Topic: Brasilia

Sabesp inks US$600mn Tiete financing deal with IDB

Brazil's Sao Paulo state water utility Sabesp (Bovespa: SBSP3, NYSE: SBS) has signed a US$600mn loan agreement with IDB, a company spokesperson...

Brazil, Petrobras Reach Oil Deal

BRASILIA-Brazil's state-controlled oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA has agreed to pay the federal government $42.5 billion in stock to acquire five...
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil's state-controlled oil producer, will pay $8.50 a barrel to buy 5 billion barrels of undeveloped reserves from the...

How much?????????

Seriously .... I'm loving my 360. Brutal Legend deserved the movie treatment, Bayonetta is everything I expected, but then a certain sadness hit...

Brazilians Take Flight

Brasilia-based writer Diogo Alcantara notes that with an increase in international flight options, traveling for Brazilians has never been easier...

3,150-MW Santo Antonio Hydropower Project in Br...

Brasilia, Brazil Santo Antonio Energia aims to launch commercial operations at the 3,150-MW Santo Antonio hydropower project in Brazil by December...

Sri Lanka, Hawaii sites get world heritage status

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's central highlands and a protected marine area in Hawaii, the only habitats of several endangered plant and animal species, have been added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites, the U.N. body said on Saturday ...

UNESCO declares Everglades endangered site

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A U.N. panel has declared the Florida's Everglades to be an endangered World Heritage site due to the wetlands' continued degradation, officials said on Friday.The wetlands' water inflows have fallen by up to 60 percent and pollution
The list of World Heritage sites, which brings an endorsement that can boost tourism and environmental protection for those on it, has swelled with 21 additions decided at a UNESCO meeting in recent days.UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, which wraps up ...
A health official says renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer has been hospitalized again in Rio de Janeiro.A Hospital Samaritano spokeswoman says she does not have details on the 102-year-old architect's condition.She spoke Monday on condition of an