By Camila Fontana Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Brazilian real gained for a second
day as commodity prices rose and local stocks soared. The benchmark Bovespa
stock index jumped 2.3 percent to 64,623.58. Brazil is the world’s largest
exporter of beef, orange juice, coffee and
By Camila Fontana The real gained 1 percent to 1.8565 per dollar at 7:45 a.m.
New York time, from 1.8755 yesterday, when it rose 0.2 percent. The Brazilian
currency benefits from “a calmer external scenario that is driving commodities
up,” said Paulo Petrassi , a partner at Leme
Banco Santander SA’s local unit, which is Brazil’s third- biggest private bank,
pushed forward last week its call for the central bank’s first increase of the
benchmark 8.75 percent rate to March 17 from April 28. Sao Paulo-based Itau
Unibanco Holding SA, the country’s largest
The Marist Poll found that 57 percent of independent voters have a negative
view of Obama’s job performance, up from 44 percent in a Dec. 8 survey .
Twenty-nine percent of independents approve, down from 41 percent, and 14
percent said they were unsure. “The message of bipartisanship
By Garth Theunissen South Africa’s currency may weaken to between 8 and 8.20
per dollar as it forms a “pattern of rising highs” against the dollar, Ian
Cruickshanks , head of research at Nedbank Treasury, said in a telephone
interview from Johannesburg. “Rising highs” are
The explosion occurred at about 11:30 a.m. local time while the plant was
undergoing a gas-line test, Middletown Mayor Sebastian Giuliano said yesterday.
A team from the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is en route
to the accident scene, Daniel Horowitz , a spokesman
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. ’s trouble with the braking system of
its Prius hybrid model shouldn’t deter buyers even though “it’s kind of scary,”
Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak said. “All these problems should get fixed,
but they shouldn
All workers known to be at the natural-gas-fired plant are accounted for, said
Al Santostefano, a spokesman for the Middletown Fire Department . An
investigation into what caused the blast is expected to begin at 7 a.m. local
time today. “We still don’t have a complete list of how
The $60-a-share bid, 38 percent higher than Airgas’s closing price yesterday,
follows two approaches that Airgas’s management rejected, Allentown,
Pennsylvania-based Air Products said today in a statement. The offer is worth
about $7 billion after including $1.9 billion in assumed debt, Air
The tremor struck about 47 miles (76 kilometers) west- southwest of Eureka and
225 miles northwest of Sacramento, and occurred at a depth of 7 miles,
according to the USGS Web site. “The magnitude is such that a tsunami is not
expected,” the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said
All workers known to be at the natural-gas-fired plant are accounted for, said
Al Santostefano, a spokesman for the Middletown Fire Department . An
investigation into what caused the blast is expected to begin at 7 a.m. local
time today. “We still don’t have a complete list of how
