Company, which started process on Tuesday, has not informed how many people will be dismissed 01/11/2023 Layoffs involve only Brazil; company started process on Tuesday — Foto: Divulgação The wave of layoffs in technology companies has reached Didi’s Brazilian mobility service 99. The company, which started the process on Tuesday, has not said how many […]
Infrastructure hurdles are second greatest risk; low-carbon agriculture comes in third place 01/11/2023 An EY survey with agribusiness executives in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile showed that climate change and its short and long-term impacts are the main risks they see for their businesses. The study listed the top ten risks and opportunities that agribusiness executives […]
Experts predict wave of restructuring due to high interest rates 01/11/2023 The number of court-supervised restructuring requests nationwide in 2022 is the lowest in the last eight years — a total of 833 companies, according to credit bureau Serasa Experian. But this calm scenario is not likely to remain in place in 2023. Lawyers say […]
Last months were marked by consistent deceleration of price hikes 10/01/2023 Inflation has surprised once again to the upside at the end of 2022, raising the full result for the year. The benchmark inflation index IPCA rose by 0.62% in December, above the 0.61% ceiling of the projections gathered by Valor Data — the median […]
Peculiarities of the sanitation sector, however, will require a negotiation with the municipalities 01/09/2023 Natália Resende — Foto: Silvia Costanti / Valor. The São Paulo state government will study the privatization of water and waste management state-run company Sabesp in the same way as was done for Eletrobras — considering the peculiarities of the sanitation […]
Foreign banks show signs of concern with directions pointed by new government 01/09/2023 After the noises emitted by the new government provoked days of high tension among local market players, foreign banks have now started to send messages of greater caution with the directions indicated by the Lula administration, worsening their projections for the trajectory […]
If unsuccessful with bloc, negotiation can be individual 01/09/2023 China says it is ready to negotiate a free trade agreement with Mercosur or separately with any partner of the bloc. It is an issue of impact that is unlikely to be left out of the visit that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Workers’ Party, […]
Brazil’s next harvest is expected to be “normal” compared to the last two, which were seriously affected by the weather, experts say 01/05/2023 Brazil is in the off-season of a smaller production cycle, and the next one is not expected to be a “super-crop” — Foto: Silvia Zamboni/Valor With divergent estimates, the real size of […]
After investing heavily in energy sector, China’s next target may be electrified railroads, says Luiz Augusto de Castro Neves, a former ambassador in China 01/05/2023 Divulgação — Foto: Luiz Augusto de Castro Neves Brazil’s relations with China, its largest trading partner, could gain new steam if the Lula administration puts in place measures to cut […]
Senator Prates, picked by President Lula to run state-owned oil company, said prices will be aligned with international market 01/05/2023 Jean Paul Prates — Foto: Edilson Rodrigues/Agência Senado Senator Jean Paul Prates, picked by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to head Petrobras, said Wednesday that the promised change in the fuel price policy will […]