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Timizzer.com - The Brazil quarter growth rate of 0.2 percent has frustrated a lot of investors. Some would even say that the honey moon between the big of South America and international investors is now bitter. The creator of the term BRIC, Jim O'Neil, thinks that analysts are always exaggerating perspectives and that's now the case with Brazil. "Financial markets go from one extreme to the other when the expectation about a country is not confirmed. The forecasts of Brazil growth were too high, mainly after the 7.5 percent GDP rate of 2010. Adjustments were already necessary then. But now some analysis are exaggerating the problems and risks of Brazil", told O'Neill to the BBC... Continue: TImizzer.com

One of the most prosperous markets in Brazil is the franchising business. The good news on the sector is specially for international chains. It seems that still there is a lot of space for those chains. Only seven percent of the 1,855 franchises in Brazil are foreign. Tons of money are not necessary to open a franchise in the country. The most popular type of franchise are the "mid-sized". However, "micro-franchising" is also very popular

Brazil is on the spotlight for IT companies like never before. During Business IT Exhibition and Conference South American (BITS), a South American version of Cebit held in Porto Alegre, many major companies announced a set of plans for Brazil and other emerging markets...

José Cezar Martins is a venture capitalist in southern Brazil. His company, Paradoxa, is based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, and was designed to explore the startups of the region and "providing the resources and network to make a start-up a high-value asset". In an exclusive interview to Timizzer, Martins explains his experiences, including failures, the risks of co-investments and investments on innovation, the environment of innovation in southern Brazil, and starting a business with "little or no money". The entrepreneur thinks that the potential of his region, especially on intellectual capability, is underestimated by investors.

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Today Brazil is one of the emerging markets attractive for investments. Despite the incentives typical for strategic approach for creating favorable conditions, there might be some hidden drawbacks in policy or environment that might affect investors' decision-making. Professor Paulo Moura, Political Scientist, reviews critically the current investment climate in Brazil

Timizzer.com - More than a hundred years before it got international recognition through a partnership with Rabobank, the credit union which became Sicredi was starting by the hands of Theodor Amstad in 1902 in Nova Petropolis, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The founder was a Swiss Jesuit who came from England in 1883 and was trying to spread a cooperative throughout German colonies in Brazil. Continue: Timizzer.com

Online education is on the rise in Brazil. A new survey by the Inep (National Institute of Studies and Educational Surveys) reveals the profile of the Brazilian online university students. The study says that 15 percent of all university students use Distance Education as online education is called in the country...

Author of the books Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot and The Return of The Idiot, Álvaro Vargas Llosa is a well-know figure in Latin American economics and politics. An individual investor and member of The Washington Post Writers Group, Vargas Llosa is recognized by his critical view of statism and political dirigisme. At the Liberty Summit (Fórum da Liberdade), which was held in Porto Alegre, in a panel about the future of Brazil and lessons from other countries, Vargas Llosa remarked that the South American country has very good advantages compared to others...

Obama, Santos announce that trade agreement will start in May Codelco to reach production goal and to invest in Colombia, Mexico Portuguese publishing group buys Brazilian major internet portal Peru's oil production falls 5.5% in the quarter Brazil, Uruguay to invest US$ 200 million in wind energy Private banks join interest rate reduction in Brazil

RJCP Equity is a company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which was created in a turbulent for investment time. The world was just starting to recover from the 2008/09 global recession, but Marcelo Bastos and his partners decided back then to invest in companies with some level of innovation through the equity firm...

Many brands of multinational companies are gaining ground strongly in Brazil. Most of them are being successful using social media to attract fans, especially Facebook. Kraft Foods is a big example: the brands Halls, Trident, …

Repsol Sinopec announces new oil discoveries in Brazil Repsol Sinopec Brasil announced new pre-salt oil discoveries at the Campos bay in Brazil. The recoverable volume is of about 1.2 billion barrels of oil and gas. … more

Prosecutors in Brazil are demanding $10.6bn (£6.8bn) from US oil company Chevron for environmental damage caused when one of its oil wells leaked off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The prosecutors also asked the court to immediately suspend the operations of Chevron and its drilling contractor, Transocean, in Brazil. Brazil has already fined Chevron $28m for the spill on 8 November. A Chevron official said the company had not yet been notified of the suit.

[ ] Prominent tech website The Next Web held its Brazil Startups Awards on July in Sao Paulo. The contest had over 8,000 votes and 1,1137 startups nominated. A lot of prominent Brazilian startups were awarded … more

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The Fórum da Liberdade (Liberty Summit) took place at the PUC-RS in Porto Alegre on past Monday and Tuesday. The event has been happening for 25 years to talk on issues related to economic freedom, entrepreneurial ideas, and individual rights. This year's summit discussed "2037: que Brasil será o seu?" ( 2037: how your Brazil will be like). Fórum da Liberdade is held yearly by the Brazilian Institute of Business Studies (IEE).

2012 is going to be the year of smartphones not just in Brazil, but in all Latin America, said Hugo Barra, Google's director of Android products, during the Google Press Summit 5.0, which was held in Santiago, Chile. The executive explained that the number of Android activations in 2011 grew by 400 percent in Brazil. "Latin America will become one of the major markets of our technology", stated Barra...

A German immigrant in Brazil, Johann Heinrich Gerdau, or just João Gerdau, bought a nail factory in the Southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre in 1901. Shortly prior to the death of João Gerdau, his son, Hugo Gerdau started to manage the company. It seems a very simple story, but when Hugo Gerdau took over the nail factory in 1917, the expansion was so signficant that this is considered one of the major facts contributing to the end of the state of Rio Grande do Sul dependency of imports. Later in 1946, it was time to pass the control of the business to Curt Johannpeter, Hugo's brother-in-law. Two years later, they were buying a steel mill called Siderúrgica Riograndense. Therefore, the Gerdau group was created. And that was the first step to Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter to become years ahead Brazil's king of steel and the largest long steel producer in the Americas.