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Itaś Unibanco raises $400m to finance renewable power projects in Brazil
2015-01-28 01:00:00| Power Technology
Itaś Unibanco, Brazil's largest lender in the private sector, has taken a loan of $400m from the International Finance Corp and a group of commercial banks in order to help finance renewable power projects in the country, which has been experiencing
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Brazil plans river fibre network to connect Amazon region
2015-01-26 07:55:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Brazil has presented a plan to build an underwater fibre network in the northern Amazon to bring broadband the region. The 'Conexao Norte' ('Northern Connection') will deploy 7,700km of fibre along riverbeds to connect towns in the region, according to the plan developed by the Integrated Center for Army Telematics, in partnership with defense agencies, the National Education and Research Network (RNP), Telebras, Eletrobras, Padtec and the government of Amazonas. A pilot project of 12km in the rio Negro will start in March, said the deputy head of Army IT, General Santos Guerra, who presented the project to the Minister of Communications, Ricardo Berzoini. In total, the Northern Connection, part of the National Broadband Plan, will have six optical routes and extend to the Atlantic and Pacific and neighbouring countries. The expectation is the network will serve around 7 million people in the region, as well as 29 universities currently using satellite for broadband.
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Sparkling Wine Market in Brazil: Market Profile to 2018
2015-01-26 01:00:00| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com
This report presents data on the Sparkling Wine consumption trends in Brazil. It analyzes Sparkling Wine consumption volumes and values at market and category level.
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Brazil drought: rainfall is at its lowest level since 1930
2015-01-25 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: As water reserves in Brazils most populous city, So Paulo, ran perilously low last year, there were jokes about needing a rain dance. This year is different. Last week, the countrys politicians called upon divine intervention to end a historic shortage. God is Brazilian, said Eduardo Braga, mines and energy minister. He will make it rain. Even those within So Paulos water company Sabesp are hoping for a miracle to prevent the reservoirs from drying up completely within five months, after...
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Real Estate Market Cools in Brazil, But Not Crashing Yet
2015-01-22 00:39:45| Real Estate - Topix.net
The real estate market in Brazil saw staggering growth in the last seven years, and coupled with a national booming economy it looked like a positive trend. However most analysts, and certainly those hoping to buy or rent, have been waiting for a housing bubble to burst and for the last year many have urged caution.
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