Greatest global threat for next two years is cost-of-living crisis, says World Economic Forum survey 01/12/2023 The logo of the World Economy Forum is displayed at a window of the venue prior to the opening of the event in Davos last year — Foto: Markus Schreiber/AP The World Economic Forum launches every year a Global […]
Many producers face hindrances because they do not qualify for banks’ rules 01/12/2023 Wellington Dias and Paulo Teixeira — Foto: Divulgação/Roberta Aline/MDS The ministers of Agrarian Development, Paulo Teixeira, and of Social Development, Wellington Dias, discussed on Wednesday measures to facilitate the funding of production in family farming and reduce hunger in rural areas. One […]
Bahia-based company produces more than 50,000 tonnes of tissue paper per year 01/12/2023 OL’s toilet paper mill in Bahia — Foto: Divulgação/OL The Asian group Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) did not give up after losing the competition for Kimberly-Clark’s assets in Brazil to Suzano. Interested in expanding in the tissue segment in Brazil, it finally […]
Findings affect indicators like leverage ratio, net equity 01/12/2023 CEO Sergio Rial and CFO André Covre resigned after inconsistencies were found in one of Brazil’s largest retail chains — Foto: Brenno Carvalho/Agência O Globo Retail giant Americanas revealed on Wednesday that it found “inconsistencies” in the funding of its suppliers in previous years, including 2022, […]
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 […]