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The Italian brand Giorgio Armani is the most desired brand for Brazilian customers, according to one global survey developed by British company, Nielsen.

The interview listens to 25 thousand consumers in 48 countries and indicates that 37% of the interviewed Brazilians would prefer to buy products of Giorgio Armani’s brand; case money was not a problem. In the second place of Brazilians preference was the French brand Christian Dior, with 28%.

Despite the preference, the brand of luxury more acquired by Brazilian consumers is the American Calvin Klein - acquired by 30% of the interviewed ones. In the second place was the Italian Diesel, with 18%.

The option of the Brazilians for Armani differs from the global preference disclosed by the survey. According to data collected for Nielsen, Gucci is the most desired brand in the world - one in each five consumers affirmed that they would buy products of the brand case money was not a problem.

In the global survey, the French Chanel and the American Calvin Klein occupy the second place, followed for the brands Louis Vuitton, Armani, Dior and Versace.

“The appeal for luxury brands continues to increase - a famous brand is simply something that the consumers, especially those in the emergent markets, have to pay an expensive price”, affirmed the European president of the Nielsen, Patrick Dodd.

In accordance with the global survey, the North Americans are the ones that less consumes the luxury brands - 35% of them had affirmed that they do not buy merchandises of these brands.

BBCBrasil.com

In the United States, Brazilian food is identified most commonly with restaurants specializing in a style of barbecue known as churrascaria. Traditionally, the gauchos of southwestern Brazil would cook their meat over an open pit and take samples around to others, offering the best of each herd in a sign of generosity. As a dramatic display of technical skill, these cowboys would carve the meat in front of their guests using a long field knife. And for the people that don’t like to eat meat these restaurants has an amazing salad bar.

Brazilian Steakhouses or churrascarias are very well accepted overseas, especially in US. There are over 100 Brazilian restaurants established in US. They’re mainly located in cities where the concentration of Brazilian people is bigger.

Some of these restaurants became very famous after a while, such as Fogo de Chão e Texas de Brazil. Those restaurants came to US to be on top of the list. They invest in their infrastructure, the atmosphere is perfect, and the concept is new, the food is well prepared and delicious and the customer service is the best they can offer.

The only complain about this kind of restaurant is the high prices. But this kind of place you go once in while, so doesn’t matter if you have to pay a little bit more sometimes.

In fact, if you intend to go there and appreciate the food and don’t want to spend too much money you can go for lunch,

That’s going to save you half price in comparison to dinner.

As Yahoo! Local said about Fogo de Chão

“Fogo de Chão is a paradise for meat lovers! Diners can exploit the all-you-can eat service to the maximum with its wide range of salads, Brazilian side dishes, vegetables and of course sizzling fire-cooked meats. Traditional Brazilian drinks and desserts complete the meal and a 27 foot tall wine cellar should reassure any wine lover. Don’t forget to try their decadent signature dessert, Papaya Cream.”

As Yahoo! Local said about Texas de Brazil

“Treat yourself to our sumptuous fifty item salad area including appetizers, soups, salads and side items. Enjoy the house baked Brazilian cheese bread and our signature cocktail, the Caipirinha. Let one of our in-house wine connoisseurs select the perfect wine pairing from our extensive, award-winning wine list. Turn your card to green and prepare to be swarmed by a troop of carvers generously serving various cuts of sizzling Angus beef, lamb, pork, chicken, and Brazilian sausage. These delicious cuts are slow roasted over an open flame and accompanied by garlic mashed potatoes and sweet fried bananas. Try one of our a la carte items: Australian cold water lobster tail and Brazilian shrimp cocktail. Enjoy a dessert selection, then relax with an after dinner drink, espresso, or hand rolled cigar. With service, feasting, and an ambience as such, it is more than fine dining…it is Texas de Brazil.”

I’ve personally been in both of them many times and in my opinion Fogo de Chão has a better service than Texas de Brazil. There’s this time I was having dinner in Fogo de Chão at Beverly hill’s location with my co-workers and there were so many people serving our table that I started to freak out a little bit. We had to flip to RED to give us time to eat some of the food before they bring us more. We had a great time that night.

Petrobas Off Shore

Petrobras, Brazil, has approved the early stage of contracting for platform P-62, slated to be installed in Module 4 at the Roncador Field, in the Campos Basin.

After carrying out several internal technical and economic studies, the company decided the best option was to reuse the P-54 project to build the P-62. In effect, Petrobras intends to “clone” platform P-54.

The P-62 will be a FPSO (Production, Storage, and Off-loading) type unit capable of producing 180,000 barrels of oil per day, of storing 1.8 million barrels of oil, and of compressing 6 million cubic meters of natural gas. The unit will be anchored at a water depth of 1,545 metres.

The P-54 was built in a period of 41 months after three agreements were signed in June 2004. The gas compression modules were built by the Dresser-Rand and Maua Jurong consortium.

The power generation module was made by Nuovo Pignone, while Jurong Shipyard was in charge of the hull conversion, in Singapore, and also of constructing the unit’s other modules. Jurong Shipyard was also in charge of integrating the unit at the Mauá shipyard, in Niterói.

source » Baird Online

Apparently Brazil isn’t good only in soccer; in the last decade Brazilian fighters put their names on top of the best MMA fighters in the world.
When we talk about MMA Fighters, names like Gracie, Ruas, Belfort, or Rizzo are very well known for had bring Brazil to the top of best fighters of the world. But this is not a surprise though, given that this sport basically originated in Brazil.

Anderson “The Spider” Silva

MMAWeekly, Sherdog, Nokaut and Yahoo Sports all currently rank Anderson “The Spider” Silva as the number one middleweight in the world, plus the No. 1 pound-for-pound mixed martial artist in the world. Anderson in the last 10 fights he won 9 and was disqualified in one of them for an illegal kick against Yushin Okami. He currently holds the title of Middleweight - Over 170 lbs. to 185 lbs for UFC.

Rumor has it that Anderson Silva expressed huge interest in fighting Roy Jones, Jr. in a box match to prove that MMA fighters are very technical too, in opposite of Roy Jones, Jr. keep saying.