Brazil is the second country in Latin America in receiving money from overseas.
According to Central Bank (BC) in 2007 reached U.S. $ 2.8 billion the amount of money sent to families in Brazil by Brazilians who live in other countries. Of this total, more than $ 1.3 billion comes from the United States, virtually [...]

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Economic trends
Brazil is the 10th largest economic power in the world with a GDP of nearly 800 billion dollars in 2006. President Lula’s prudent fiscal and monetary policies, coupled with necessary microeconomic reforms have restored confidence in this market. However a strict fiscal discipline and restrictive budgetary policies will not allow the government to pursue [...]

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Coca-Cola Co., the world’s largest soft-drink maker, will invest 1.5 billion reais ($861 million) in Brazil this year, O Estado de S. Paulo reported, without providing details.
Coca-Cola’s Brazilian sales rose 20 percent to 12 billion reais in 2007, the best performance in the last three years, Estado said. The newspaper cited Brian Smith, president of [...]

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According to Central Bank (Banco Central) the results of this Monday was the best of all time since the history series was created in 1947. The results were of US$ 3,083 billions breaking the record of foreign investment in the first period in Brazil.
On the Year to Date numbers the value is US$ 8,799 billions, [...]

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A few post ago I publish an article about the luxurious brands preferred by Brazilian customers if money was not a problem. Some people don’t think is worth to pay a lot of more money just because of the brand.
The research indicates that, despite the taste for luxury brands, only 18% of the interviewed Brazilian [...]

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