After consolidating its position last year in Brazil, America Movil the biggest telecom carrier in Mexico, announced that it had agreed to buy a 21% equity stake in Telekom Austria. Telekom Austria is an integrated telecom operator serving almost 23 million customers in Central and Eastern Europe, including: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Belarus, Slovenia, Serbia, the RepublicContinue reading “Latin American telecom America Movil steps into Central Europe”
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Business opportunities between Brazil and Slovenia
As Brazil stands as one of the top growing markets, new business partners appear. I recently met with some Slovenian companies interested in exploring Brazil and was surprised to find out what this small country has to offer. Slovenia is per capita the richest of Slavic states. Situated in South-Central Europe, Slovenia has borders with Italy and Austria and is positioned atContinue reading “Business opportunities between Brazil and Slovenia”
Brazilian biggest companies in the Forbes list
Forbes list of the world’s biggest companies uses an equal weighting of sales, profits, assets and market value to rank companies according to size. 33 Brazilian companies are in the ranking. Energy makes number one among them with Petrobras (oil, gas and ethanol). Another interesting highlight is the leading presence of banks: Itau (and Itausa, itsContinue reading “Brazilian biggest companies in the Forbes list”
In Geneve, worries about Brazilian protectionism
Entrepreneurs gathered in World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters in Geneve showed concern about the direction of Brazilian trade policy. # 1 “protected” economy among G-20 According to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), most G-20 countries – which gathers both the largest developed and emerging economies – have adopted more protective measures. But an ICC index pointsContinue reading “In Geneve, worries about Brazilian protectionism”
How are Brazilian IT companies doing at CeBIT?
First news are promising. In less than five hours at the German show, STA Holding, a Sao Paulo based IT company, closed a deal worth U.S. $ 250,000 with the Spanish BTG. The product STA sold a solution called Sales Administration Tool (SAT), a tool that consolidates financial analysis and is available in English, Portuguese and Spanish. The tradeContinue reading “How are Brazilian IT companies doing at CeBIT?”
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