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The Natural One boosts operations with own orange farming
4+ hour, 9+ min ago (10+ words) The Natural One boosts operations with own orange farming'Valor International...
Lula expands housing program to include middle-income families
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (597+ words) 16/04/2025 10h02 Atualizado h" 8 meses The board of the Workers" Severance Fund (FGTS) approved on Tuesday the creation of a new income bracket under the Minha Casa, Minha Vida (My House, My Life) housing program. The new tier'known as "Faixa 4will serve families…...
New bracket of housing program eating into direct sales of developers
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (641+ words) 14/07/2025 11h54 Atualizado h" 7 meses "This presents a significant opportunity to reduce developers" financial exposure by shifting credit toward the formal system, which offers lower risk and more predictable cash flows," said Thiago Yaak, co-founder of Liquid. Mr. Yaak noted that the…...
Shopee secures Brazil’s largest logistics warehouse lease
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (599+ words) Logistics park developer and operator Marq (formerly GLP) has signed a lease for 220,000 square meters at its GLP Guarulhos III logistics complex with a single tenant. According to real estate consultancy JLL, it is the largest transaction of its kind…...
Justice minister defends Federal Police autonomy, state policy
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (9+ words) Justice minister defends Federal Police autonomy, state policy'Valor International...
Justice Mendonça finds probe in early stage, Federal Police without access to evidence
1+ week, 5+ day ago (255+ words) The restricted access to evidence meant that Justice Mendon'a found the proceedings still at a very early stage. He has already met twice with PF investigators, last Wednesday and again on Monday. The meetings were attended by the agency's executive…...
Ex-social security chief arrested in R$6.3bn benefits fraud case
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (546+ words) 14/11/2025 10h05 Atualizado h" 2 meses The Federal Police launched a new phase of Operation No Deduction on Thursday (13), targeting a nationwide scheme involving improper association-related deductions from retirement and pension benefits paid by the National Social Security Institute (INSS). Alessandro Stefanutto, the…...
Moral damage claims in labor lawsuits are back on the rise
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (859+ words) The number of claims for moral damages in labor lawsuits has risen significantly over the past five years. In 2025, 5.068 million cases were filed in Brazil's labor courts, and 17.2% of them (871,800) included requests for compensation. In 2020, the share was just 6%. The…...
Street retail rebounds as chains boost security, reopen expansion plans | Business
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1188+ words) The latest retail crises'in 2015 and 2020'pushed chains to invest more heavily in technology to curb losses from theft and robberies. That shift has made street-front stores more competitive than in the past, especially as an outdoor lifestyle and consumption pattern…...
Santa Catarina given 48h to explain ban on racial quotas
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (666+ words) 28/01/2026 10h10 Atualizado h" 6 horas Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes has given the Santa Catarina state legislature and the state government 48 hours to explain a law that bans racial quotas at state universities. In the same order, he also instructed the Santa…...