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Facebook is buying Instagram for US$ 1 billion. The curiosity about this case is that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is partnering again with a Brazilian to manage a social network. This time around apparently the Brazilian counterpart seems to be more lucky than Eduardo Saverin, who became a character of The Social Network film. Mike Krieger, one of the founders of Instagram, was born 25 years ago in the city of São Paulo...

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced this week the selection of five Brazilian startup companies which are considered "helpful to build smart cities". These startups are finalists of an event called Smart Camp, which will happen on November 10th and 11th , in Rio de Janeiro, and will unite government and business leaders

When the process of nominating the president of World Bank was taking place, a lot of people have raised the question about representatives from emerging markets. It did have a Latin American candidate for the very first time. However, the influence from emerging economies at the World Bank does not make a lot of sense anymore. The Brazilian National Bank for Social and Economic Development (BNDES) is now the second biggest development bank in the world. The first is the China Development bank and the World Bank just comes in a distant third. BNDES has a loan portfolio three times bigger than the World Bank...

Timizzer.com - In a conference about entrepreneurship in São Paulo, Ozires Silva, the 81-year-old Embraer founder, spoke on the importance of innovation for Brazilian companies. According to Silva, once you have created something innovative, the most important thing is to protect the asset. "If you don't protect your intellectual property, you are going to have unfair competition", said the man who created the aircraft company in 1969. Silva also pointed out that the key for achieving innovation is human resources... Timizzer.com

here has been three decades that Argentina and Britain joined a war at the Falklands. The war has a bunch of issues to be explored. Author of the book Rabinos de Malvinas (Rabbis from the Falklands), Hernan Dobry is an Argentinian journalist who has been a Bloomberg TV editor, a correspondent for Brazilian and Spanish channels in Buenos Aires, managing editor of Inversor Global, among other major publications. Dobry decided to write the book about the Falklands conflict to describe the unhumane struggles of the Argentine fighters at the time. Also, Dobry wanted to explore the relantionship between rabbis and the Armed Forces of his country. In an interview to Timizzer, the journalist explains more on the book and talks about the economic issues of Argentina...

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...

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).

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

Vale announced that will suspend the potash project called Rio Colorado in Argentina. The mining giant already had invested US$ 1.1 billion and was expected to put at least US$ 5 billion more. The Brazilian company did not blame specifically the YPF nationalization for the decision, but cited "political uncertainty" as one of the factors. According to Vale, the decision was made before the nationalization.

Timizzer.com Televisa and Alsea beat estimates in the Mexican Stock Exchange Brazilian exports to Argentina fall 27% in April Car sales has best four months in history of Argentina YPF has new chief President of TIM in Brazil resigns after allegations JBS joins chicken market Timizzer.com

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.

In a summit held this week at the Israeli Federation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in Porto Alegre, many experts talked about the policies which boosted technology in Israel over the last years and how it could be implemented to improve the lives of Brazilians as well. The deputy secretary of Science, Technology, and Innovation of Rio Grande do Sul, Ghissia Hauser, stated that much of the technologies use in irrigation in Israel not just to avoid the waste of water, but to improve productivity in agriculture.

OGX, the crude oil arm of the group EBX owned by billionaire Eike Batista, is experiencing a decline in oil production at the Campos Bay. Now, the forecast is that OGX will produce 5,000 barrels a day - a third of the first prediction. As a result, the company's papers had a fall of 41 percent, an equivalent to nearly US$ 5 billion. The losses, according to ranking, made the billionaire lose his post at the eighth richest man in the world to below twenties.

[ ] Looking to a giant growing market of readers and a large number of millionaires, billionaires, Forbes will have a Brazilian edition through the publishing company BPP Promoções e Publicações, which purchased licenses for the … more

[ ] 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

[ ] The now prominent Brazilian bank BTG Pactual started in a really humble way in Rio de Janeiro. Back then in 1983, it was just a brokerage. The initial idea was to distribute bonds and securities. …

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