Environment
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12 July 2011 at 18 : 36 PM
Bullet train project off the rails
An auction for the right to build a high-speed rail link between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo has failed to attract any bidders, casting doubt on the project in its present form. ...
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8 April 2011 at 14 : 22 PM
Chinese Takeaways
Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, will visit China next week on a mission focused almost entirely on trade between the two BRICs giants. ...
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8 April 2011 at 13 : 02 PM
Government ploughs R$1,7bn into innovation
The Brazilian Financing Agency for Studies and Projects (Finep) has set deadlines for the deployment of R$ 1.75bn ($ 1.1bn) in resources allocated to support innovation. ...
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25 March 2011 at 07 : 02 AM
Rio Olympics raises IT legacy concerns
There are concerns that the Rio Olympic Games may not generate a meaningful legacy from a technology and telecommunications standpoint, delegates heard at an event about the technical needs for the upcoming sporting events in Brazil. ...
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14 March 2011 at 05 : 43 AM
Start the Week #2: Goodbye Carnival, hello Obama
Featured in this Start the Week podcast, week commencing 14 March 2011: Mark Hillary and Angelica Mari from IT Decisions talk about the quietest business week of the year in Brazil as Carnival finishes, US research focused on technology innovation and trade tariffs, and the Santander CIO interview - then preview the forthcoming visit to Brazil by US ...
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11 March 2011 at 09 : 17 AM
Trade tariffs threaten Brazil tech innovation
Foreign policy think-tank Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has issued a new study analyzing the predicted consumption rates of the US, China, India, and Brazil for the next two decades as well as efforts for increased management of climate change through technological innovation. IT Decisions comments on the findings. ...
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4 February 2011 at 15 : 43 PM
The fortune at the bottom of the ocean
There was some very interesting analysis in The Economist recently, focused on the difficulties Petrobras faces in getting new oil finds to the surface. This is not just any oil discovery. It's the much-feted "sub-salt" oil that is located off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Not only is the oil 7,000 metres below the surface, it is 200-300km out to sea, and ...
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