Brazil
Shell cuts stake in Brazil oil project with $1 billion sale to Qatar
LONDON - Oil firm Royal Dutch Shell is selling a stake in a Brazilian oil project to Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) for $1 billion, in line with this year's plan to ramp up disposals.
Top tax haven got more investment in 2013 than India and Brazil: U.N
GENEVA - The British Virgin Islands got more foreign direct investment last year than the major emerging economies of India and Brazil combined, a United Nations survey said on Tuesday.
Tiger Global to invest up to $500 million in Brazil online retailer B2W
SAO PAULO - Tiger Global Management LLC, the hedge fund managed by industry mogul Charles Coleman, plans to spend up to 1.2 billion reais ($500 million) to buy a stake in Brazilian online retailer B2W Companhia Digital , in a bet that e-commerce will keep booming in Latin America's largest economy.
Egypt's Sawiris plans bid for TIM Brasil to avoid breakup - paper
SAO PAULO - Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris plans to bid for Brazilian wireless carrier TIM Participações SA , according to a newspaper interview published on Saturday, adding pressure to a delicate standoff between two European telecom giants.
Boeing bullish on Brazil despite lost fighter jet deal
SAO PAULO - Boeing Co says its failure to win a $4 billion-plus fighter jet deal in Brazil was a lost opportunity that will lead it to scale back planned investments in the country, although it still sees excellent opportunities in cargo, defense and biofuels.
Analysis: Petrobras fuel woes make Brazil dependent on U.S., India
RIO DE JANEIRO - In October 2007, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, then chairwoman of state-run petroleum company Petrobras, proudly predicted that giant new offshore oil fields would usher in an age of Brazilian energy independence.
Brazil bomb scare spurs emergency landing, brief airport closure
SAO PAULO - A bomb threat left in a Brazilian airport caused a TAM Airlines flight to make an emergency landing and briefly closed the airport in the Amazonian city of Manaus on Saturday, five months before the country hosts the World Cup soccer tournament.
Brazilian police dismantle $31 million lottery fraud
SAO PAULO - Brazilian police said on Saturday that they had broken up a bank robbery scheme that had diverted 73 million reais ($31 million) from a lottery run by state-owned lender Caixa Econômica Federal.
Telecom Italia independent directors to vet any Brazil sale
MILAN - Telecom Italia said on Thursday any offer for TIM Brasil should be evaluated by independent directors, which could complicate the sale of the prized Brazilian unit.
Special Report: Rainforest raiders foil the guardians of the Amazon
NOVA ESPERANÇA DO PIRIÁ, Brazil - Alex Lacerda and Paulo Maués drive a silver pickup to an outdoor sawmill near the edge of the Amazon rainforest. Carrying 12-gauge shotguns, they step out and approach a shack, knock and enter cautiously. They are agents for Brazil's environmental police. | Video
Thai polling stations might close if violence mars election
BANGKOK - Thai authorities might close polling booths if violence erupts during Sunday's disputed election, which would further undermine the credibility of a vote that is deemed incapable of restoring stability in the polarized country.
Criminal complaint against Silk Road’s owner
The criminal complaint against Ross William Ulbricht, known as "Dread Pirate Roberts."