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Marcelo Odebrecht, CEO of Brazilian construction group Odebrecht. ©Reuters/Enrique Castro-Mendivil Odebrecht wins auction for part of key Brazil highway Engineering giant Odebrecht on Wednesday won the right to operate a 855-kilometer (534-mile) stretch of highway in Brazil's key central grain-producing region of Mato Grosso, authorities said.
28 November 2013
©Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah Russia, UAE, Turkey, Brazil await decision on Expo 2020 host Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Brazil will Wednesday find out if their chosen cities have won the right to host the 2020 World Expo, an event which boosts tourism and business.
27 November 2013
More than a million Xbox One consoles sold on launch day Microsoft on Friday crowed that more than a million Xbox One consoles were snapped up within 24 hours in 13 countries after hitting shelves for the first time in the morning.
23 November 2013
Chef Alex Atala: Brazil's taste ambassador Brazilian chef Alex Atala, widely seen as one of South America's culinary wizards, is making his name by highlighting the little-known cuisine of the Amazon region.
22 November 2013
Amid poison claims, ex-Brazil president exhumed The remains of Joao Goulart, ousted as Brazilian president ahead of the 1964-85 military dictatorship, were Wednesday exhumed to determine if he was poisoned.
14 November 2013
©Reuters/Ricardo Moraes Football: Australia concern at World Cup security Australian football officials on Tuesday expressed concern at the security situation in World Cup host nation Brazil, admitting that dealing with the issue was going to be a challenge.
13 November 2013
©kazakhfilmstudios.kz Kazakhstan's Harmony Lessons receives Grand-Prix in Sao Paulo Harmony Lessons film by Emir Baigazin from Kazakhstan has received the Grand-Prix of the 37th international Film Festival in Sao Paulo.
11 November 2013
©Reuters/Steve Marcus Brazil freezes assets tied to Alstom, Siemens price-fixing claims Brazilian judges have frozen assets worth $26 million involved in an alleged cartel suspected of price-rigging during bidding for Sao Paulo's metro rail systems.
09 November 2013
©Reuters Kickboxing: Kazkahstani becomes world champion Kazakhstan fighter Nurken Tolegenov has become the world kickboxing champion.
30 October 2013
90 arrests, trucks, buses torched in Sao Paulo unrest One person was injured and 90 detained while trucks and buses were torched in Sao Paulo late Monday in renewed violence after police fatally shot a 17-year-old boy.
29 October 2013
©Reuters/David Gray Rio sells Australian coal mine stake for $1.02 bn Resources giant Rio Tinto announced the US$1.02 billion sale of its stake in Australia's Clermont thermal coal mine Monday as it seeks to shore up its ailing bottom line.
29 October 2013
©Reuters/Mansi Thapliyal Net giants opposed to Brazil datebase creation Web giant Google and other Internet companies say they oppose creating Brazil-based databases of local customer information.
27 October 2013
Photo courtesy of globe-one.com Germany, Brazil want UN privacy resolution Germany and Brazil are working on a UN General Assembly resolution to highlight international anger at US data snooping in other countries.
26 October 2013
©Reuters/Pilar Olivares Brazil chases FIFA over World Cup structures Brazilian state prosecutors are seeking to recover almost $100m from football's global governing body FIFA which was spent on temporary structures at venues for next year's World Cup.
25 October 2013
©Reuters/China Daily Japan firms to invest in Brazilian shipbuilder A Japanese consortium on Tuesday said it would buy a 30 percent stake in a Brazilian shipbuilder as its eyes the lucrative market for resource-exploration vessels.
23 October 2013
©Reuters/Sergio Moraes Chinese oil firms, Europe's giants win Brazil auction China's CNOOC and CNPC, Anglo-Dutch giant Royal Dutch Shell and France's Total joined Brazilian state operator Petrobras on Monday in winning production rights to the huge "Libra" Atlantic oilfield.
22 October 2013
Chinese firms to star in upcoming Brazil oil auction Chinese oil giants CNOOC and CNPC will be in a prime position in next week's first auction of deep-water concessions in Brazil's coveted Libra oilfield.
18 October 2013
Brazil aims to build advanced fighter jets with Russia Brazil said Wednesday it hopes to develop state-of-the-art combat aircraft with Russia, and purchase surface-to-air missile batteries from Moscow.
18 October 2013
Caetano Veloso. ©Reuters/Mario Anzuoni Brazil singers fight for right to veto biographies Famous Brazilian songwriters -- long activists for freedom of expression -- are themselves coming under fire as they fight an attempt to overturn a law allowing celebrities to veto unauthorized biographies.
15 October 2013
©Reuters/Stephen Lam Brazil antitrust body opens Google probe Brazil's antitrust authority said Friday it has opened a probe into allegations that Google engaged in anti-competitive practices in the domestic online search market.
13 October 2013
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