Tupiwire: The Week That Was

The week that was in my private clipping file. In bold: Stuff I made some effort to follow up on in bold. Details on request.
AlphaVille Applies for Environmental License on New Developments
Swiss Re America Names Head of Local Office
Cosan Share Swap Delayed
New Industrial Policy Focuses on Alternative Energy
Banco do Brasil Will Inject R$2 Billion Into [...]

What Will Become of the UBS-Pactual Pact?

Source: Agência Estado/A Tarde
Bloomberg seems to be picking up stories on a regular basis now from the AE. Do they have a content pipeline, as, for example, the New York Times has set up a content pipeline with the Gazeta Mercantil?
As ações do UBS registravam alta hoje com a notícia de que um investidor está [...]

Rei do Mate: Mom and Pop Will Sell the Shop?

Source: Canal Executivo
Rei do Mate arruma a casa à espera de pretendentes
Rei do Mate, expecting suitors, puts its house in order
My wife — my in-house Brazilian consumer focus group of one — is just crazy about the beverage and snacks chain, built around the sour-bitter supercaffeinated herbal beverage that down South they like [...]

“The Real Brazil”: The Industrial Revolution Will Not Be Televised

By Roberto Cavalcanti de Albuquerque and Joao Paulo dos Reis Velloso (publication date not something that Brazilian online booksellers think you might want to know).
Brazilian Justice Minister Tarso Genro hammers on a familar note in Valor Econômico yesterday:
O Brasil da mídia e o Brasil real
The Media’s Brazil and the Real Brazil
Genro is the leading [...]

Morning Briefing: Breakfast With The Bem-Te-Vi

Some morning business headlines from the Brazilian press. The bem-te-vi is a sort of yellow-bellied bluejay in a burglar’s mask who starts in to screeching early in our neck of the woods here in São Paulo.
Why did Peru make sovereign investment grade before Brazil did?
The Ministry of Justice wants a recall of 477,000 Volkwagen Fox [...]