More than 617 000 startups were registered in Brazil in 2010 from 467,000 four years earlier. The sectors where growth was higher, according to the study, were the services and family farming.
The worst results are with Spain in this period (down 14.6%), Ireland (-7.6%), United States (-6.7%) and Japan (-6.2%).
In Spain, for example, 76,622 companies were created in 2010 from 143,859 in 2006.

Among the countries surveyed are members of the four members of the G8 and BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China).
Despite the positive results from 2006, the study indicates that Brazil is one of the three countries showed a decline in the number of startups between 2009 and 2010. During this period, the national result was -0.7% versus -7.8% of the U.S. and -33.8% of Estonia.
The economies with the biggest increase in the number of startups between 2009 and 2010 were Dubai, United Arab Emirates (53.1%), Russia (22%) and China (20.8%).

The study also shows that the sum of the economies of the BRIC group of four members who entered the study created 18% more new business per year between 2006 and 2010, compared to 0.4% of the remaining countries.
But between 2009 and 2010, the creation of startups between Brazil, Russia, India and China grew 18%, against 3.3% of the other country.

The president of UHY, John Wolfgang, considers ‘impressive’ the difference between developed and emerging economies.

For him, the government can do more to encourage the creation of startups. ‘Many of the respondents in our study emphasized high labor taxes and complex regulations as barriers to growth for small businesses, “he says.

“Brazil has created a number of facilitators for micro-enterprises, as the single tax system and the ability to spread the payment of taxes. This makes companies able to last longer, “said Moreira.

He says, however, that there remain some significant barriers to the sector in the country, the main one being the excess of regulators, which, according to the consultant, impose excessive inspections and create unnecessary bureaucracy for entrepreneurs.

A Portuguese consortium is preparing to build the largest biodiesel plant in the country, which will operate with 90% of its raw material – mainly soybean and sunflower – from Brazil, Angola and Mozambique.

The refinery should start operating in 2010 and has an annual capacity of 250k tons, according to a shareholder. The rest of the raw material will come from Portugal, and can be soybean, rapeseed and palm.

Operation

The consortium, known as GreenCyber is owned by Hagen construction, of individual investors and the bank EFISA.

The refinery will be built at the port of Sines, south of Portugal, where the biodiesel can be exported and with easy access to roads and railways that connect the country to Spain.

The refinery will try to take advantage of the government’s objective to reduce dependence on oil, in addition to reach the target of a mixture of 10% in diesel by 2010, or 600k tons per year.

Extension

Acording to the investor Pedro Sampaio Nunes, the refinery could easily expand the capacity.  “Our facility allows us to easily triple our capacity, which I believe will happen in the next 10 years,” he said.

Portugal currently has four refineries to produce biodiesel, producing a total of 500k tons per year.

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Russia had the worst note (5.9), then China (6.5), Mexico (6.6), India (6.8), Brazil and Italy (tied with 7.4). Belgium and Canada are the least corrupt countries (note 8.8).

The survey is based on interviews with 2742 executives, conducted between Aug. 5 and 29 October, 2008. They scored from 0 to 10 based on the honesty of his colleagues in each country.

The United States finished in ninth place with note 8.1 , along with France and Singapore.

The Transparency International said that the 22 countries covered in the survey answered together for 75% of total exports of goods and services and direct investments in the world.

In previous research, in 2006, India had the lowest note, followed by China and Russia. Switzerland, Sweden and Australia led the ranking.

Banco do Brasil confirmed this Thursday (20) the acquisition of Nossa Caixa for U.S. $ 5.38 billion. The news was communicated through the Securities Commission (CVM) and the Stock Exchange of Sao Paulo.

The payments will be made in 18 months of $ 299.2 million starting in March 2009 – corrected by the basic interest rate.

“The value of the transaction was calculated on the basis of economic and financial assessment prepared by consultants hired by Banco do Brasil, which took into consideration, among other methods, the prospects for future profitability and cash flow of Nossa Caixa”, informed Banco do Brasil.

The sale of Nossa Caixa was preceded by meeting with the governor of Sao Paulo, Jose Serra, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, held this Wednesday (19). However, after the meeting the governor Jose Serra denied that the issues has been discussed.

Ian Fernando was the host and he answered most of the questions brought to the table. AJ and Ron B have a  lot of experience too and shared valuable information with the group.

We had the chance to ask questions about anything we feel like. And the guys answered pretty much everything. I hope in the next meetups I can come up with some good question that will help understand better the Internet Marketing industry.

