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Horst Paulmann came to South America from Kassel, Germany in 1948 with his family running away from the second World War without much in his hands. It was an uneasy beginning in the new continent. He started working, at 15 years old, as a telephone operator in Buenos Aires, but his short knowledge of Spanish resulted in a termination in the first year. Then, Paulmann used money to manufacture furniture for toys, which were sold to a supermarket chain, however, it also didn't last much. In 1949, the Paullmann family moved to Chile.

Coca-Cola to invest R$ 14 billion (US$ 7900) in Brazil until 2016

A survey released by the Center for Strategic and Competitive Thinking, from the University of Rosario, Bogotá, and the consultancy firm Cepet, says that São Paulo is the best city of Latin America considering opportunities of investments. The study ranked the top ten in the region. São Paulo was highlighted because of the size of its metropolitan area, the volume traded at the exchange Bovespa, and the huge number of multinationals in the region. Santiago (in Chile), which left the first spot from last year, places second, but continues to be very visible to international investors, says the study. Mexico city remained on the third place

[Brazil , Business , News ] J&F, the holding which owns the majority of shares of food giant JBS, decided to buy Delta Construção. Delta is a company involved in a major scandal, where it won almost half of the contracts … more

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...

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.

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

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.

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

With 12 years in the marketplace, WBI Brasil develops integrated solutions of online commmunications and web apps to corporations in Brazil. It focuses on e-commerce projects, exploits the technological culture and encourages digital relationship to help customers achieve their goals. In his interview to Timizzer, the company's CEO, Paulo Kendzerski, tells us about the mentality of customers, strategies of digital marketing, and the importance of Search Engine Optimization

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

Timizzer.com - Ademar Schardong is the CEO of Sicredi. The credit union system was regarded as the one of the best authors of economic projections in Brazil. In an exclusive interview to Timizzer, Schardong says that the South American country will be able to maintain the growth of its agriculture, despite a slow down in China. Schardong also defends the role of credit unions and "cooperative banks" as economic models for the society. He revealed details and explained the Sicredi Bank purchase made by Rabobank. According to him, the Dutch bank shares similar long-term interests with Sicredi... Continue: Timizzer.com