Burger King is now Brazilian?

Today, Wednesday the 2nd of September 2010, the Brazilian group 3G Capital based in New York have settled an agreement to purchase 46% of Burger King for U$4 billions. 3G Capital was founded by Marcel Telles, Jorge Paulo Lemann and Carlos Alberto Sicupira, currently major share holders of Imbed, biggest beer factory in the World, also Brazilian.

Green plastic? What is that?

The green plastic could come from Brazil. Green polymers is the focus of this ground-breking research that promisses to put Brazil in the fore front of the ecological development with the partnership between Braskem (privatly owned petrochemical company) and LNBIO (National Laboratory of Biosciences). The objective is to develop an economically competitive and sustainable "plastic" using raw materials from renewable sources after Braskem bought Quattor and part of Sunoco Chemicals, both frmo the U.S., earlier this year.

Rio Info 2010

Rio de Janeiro becomes the Brazilian national IT city with Rio Info 2010, the political event that gathers together 1500 people from hundreds of private companies and representatives of 10 states. For more information please visit www.rioinfo.com.br