The Minister of Labor and Employment, Luiz Marinho, said, in an interview with CNN this Saturday (21), there are no guarantees that the value of the minimum wage will be changed from the R$ 1,302 previously set. “It is not guaranteed that it will change from R$ 1,302. It may be that we come to […]
Mega-Sena: Draw this Saturday (21) has an estimated prize of R$ 51 million
THE Caixa Econômica Federal holds, this Saturday (21), the draw for the Mega-Sena contest 2,557. The prize is accumulated and estimated at R$ 51 million for those who match the six dozen drawn. There are still no Mega-Sena main prize winners in 2023. The draw will be held at 20:00 (Brasília time), with a live […]
Why Egypt is asking people to eat chicken feet
Egypt’s economic situation is so dire that the government is asking people to eat chicken feet. The Arab world’s most populous nation is suffering a record currency crisis and its worst inflation in five years, making food so expensive that many Egyptians can no longer afford chicken, a staple food. Poultry prices rose from 30 […]
Americanas becomes the 4th largest judicial recovery in Brazil
In just over a week, the almost century-old Americanas went from one of the main retail chains in Brazil to the top of the ranking of the largest judicial recoveries ever carried out in the country. The company filed its recovery request this Thursday (19th), just eight days after announcing to the market that, under […]
Revisions proposed by the government should delay agreements with OECD and European Union
The Ministers of Finance, Fernando Haddad, and of the Environment, Marina Silva, said this week that Brazil intends to review the terms of the country’s application for entry into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and also some of the points of the agreement. of trade between the European Union and Mercosur. The […]
Google, Microsoft, Amazon: understand why Big Techs keep laying off people en masse
On Friday morning (20), Alphabet, parent company of Google, announced a cut of 12,000 jobs, or 6% of the workforce, to reduce costs. Microsoft, on Wednesday (18), also cut about 10,000 jobs to contain costs. The announcements come on the heels of a series of other mass layoffs in the world’s largest technology companies – […]
Real-life Succession: Who are the children of the richest man in the world
Bernard Arnault chairman of luxury conglomerate LVMH for decades, will have to make possibly one of the most difficult decisions of his life. Richest in the world after ousting Elon Musk from the top in December 2022, the Frenchman has an estimated fortune of US$ 184.7 billion and the responsibility of running a luxury conglomerate […]
Americanas minority shareholders will ask MPF to investigate PwC
The minority shareholders of Americanas are going to file a lawsuit against the multinational consultancy PwC for committing crimes against the capital and financial markets in Brazil. The lawyer representing the group, Daniel Gerber, said that the balance sheet with a deficit of BRL 20 billion was approved by PwC in 2021 without any reservations. […]
ANTT readjusts the minimum floor of road freight from 8.35% to 13.19%
The National Land Transport Agency (ANTT) readjusted the minimum floor for road freight, as per the half-yearly update required by law. The adjustments were from 8.35% to 13.19%, varying according to the category. The new table has been in effect since this Friday, the 20th, according to a publication in Federal Official Gazette (DOU). For […]
Prospects are less gloomy, but there is no euphoria, says IMF chief on Davos on final day of Forum
Throughout the World Economic Forum, in Davos, which ended this Friday (20), terms such as “fragmentation of the global economy”, “economic uncertainty” and “the year of inflation” were frequent in the discussions. While many executives and economists adopted a more optimistic tone, global leaders were concerned about the economic outlook. The director of the International […]