Former Paraguayan dictator dies in Brasilia

Former Paraguayan dictator dies in Brasilia

ITAR-TASS, Russia - Aug 16, 2006RIO DE JANEIRO, August 16 (Itar-Tass) -- Former Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner died in Brasilia at the end of 93 on Wednesday, according to a report ...
Source: www.tass.ru

PROPOSED ALL-CASH OFFER TO ACQUIRE INCO
Free Market News Network, FL - Aug 11, 2006Rio de Janeiro, August 11, 2006 � Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) announces that it intends to make an all-cash offer to acquire all of the outstanding ...
Source: www.freemarketnews.com

Vale Shares Drop After Report It May Bid C$17 Billion for Inco
Bloomberg - Aug 11, 2006Vale, which is based in Rio de Janeiro-based, will make aC$86 a-share offer for Inco, the world's second-largest nickel producer, the Wall Street Journal said ...
Source: www.bloomberg.com

CSN plans US$113mn long steel plant, mulls Baosteel partnership - Brazil

CSN plans US$113mn long steel plant, mulls Baosteel partnership - Brazil 

Brazilian integrated steel producer CSN (NYSE: SID) plans to invest US$113mn to build a long steel plant in Rio de Janeiro state, the company told the Bovespa stock exchange.
Source: www.bnamericas.com

Leftist a threat to Brazil president 
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) Thanks mostly to a robust economy, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been coasting to re-election victory in two months. But a new threat is rising.
Source: www.syracuse.com

Brazilians join battle for Inco with $17.2B 
Sat, August 12, 2006 Brazilians join battle for Inco with $17.2B By CP TORONTO -- Brazil's CVRD jumped into the battle for Canada's Inco Ltd. yesterday, with a $17.2-billion all-cash offer it says should edge out two competing bids for the nickel giant. Rio de Janeiro-based Compania Vale do Rio Doce said it will offer $86 a share for Inco, the world's second-largest nickel producer. "The price of
Source: ottawasun.com

Mammoth task must not be lost in translation 
Carlos Alberto Parreira is something of a closed book for South African football fans. Even though his track record is well chronicled, the questions abound as he prepares to become South Africa's 14th national coach in 14 years, writes Rodney Hartman.
Source: www.iol.co.za

Brazils Lula would win election in 1st round-polls 
RIO DE JANEIRO, - Brazils President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has doubled his lead over his main rival since last month and would win in the first round of Oct. 1 elections, an opinion poll showed on Thursday.
Source: www.khaleejtimes.com