South American Silver Corp. ("SASC" or the "Company")(TSX:SAC) is pleased to announce the results from the next 12 holes from the Malku Khot... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17290375/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:55:51 -0400 Market Wire http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17290375/ More than 200 oil-slicked penguins have washed up dead on the beaches of a popular Brazilian resort, and officials say they are searching for a cause.Authorities said they have counted nearly 200 dead... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17291006/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:55:50 -0400 Miami Herald http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17291006/ RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - More than 200 oil-slicked penguins have washed up dead on the beaches of a popular Brazilian resort, and officials say they are searching for a cause. Authorities said th... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17290985/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:59:24 -0400 Find Law http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17290985/ By OGJ editorsHOUSTON, Aug. 28 -- Chevron Corp. said two subsidiaries agreed to sell Chevron's fuels marketing business in Brazil to a subsidiary of Ultrapar Participacoes SA for $730 million plus a w... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17286453/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:49:55 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17286453/ RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Environmental officials are looking for the cause of an oil slick that has killed scores of penguins in southern Brazil. Marcelo Duarte of the Santa Catarina state environmental... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17286454/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:49:54 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17286454/ Less than a week after leading his Brazilian Women’s National Team to a silver medal in the 2008 Olympic Games, Brazil head coach Jorge Barcellos has agreed become the inaugural head coach of th... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17286420/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:47:27 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17286420/ will add two new flights to northeast Brazil this winter, increasing its total number of flights to the Latin American country to 32. On. Dec. 19, Delta will start nonstop service between Hartsfield-... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17286157/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:46:45 -0400 Business Journal http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17286157/ GENEVA -- Brazil has asked the World Trade Organization for the right to impose as much as $4 billion in annual sanctions against American goods and services to penalize the United States for handing ... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17285567/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:32:05 -0400 Trade Observatory http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17285567/ -(Dow Jones)- Brazil's largest power distributor Eletropaulo Metropolitana Eletricidade Sao Paulo SA (ELPL5.BR) said late Wednesday that a local tax court reversed its own ruling, which will allow t... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17286155/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:59:12 -0400 Morning Star http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17286155/ SANTO DOMINGO. – Just one week after Colombia revealed a reluctance to materialize a gas pipeline to expand the propane gas supply to Dominican Republic, Venezuela’s government yesterday proposed ... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17280410/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:38:36 -0400 Dominican Today http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17280410/ Deere & Co., moving to bolster its production in its fastest-growing offshore market, said Thursday that it will spend $80 million to expand capacity at its farm-equipment manufacturing operations in ... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17281323/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:13:51 -0400 Chicago Tribune http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17281323/ BANGALORE, INDIA--(Marketwire - August 28, 2008) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- In a bid to counter the adverse effects of soaring iron ore prices and secure a stab... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17276092/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:06:34 -0400 Market Wire http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17276092/ As many as 300 New Zealanders aged between 18 and 30 will be able to live in Brazil for one year to work, holiday or study under a new reciprocal working holiday scheme signed on Thursday. The agreeme... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17276691/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:11:25 -0400 People's Daily http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17276691/ SÃO PAULO, Brazil : Luciano Alves planted beans, corn and grain on about 7,500 acres of his farm in southern Brazil last year. This year, he is planting 8,600 acres. And he credits Brazil's ... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17272016/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:53:39 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17272016/ BRASILIA, Brazil – The future of Brazil's traditional Indian cultures was under challenge on Wednesday as Brazil's Supreme Court began hearing arguments on whether to break up a vast Amazon rese... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17272618/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:41:19 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17272618/ Bolivia's state oil company is asking its Argentine counterpart to guarantee payment for nearly 28 million cubic meters of natural gas daily starting in 2011.Bolivia's state oil company President Sant... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17269879/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:28:30 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17269879/ The inaugural Drug Discovery Latin America conference and exhibition will be held in the colourful city of Rio de Janeiro in the days immediately following the world famous carnival. The purpose of th... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17270072/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:23:39 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17270072/ In a city where, architecturally, you are competing with signature buildings from the likes of Oscar Niemeyer, it is no mean feat to construct a new hotel that instantly grabs the attention. The Uni... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17269451/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:47:27 -0400 The Independent http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17269451/ Brazil's police arrested Wednesday a 19-year-old man who confessed to several rapes and over 50 murders in Guarulhos, Sao Paulo metro area, local police said. The suspect, Leandro Basilio Rodrigues, w... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17269883/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:35:35 -0400 People's Daily http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17269883/ Brazil's supreme court has delayed a ruling over the future of a tribal reserve on the country's northern border until later in the year. A panel of 11 judges is to vote on whether to uphold a petiti... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17269876/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:34:54 -0400 Al Jazeera http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17269876/ HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR), or Petrobras, will start evacuating nonessential personnel from its operations in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday, ahead of Tropical Storm Gustav, the co... