Idea is to meet interests of shareholders – Vale and BHP Billiton – and the company’s creditors, sources say 06/21/2022 Otávio Honorato/Divulgação Samarco — Foto: Samarco plant in Mariana, Minas Gerais The Steinbruch family’s CSN group, which aims to become a global iron mining giant, is preparing a plan that may solve the imbroglio that […]
Emissions must be priced even in activities in countries still lacking a regulated carbon market, like Brazil, executive says 06/20/2022 Charles Fernandes — Foto: Leo Pinheiro/Valor Companies that want commitments to sustainability need to start including the cost of carbon emissions in their operations, said Charles Fernandes, managing director and country chair for Brazil at […]
Entrepreneurship is the way out of a weak labor market 06/20/2022 The gradual return of the flow of people and the change in habits, with the expansion of remote work and the acceleration of digitalization, generated an increase in new firms in 2021, but with a greater bet on activities like healthcare, technology and technical […]
In Brazil, 6.7% of new computers are rented, but worldwide leasing will grow 30% this year 06/20/2022 Hiring computers as a service, in a subscription model, instead of buying the machines, is no longer an emergency measure taken during the pandemic. The need to update computers in the resumption of face-to-face work and the complexity […]
Aurélio Amaral says country should create stocks, or harvest will be harmed 06/20/2022 Aurelio Amaral — Foto: Leo Pinheiro/Valor Even with the announcements of fuel price increases imposed by Petrobras last Friday, there is a great risk of shortage of diesel in the second half. The warning comes from the former director of the National […]
Improvement of health situation drives consumption but continuity is uncertain 06/20/2022 Carlos Antonio Rocca — Foto: Silvia Zamboni/Valor After rising for seven quarters in a row since the pandemic hit Brazil, in early 2020, household saving has shrunk in the first quarter of this year, a survey by the Center of Capital Markets Studies of […]
Yet, Brazilian group will not give up on electrics, will continue to make internal combustion vehicles 06/17/2022 Marcio Alfonso — Foto: Silvia Costanti/Valor The automotive industry is divided. Some believe that, in Brazil, electrification will only advance with hybrid cars – which run on power or internal combustion and can already be produced in the […]
Market is heated and grew until May, but a slowdown is expected in the second half of the year 06/17/2022 After falling 31.2% in Brazil between 2010 and 2020, to about 46,000 units, sales of agricultural machinery grew again last year – 26%, to 58,000 units – and are likely to remain strong in 2022, […]
According to survey by NielsenIQ, group spent R$10.9bn in 12 months through March; more brands support Pride Parade 06/17/2022 The LGBTQIA+ population spent R$10.9 billion in retail and e-commerce purchases in the 12 months through March, which represents 5.5% of the consumption of Brazilian households in the period. The average spending of this public, per […]
Bloc reportedly intends to wait for presidential election in Brazil 06/16/2022 Virginijus Sinkevicius — Foto: Silvia Zamboni/Valor The European Commissioner for the Environment, Virginijus Sinkevicius, told Valor that by the end of the year, the European Union may present to Mercosur its demands for additional commitments in the environmental front. This would give a new […]