Company specializes in yeast, a fungus that, if combined with other products, can strengthen the immunity of animals 08/22/2022 Glycon Santos — Foto: Divulgação Brazilian company ICC sees the reduction of antibiotics in the animal diet as a trend that will open more space for natural products, such as yeast – its core product. The […]
Contagion by past rate grows with official inflation at 10%, study shows 08/22/2022 Daniel Karp — Foto: Carol Carquejeiro/Valor Inertial inflation is expected to strengthen in the coming months and start losing momentum only by February, according to a study by economists Daniel Karp and Felipe Kotinda, with Santander. Inertial inflation is the phenomenon by […]
Economy Ministry sees risk of high default, vicious circle for borrowers 08/22/2022 Ronaldo Bento — Foto: José Cruz/Agência Brasil The offer of payroll-deduction loans for beneficiaries of the cash-transfer program Auxílio Brasil, one bet of President Jair Bolsonaro (Liberal Party, PL) to draw low-income voters, is rejected by the country’s largest private-sector banks and faces […]
Covid-19 pandemic, last year’s booming revenues helped improve expenditure by 12.4% 08/19/2022 Ursula Dias Peres — Foto: Silvia Zamboni/Valor The various and successive extraordinary conditions that have marked the current term of office of governors — such as the Covid-19 pandemic and last year’s surprising tax revenues — resulted in a larger share of state […]
Lot with airport in São Paulo and other 10 was auctioned for R$2.45bn; Aena was the only interested buyer 08/19/2022 Main lot includes São Paulo’s Congonhas airport and 10 others in Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, and Pará — Foto: Edilson Dantas/Agência O Globo Brazil’s new round of airport auctions had little competition and […]
Monetary authority’s autonomy law foresees fixed four-year terms for president and directors with one reappointment 08/19/2022 Roberto Campos Neto — Foto: Billy Boss/Câmara dos Deputados Central Bank President Roberto Campos Neto said he will not accept a new term after 2024. “When the autonomy rule was made, I was against reappointment. I wanted to remove […]
Prices estimated for December show that Brazilian wheat will be among the most expensive in the world 08/18/2022 Even with the prospect of a record wheat harvest and supply problems in the Northern Hemisphere, Brazil is unlikely to gain ground in the international market. This is because the prices estimated for December – when the […]
Consortium, which won its second concession in Minas Gerais, plans to study new assets 08/18/2022 Equipav, a group with interests in a range of sectors including infrastructure and mining, and asset management company Perfin plan to develop together a highway concession platform in Brazil. The partnership started with two concessions in Minas Gerais, but there […]
Company mulls deals in renewable power; CEO Marcos Lutz says operational efficiency is a priority 18/08/2022 Marcos Lutz — Foto: Claudio Belli/Valor Grupo Ultra, one of the largest companies in Brazil, will focus on putting its house in order and then return to growth after raising about R$8.5 billion by selling two of its main […]
Moderna, Pfizer offer shots to fight both original virus and omicron variant 18/08/2022 U.S.-based drugmaker Moderna and Zodiac, its partner in Brazil, started March contacts with health regulator Anvisa with the intention of making a new vaccine available in the country at the beginning of 2023. Pfizer is also working to bring to the Brazilian […]