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 POLITICS
Odebrecht shouldering personal spending of informants

Former executives and shareholders have already produced 2,800 pages of testimonies for soon-to-be-signed informant and leniency deals

ECONOMY

Justice recruits religious leaders to reduce case backlog

Courts develop programs to train priests, pastors and even traffic officers in mediation methods as a way of alleviating lawsuit overload

BUSINESS

Potential investors see government pushing Oi to market solution

Case of telco shows how top shareholder sets the tone in its attempt to recover invested money

BUSINESS

Celulose Irani seeks strategic investor to resume expansion

Cardboard packaging maker wants to hold stock offering to get minority shareholder and expand two plants

BUSINESS

Scandals increase audit firms’ revenues in Brazil

Fees for scrutinizing financial statements of publicly traded companies rose 16% with the higher risk of fraud

COMMENTARY

Antonio Delfim Netto

From John to John: the importance of economics 

Knowledge of economics is not civilization; maybe it is its possibility

Angela Bittencourt

Focus on US election and spending cap

Presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump weighs on market, which will be watching Temer’s cabinet meeting and vote on PEC 241

Claudia Safatle

Another R$65bn charge in electricity bills

Extra rate increase to compensate transmission companies will create pressure over inflation

MORE NEWS

• AGRIBUSINESS

  Cofco Agri plans to increase capacity of its plants in Brazil

  
  Sugar-and-ethanol group aims to raise capacity by 20% in three years, following expansion strategy of Chinese parent
• BUSINESS

  Enel rebrands in Brazil while betting on renewables

  
  Italian giant rename local units and plans to nearly double generating capacity in the country by late 2018 with wind and solar projects
• BUSINESS

  Government plans intervention in Oi as negotiations stall

  Provisional measure would change bankruptcy laws to remove the company's top management and nurse telco back to health
• MARKETS

  Banks’ plan to create credit bureau upsets sector

  
  Existing bureaus claim banks, their main clients, would have unfair advantage, while retailers fear becoming hostage to a single provider
• AGRIBUSINESS

  Meat processors expect to resume investments only in 2018

  
  High production costs and still weak economy mean there is still plenty of idle capacity
• BUSINESS

  Odebrecht executives’ plea bargain can affect Braskem class action

  If judge rejects motion to end the case, petrochemical company is likely to accelerate talks for a settlement
• POLITICS

  Leniency deals of construction companies may be reviewed

  
  New facts emerged during internal investigation and testimonies under plea bargains
• BUSINESS

  Personal care group Flora shrinks portfolio

  
  Group controlled by holding company J&F and maker of Neutrox hair conditioner will focus on top four brands
• BUSINESS

  São Paulo Motor Show puts on optimistic face

  Carmakers want to focus on recovery at Brazil's largest automotive event amid industry's worst crisis in recent memory
• ECONOMY

  Companies bet on Paraguay eyeing Brazilian market

  
  Brazilian imports are down through September, but purchases of Paraguayan goods rise 30% in the period
• ECONOMY

  Companies win deadline breaks on labor debts

  
  Unions denounce moves by judges who consolidate lawsuits to unlock payments and accelerate cases
• MARKETS

  CVM president wants to start Petrobras trial by July

  
  Leonardo Pereira hopes to end his tenure ahead of the market regulator laying the basis for rulings on future corruption cases
• BUSINESS

  Samarco building steel barrier to hold mine refuse

  
  Structure will offer a last-ditch defense from potential flooding of mine tailings into the Doce River
• ECONOMY

  Provisional measure seeks to broaden arbitration in concessions

  
  Brasília discusses alternatives for airport operators and other concessionaires facing financial crisis
• BUSINESS

  PDG replaces executives to restructure multibillion-real debt

  RK Partners takes over debt renegotiation ahead of likely filing for bankruptcy reorganization
• MARKETS

  Banks turn to high-income borrowers amid crisis

  
  Lenders try to offset declining credit demand among low-income clients with aggressive offers to moneyed ones
• BUSINESS

  Eight foreign groups coveting Oi 

  
  Talks to buy telecom, which is under bankruptcy protection, are more advanced with Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris 
• MARKETS

  Regulation will change power balance in lending 

  Stricter capital rules will give an edge to private-sector banks in Brazil, where credit is now dominated by government lenders 
• ECONOMY

  Retirement begins earlier and lasts longer in wealthier states

  
  Ipea survey shows that in places where incomes and life expectancy are lower, benefits begin to be paid later
• MARKETS

  Petrobras remains top pick for November

  Preferred share of oil giant is recommended by 7 of 10 brokerages of Carteira Valor, which also highlights financial stocks
• BUSINESS

  Engie eyes natural gas acquisitions, energy services 

  
  French-Belgian company is closely following potential regulatory changes before making investment decisions in Brazil 
• BRIEFS

  • CAF and BNP launch fund for Brazilian infrastructure program

    13 hours and 45 minutes ago
    • The CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and BNP Paribas Asset Management will create a fund to finance the Brazilian infrastructure concession program. It could count on as much as R$1 billion, the banks say, and invest on tax-exempt bonds. The fund will be announced this Tuesday in Brasília, during a Valor-sponsored event in partnership with the National Confederation of Industry (CNI). President Michel Temer will be the keynote speaker. 

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  BUSINESS

  First fintech merger could herald consolidation wave

  
  Vindi agreed to buy Aceita Fácil, betting on client acquisition as a growth path, and experts say it could be first of many in the industry