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17266653/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:43:15 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17266653/ BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court delayed a ruling on Wednesday over the future of an Indian reserve on the country's northern border, a case seen as one of the most important in years on in... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17266458/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:26:07 -0400 Reuters http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17266458/ Brazilian trio Luiz Adriano, Brandão and Willian all scored as FC Shakhtar Donetsk sealed their place in Thursday's UEFA Champions League group stage draw, beating NK Dinamo Zagreb 5-1 on aggregate. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17261994/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:11:20 -0400 UEFA http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17261994/ RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - In a debate over how to raise the state's share in Brazil's newfound oil reserves, the government is considering raising its stake in the state-run oil company Petro... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17262225/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:55:36 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17262225/ Roxar ASA announces that part of its NOK 45 million subsea contract announced to the Oslo Stock Exchange in early April will be the provision of integrated reservoir sensors and multiphase measurement... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17262226/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:55:34 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17262226/ Shell noted that Hurricane Gustav has weakened and, as of this posting, is a tropical storm. Predictions are that it will gain strength and become a hurricane again, possibly entering the Gulf of Mexi... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17262227/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:55:35 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17262227/ BRAZIL: August 28, 2008 BARRA BONITA, Brazil - Sugar cane already powers a growing number of Brazil's cars with ethanol, and fuels nights of endless conversation inspired by a local cane-based liquo... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17262222/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:23:52 -0400 Planet Ark http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17262222/ Rio de Janeiro - A disposable diaper saved the life of an 18-month-old who fell from the third floor of a building in the north-eastern Brazilian city of Recife, local media reported Wednesday. The bo... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17257176/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:58:41 -0400 Earth Times http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17257176/ Cosentino North America is planning a $23 million expansion of its granite slab processing plant in Vitoria, Brazil. The 200,000-square-foot expansion will allow the Houston-based natural stone manuf... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17256047/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:00:16 -0400 Business Journal http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17256047/ Dow Jones is reporting that Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) expects to start evacuating non-essential personnel from its Gulf of Mexico operations on Thursday as Tropical Storm Gustav is expected to move into t... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17257355/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:57:15 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17257355/ Kunpeng Airlines currently has more than 1,900 part numbers from seven maintenance bases covered by the Embraer Collaborative Inventory Parts (ECIP) service contract. Embraer said that the ECIP progra... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17257354/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:57:14 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17257354/ For many years, doing business in Latin America was like doing business in Russia. Businesses were state-owned, poorly managed and somewhat corrupt. Since there was little incentive to do more than w... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17254951/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:54:37 -0400 Business Journal http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17254951/ CANBERRA, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Brazil and Australia have backed an urgent resumption of stalled world trade talks before the U.S. presidential election and said on Wednesday they hoped a breakthrough co... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17251037/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:36:34 -0400 Trade Observatory http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17251037/ (C) announced Wednesday it was upgrading Brazilian banks to overweight from neutral as part of its Latin American equity portfolio on expectations that inflation has peaked and the stocks evaluatio... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17250224/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:05:10 -0400 Morning Star http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17250224/ da Silva pushed late Tuesday for the country to became an exporter of high-value premium oil products rather than crude oil to maximize the nation's massive pre-salt oil reserves. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17251209/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:05:01 -0400 Morning Star http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17251209/ Brazil's Supreme Court is to deliver a decision in a land dispute case that is being called one of the most important rulings in the country's history because of the long-term impact it will have on i... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17251210/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:02:00 -0400 Al Jazeera http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17251210/ Click here to read all of the blogs in The Borders of Computing series. Aprendiz is not your typical digital inclusion center, but it does embrace most important characteristics of the successful on... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17246659/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:39:48 -0400 CNet http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17246659/ Though long in the shadow of the U.S. when it comes to computing, Latin America is home to a number of fast-growing regions, including Brazil--already the world's fifth largest PC market. In the ... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17246643/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:39:42 -0400 CNet http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17246643/ SAO PAULO, Brazil--Brazilian journalist Gilberto Dilmenstein walks down an alley in the Villa Madelena neighborhood showing how what was once a haven for drug dealers has been transformed into a canva... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17246858/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:39:42 -0400 CNet http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17246858/ (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- On August 20, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva inaugurated a new biodiesel plant in Quixada, Cear... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17246861/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:53:25 -0400 Congoo http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17246861/ Brazilian court poised to rule on reservation land clash By Jonathan Wheatley in São PauloPublished: August 27 2008 03:00 | Last updated: August 27 2008 03:00 http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17246829/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:04:35 -0400 Financial Times http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/17246829/