Brazil’s export profitability drops 7.7% in August as 2025 outlook turns negative 10/06/2025 A stronger real against the dollar, new U.S. tariffs, falling average export prices, and rising production costs, especially wages and services, dealt a broad blow to Brazilian exporters’ profit margins in August. The hit spanned across industry, extractive […]
Raízen, owned by Cosan and Shell, is also negotiating sale of three other units 10/03/2025 Brazilian sugarcane processing company Grupo Colorado, the owner of two mills in Brazil’s Center-South region, has made an offer for Raízen’s Usina Continental, two sources familiar with the matter told Valor. The sources requested anonymity. Raízen declined […]
Country chief Alessandro Zema says favorable conditions should be attracting more foreign flows as investors await clearer fiscal signals; believes Selic will reach 11.5% in late 2026 10/03/2025 In the second week of September, Morgan Stanley held a conference in London with 63 Latin American companies—most of them Brazilian—to connect them with […]
Large retail groups reduced headcount starting in Q2, citing high interest rates, restructuring 10/03/2025 Large retail groups reported layoffs in the second quarter—or “corporate restructurings,” according to discreet mentions in earnings releases—and the headcount reductions extended into the third quarter at market leaders. Cuts in operating expenses to dilute costs, weaker sales—which […]
Government weighs diplomacy over retaliation after U.S. penalties on officials and exports 10/02/2025 The federal government will focus on resuming negotiations with the United States before moving forward with discussions around an “anti-sanctions law,” Valor has learned. The proposal aims to protect Brazilian authorities and institutions, such as banks, from international sanctions. Although the measure […]
Company channels R$750 m to reduce debt, keeps outlook upbeat on Brazil/Argentina/Chile plants 10/02/2025 Minerva Foods is reworking its plans and intends to use the R$750 million that would have been allocated to purchase three Marfrig—now MBRF, following its merger with BRF—plants in Uruguay to pay down debt. The decision follows the deal’s […]
Under CEO Gustavo Pimenta, who completes one year in office, company has been meeting targets 10/02/2025 Vale expects to regain leadership this year in iron ore production, title lost to Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto after Brumadinho disaster — Photo: Leo Pinheiro/Valor Vale expects to regain its position this year as the world’s largest […]
MURRAY ADVOGADOS NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2025 09/04/2025 CHINA DOUBLES DOWN ON BRAZIL WITH ENERGY FOCUS, DIVERSIFIED INVESTMENT After era of large-scale projects, Chinese capital shifts to innovation, energy transition Chinese investments in Brazil reached $4.18 billion in 2024, up 113% from $1.97 billion the previous year. The surge far outpaced the 13.8% increase […]
Governor Helder Barbalho says rich nations must fund action as Belém prepares to host the summit in the Amazon 10/01/2025 With less than two months remaining until the United Nations Climate Summit (COP30), Governor Helder Barbalho of Pará said the event will be an opportunity to pressure—especially the largest economies—for a commitment to climate […]
Companies expect products to hit the Brazilian market in October 10/01/2025 Novo Nordisk, Eurofarma to jointly launch two drug brands for weight loss, diabetes — Photo: Pexels Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk and Brazil’s Eurofarma announced on Wednesday (1) a partnership to launch two new brands of injectable biological semaglutide in Brazil for the treatment of obesity […]