We talked about a lot of stuff, here are some of the topics discussed:

• Keyword tools to accelerate campaigns.
• Landing Pages x Direct Link.
• John Chow, Shoemoney and Zac Johnson’s blog.
• Prosper 202 and Optimize My Site.
• Black Ink 2 and PPC Classroom.

In my opinion in the following meetups we should talk more about the new trends and the future of Pay-Per-Click. Many people is saying that PPC is saturated, but I think only 10% of all internet marketers are making six figure income, the whole other 90% are just picking pennies.

The book has been criticized for having almost no concrete advice and too many anecdotal lessons. In my case, it worked out pretty good because I put his ideas into practice; like “make your money work for you instead of work for the money”. It changed my life.

Two days ago, I attended an event promoted by Rich Dad Company, which pretty much talked about how to build wealth through the stock market. The presentation was pretty good, they even gave me a USB flash drive with some of their promotional material, but it didn’t convince me to take their training, even though it was a lot more affordable than the other similar training programs and It allows you to bring a guest for free.

A short description of the training from their website:

We’ll give you the opportunity to learn what the market pros know and use everyday to make money in the stock market – no matter which way prices are headed!

You’ll learn specific techniques that can help you predict the direction of a specific stock, an industry in general or the market as a whole including:

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* Charting
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* Options
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But on my way home, I started to analyze how this would really help my financial growth. The top points of the presentation were to teach you how to trade in a better – safer – smarter way, even if you’re a first time buyer. At one point, he explained how to trade stocks during a one year period and make 16% profit a year. It was good, actually pretty good in comparison to 4% that banks pays for a regular CD. Therefore I invested my money back home (Brazil) with a profit rate of 12.68% per year with NO RISK of losing my money if the market goes down.

At this point my conclusion is: why I’d spend money in a training that will teach me how to trade better – safer – smarter, spend at least one hour a day in front of my computer analyzing the charts and most important of all risk my money when I already make money without hustle?

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 an ambitious reform agenda and thus will restrain growth. GDP growth rate was 3.7% in 2006 and 4.4% in 2007, with a forecast of 4.0% for 2008 (according to the IMF). Brazil has made progress but significant vulnerabilities remain. The Brazilian government’s debt (largely domestic) remains high, at 50% of GDP. Total foreign debt, while falling, is still large in relation to Brazil’s modest export base. The inflation rate has decrease from 6.9% in 2005 to 3.6% in 2007.

Main branches of industry

Brazil has abundant natural resources and its economy is relatively diversified. Brazil is a huge agricultural power: it is the world’s largest producer of coffee, sugarcane and oranges; this attracts numerous international food processing groups. Agriculture accounts for 10% of GDP (30% when including agri-businesses) and 40% of Brazilian exports. Brazil has the world’s largest commercial cattle herd (50% larger than the U.S.). Forests cover half of Brazil, with the largest rain forest in the world located in the Amazon Basin. Being a big industrial country, Brazil benefits from its abundant mineral resources: it is the 2nd largest exporter of iron in the world and one of the main aluminum producers. The country is now increasingly standing out in sectors like textile, aircraft, pharmaceuticals, cars, steel and chemicals. Most of the big automobile manufactures have established their production facilities in Brazil. The industrial sector contributes nearly 37% to the GDP, while as the service sector contributes around 52%.

International trade

Privatization (right from 1996) has triggered the inflow of investments into the country. The share of foreign trade in GDP reached 26% in 2006. The depreciation of the Real has stimulated Brazilian exports. Brazil’s top three import partners are: the U.S.A., Argentina, and Germany. The country mainly imports mineral fuels & oils, machinery and electrical & electronic equipment. The top three export partners are: the U.S.A., Argentina and China. The country mainly exports vehicles, machinery, iron & steel, ores, meat and other food products.

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 the company’s local unit.

The beverage maker has increased its product range to more than 150 from fewer than 50 three years ago, Estado said, citing Marisol Angelini, the unit’s marketing vice-president.

In 2007 Brazilian soccer players start to go to countries like Montenegro, European republic recently separated from Serbia. Five Brazilians already have been transferred to the new member of FIFA and former republic of Yugoslavia.

Other unusual markets and with little expression that has imported Brazilian soccer players are Faeroe Islands, Cyprus, Malta, Lebanon, Thailand and Vietnam.

In 2007 444 players returned back to Brazil soccer market against 477 throughout 2006. ‘As easy they go they return back to Brazil. I believe that we will also overcome this mark, ‘bet the director of CBF.