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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/342b3a2e-f5a7-11e4-bc6d-00144feab7de.html#ixzz3ZlIJVlGL May 10, 2015 12:52 pm China oil imports surpass those of US for first time David Sheppard in London and Gregory Meyer in New York/FT ©Reuters China overtook the US as the world’s biggest importer of crude oil in April, the culmination of a seismic shift in global energy flows over the past decade.... Continue Reading →
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f3fefd0e-f589-11e4-bc6d-00144feab7de.html#ixzz3ZZZM9ZOd May 8, 2015 5:45 pm Latin America braces for higher US rates Jude Webber and Gillian Tett in Riviera Maya/FT ©AFP Luis Videgaray: Fed rate rise will create some volatility but would be 'fundamentally good news for Mexico' The days of Latin American economies basking in the glow of high commodity prices, cheap cash... Continue Reading →
America’s Oil Drilling Boom Is Sputtering Back to Life by Lynn Doan 2:30 PM BRT May 8, 2015 The oil boom isn’t dead after all. For the first time in five months, a rig in the Williston Basin, where North Dakota’s Bakken shale formation lies, sputtered back to life and started drilling for crude once... Continue Reading →
Top Brazil Funds’ Contrarian Bet: Ignore Economy and Buy Stocks By Denyse Godoy Francisco Marcelino/Bloomberg 11:09 AM BRT May 8, 2015 Brazil’s two biggest mutual funds have a message for longer-term investors that few in the recession-plagued country seem to want to hear: Now is a good time to buy stocks. BB DTVM and Itau... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Said to Attract Mitsui in Sale of Brazil Gas Pipelines 9:03 PM BRT May 7, 2015 Petroleo Brasileiro SA has drawn interest from Mitsui & Co. in the sale of a package of natural gas pipelines, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Petrobras, as the Brazilian state oil company is known, has... Continue Reading →
Fri May 8, 2015 1:07am EDT Levy's Brazil austerity plan under growing fire in Congress BRASILIA/SAO PAULO | BY ALONSO SOTO AND BRIAN WINTER/Reuters Brazil's Finance Minister Joaquim Levy participates in a meeting with the Agriculture Parliamentary Front in Brasilia May 5, 2015. REUTERS/UESLEI MARCELINO Brazil Finance Minister Joaquim Levy's four-month-old austerity plan is encountering growing resistance in Congress,... Continue Reading →
BG Group's profits gush ahead of forecasts FT/May 8, 2015 UK energy company BG Group has reported forecast-busting quarterly earnings, as it prepares for a £55bn takeover by larger rival Royal Dutch Shell. The company's sales and earnings are sharply lower than this time last year, thanks to an oil price plunge that began last... Continue Reading →
The Betrayal of Brazil As a massive corruption scandal unfolds, Brazilians are facing some stark truths: The powerful and connected are still dividing the country’s riches among themselves. The past decade’s economic miracle was in large part a mirage. And the future is again on hold. May 8, 2015 by Michael Smith Sabrina Valle Blake Schmidt/Bloomberg... Continue Reading →
Thu May 7, 2015 12:32pm EDT Brazil comptroller says Germany's Bilfinger seeking leniency deal SAO PAULO May 7 (Reuters) - German engineering firm Bilfinger has become the first international company to disclose to Brazil that it may have paid bribes as it seeks leniency under a new anti-corruption law, Comptroller General Valdir Simão said on... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Real Leads Major Currency Gains on Central Bank Outlook By Paula Sambo/Bloomberg 10:20 AM BRT May 7, 2015 Brazil’s real led gains among major currencies and swap rates rose on speculation the central bank will keep raising borrowing costs until analysts forecast that inflation will slow to the official target. Expectations that the central... Continue Reading →
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