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Remote Work Is Not a Rule-Free Zone: What Can Lead to Warnings or Dismissal in Brazil
A Brazilian judge's removal after a virtual hearing has revived the debate about home office limits. Employment speciali...
Brazil’s Tax Reform Leaves a Key Question Unanswered: Will Shelf Prices Show or Hide Tax?
Retailers and tax authorities are divided over whether Brazil’s new consumption tax will appear in advertised prices, wh...
Brazil's Chamber Approves Bill to Punish Vehicle-Based Animal Abandonment
Drivers and boat operators could face serious traffic penalties, licence suspension and possible CNH cancellation after ...
China's Food Self-Sufficiency Plan Forces Brazil to Rethink Soy, Corn and Beef Exports
Beijing's 15th Five-Year Plan aims to lift domestic production of beef, lamb and milk, and Chinese import quotas are alr...
Petrobras Sees Amapá Ultra-Deepwater Oil Production Within Seven Years After Foz do Amazonas Find
Hydrocarbons in the Morfo well point to a new Brazilian frontier; CEO Magda Chambriard says Amapá could be producing ult...
Mega-Sena Draw Offers R$38 Million Prize This Sunday
Concurso 3.045 is drawn at 11am on Sunday in São Paulo after Thursday's game rolled over. A minimum R$6 ticket has a 1-i...
Brazil Central Bank Liquidates Simpala Finance Company and Consórcio Administrator
Deposits at Simpala S.A. Crédito, Financiamento e Investimento are covered by Brazil's FGC within limits, but consortium...
US places Brazil in group accused of helping China evade Trump tariffs
A White House report puts Brazil among more than 40 countries it says help reroute Chinese goods to dodge US tariffs, al...
Kassab Says Flávio Bolsonaro's Election Chances Are 'Zero' and Centrão Is With Lula
PSD president and Caiado running mate Gilberto Kassab dismissed Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential bid, saying Centrão part...
Eastern Indonesia Earthquake Kills 38, Triggers Tsunami Alert and Aftershocks
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake off Indonesia's eastern coast killed at least 38 people, forced 2,000 from their homes and pr...
Brazil Signals US Trade Retaliation Will Wait Until After October Vote
Brasília expects the reciprocity process to take 60–90 days, pushing retaliation past Brazil's runoff — unless Washingto...
Quaest Poll Leaves Lula in a Technical Second-Round Tie and Negative Approval
Quaest finds 48% disapprove of Lula and 46% approve, a second-round tie with Flávio Bolsonaro, and deteriorating economi...
Anthropic Q2 Revenue Jumps 14-Fold to $11.5 Billion Ahead of Planned IPO
Preliminary figures seen by Bloomberg show Anthropic's second-quarter revenue reached more than $11.5 billion, triple it...
Foreign Outflows and Fiscal Fears Hit Brazil's Biggest Listed Companies in Nine Sessions
Elos Ayta ranks Itaú Unibanco, Bradesco, Petrobras and other blue chips among the biggest market-value losers over nine ...
Petrobras Strikes Hydrocarbons in Brazil's Equatorial Margin Well
The Morpho well in the Foz do Amazonas basin has found oil or gas indications, raising the stakes for a frontier that co...
Petrobras Confirms Hydrocarbons in Foz do Amazonas Well, but No Commercial Volumes Yet
CEO Magda Cambriard says the Morpho well confirms an active petroleum system in the Foz do Amazonas basin, while drillin...
Brazil Pays Lawmakers’ Earmarks on Time While Starving Federal Regulators
Anac, ANP and CVM face cuts that suspend inspections and certification even as the 2026 budget shields R$61 billion in p...
Teen Confesses to Killing Mother in Oeiras, Portugal; Four-Year-Old Sister Was in Apartment
Portuguese police say a 15-year-old strangled his Brazilian mother and waited about 21 hours before surrendering; he tol...
C&A Brazil Bets on New Store Format as Sales Grow Double Digits, CEO Says
The retailer plans to convert at least 25 of its 341 stores a year to the open-facade Energia model and is expanding its...
Brazil Opens Reciprocity Process Against US Over Trump Tariffs
The Lula government has formally notified Washington that it is starting the Economic Reciprocity Law process, a step th...
Brazil's Ibovespa Falls for Ninth Session as Foreign Outflows Hit R$13.5bn in August
Ibovespa fell for a ninth straight session to 166,934 points as foreign outflows hit R$13.5 billion in August; Petrobras...
Quaest Poll Shows Lula Approval Split as Voters See Economy Worsening
New Quaest data shows President Lula's government in a statistical tie on approval, with 49% saying Brazil's economy wor...
Brazil's TSE Delays AI Election Rules as Deepfakes Spread From Ireland to Pakistan
A postponed TSE meeting leaves Brazil without clear sanctions for AI-generated election content, while cases in Ireland,...
Simpala Liquidation: FGC Tells 21,000 Creditors How to Claim Up to R$250,000
The FGC says reimbursements have not begun after the Central Bank liquidated Simpala Financeira, and creditors should co...
Colombia Earthquake Search Shifts to Recovery as Death Toll Tops 260
Rescuers in Cali are moving from search to debris removal after a magnitude 7.4 quake killed at least 265 people and lef...
Brazil Starts Reciprocity Process Against US Section 301 Tariffs
Brasília has notified Washington and requested consultations, while keeping support for sectors hit by US Section 301 ta...
Anthropic's Potential $2 Trillion IPO Would Shatter Wall Street Records
Investors expect Anthropic, the maker of Claude, to seek at least a $2 trillion valuation in a possible October 2026 IPO...
Brazil’s Fuel-Bill Deal Shows the Shape of a Possible 2027 Fiscal Adjustment
Brazil's PLP 114 negotiation paired short-term spending with two fiscal triggers estimated at about R$10 billion, previe...
Pátria Offers R$107.5 Million for Four Floors of Rio's Torre do Rio Sul
Pátria Escritórios' bid for four occupied floors would deepen its Rio exposure; Capitânia wants shareholders to vote on ...
Livelo launches loyalty index as Brazilians treat points like household savings
New ILF index debuts at 75.8/100; a Livelo-commissioned survey of 1,250 Brazilians found 87% of loyalty users see points...
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