Higher-risk debt among SMEs climbs to 8.9%, partly due to new accounting rules 11/10/2025 The share of loans classified as “higher risk” for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been rising since the beginning of the year. Data from Brazil’s Central Bank shows the rate climbed from 8.2% in January to […]
Disputes over trade, emissions and finance may stall UN climate conference agenda from the start 11/10/2025 The first United Nations climate conference ever held in the Amazon begins Monday (10) in Belém, Pará, under a challenging geopolitical backdrop that threatens to stall COP30 in its opening hours. Global trade, lack […]
Deal marks shift for Japanese steel group amid Brazil’s tightening market and end of strained partnership 11/06/2025 Ternium’s purchase of the remaining stakes held by Nippon Steel and Mitsubishi in Usiminas consolidates a long-anticipated power shift in Brazil’s steel industry. The deal stems from three converging factors: Nippon’s global strategy to redirect capital toward higher-growth markets such as the […]