Topic: O Estado De S. Paulo

Caixa Economica Federal (CEFN3) plans to increase lending to as much as 290 billion reais ($166 billion) this year to become Brazil's third-biggest...
Analysts say Nippon Steel would likely exercise its option to buy Usiminas shares . . - Brazil antit...

Google faces Brazil probe over Orkut site-report

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian state prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro opened a formal investigation into Google over pedophilia, defamation and false identity on its social networking site Orkut, O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported on Wednesday.The Rio de Janeiro state ...

Brazil's Rousseff rises in poll, ties with Serra

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff rose in an opinion poll for October's presidential race, tying top opposition contender Jose Serra, figures showed on Saturday.Rousseff won 37 percent support in the Ibope poll, up 5 percentage ...

Death toll from Brazil mudslides rises to 76

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - At least 76 people have died in flooding and mudslides in Brazil's three largest states over the past four days, O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported on Sunday.The death toll in the state of Rio de ...

Brazil government seeks halt to Sao Paulo airport expansion

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors have asked the courts to halt expansion work at Sao Paulo's Guarulhos airport, the country's largest, on environmental concerns, a newspaper report said on Friday.In their request, state and federal prosecutors cited failures in ...
A summary of Air France Flight 447's final messages suggests it cracked apart in the airFrench and Brazilian officials have described a " burst" of messages from Flight 447 just before it disappeared.A more complete chronology was published Wednesday by Brazil ...

Brit drowns near Rio: report

A 46-year-old British man died over the Easter holiday weekend in unusually strong surf that pummeled the southern Brazilian coast, the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo reported Monday.Peter Charles Cox drowned after being swept from the shore while swimming on ...
Brazil's Vale wants gov't, unions to modify labor laws, avoid layoffs amid global recessionThe president of the world's largest iron ore producer is asking the government to ease up on its tough labor laws as a way to avoid ...

Brazil replaces airport official

Brazil Replaces Head of Airport Authority in Response to Plane Crash That Left 199 People DeadThe head of Brazil's airport authority is being replaced in response to the nation's worst aviation disaster, Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said Saturday.Sergio Mauricio ...