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...International expansion followed and from its 24-storey headquarters on São Paulo’s famous Paulista Avenue, the group’s flagship entity is Brazil’s fifth-largest private sector bank by assets....
...However, this week Orange has started an arbitration proceeding with the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, part of the World Bank....
...France has led the international community in its calls for the formation of a new government in Lebanon, formerly under a French mandate....
...Previously the general counsel at Honeywell International, where she worked for 14 years, Adams joined Apple in 2017....
...Threats of divestment from international investors this year spurred a groundswell of support from corporate Brazil to protect the jungle from deforestation....
...While the country has banned international travel for Saudi citizens until May 17, inside the country life goes on. Even this art festival is pushing ahead....
...But the trip was interspersed with political meetings, beginning with former prime minister Sa’ad Hariri....
...Superior Industries International, an aluminium wheel maker in suburban Michigan, has closed factories and furloughed a portion of its 8,000-strong workforce, while tyremaker Goodyear, in the swing state...
...Winter sports are a way for Club Med to distinguish itself from rivals such as France’s Center Parcs, which also has expansion plans in China....
...buyout scuppered by dispute over pension liabilities (FT) Viacom to buy Pluto TV in US video streaming deal (FT) Former Barclays chief dishonestly misled market, jury hears (FT) Blackstone prepares Center...
...“President Trump started on day one — literally on day one — asking about Venezuela,” says Fernando Cutz, a former Trump White House adviser, at a recent seminar at the Wilson Center in Washington....
...Executives point to an international mindset, business friendly government and focus on apprenticeships as reasons for their success....
...The Nuka integrated system of care for the Alaska native community has become an international model of reform....
...“It is a corruptocracy,” Paulo Sotero, director of the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, says of Brazil’s political system in which congressmen sell their services...
...Mondelez International ran into reputational problems in November after it cut the triangular peaks in UK versions of its Toblerone chocolate bar, blaming higher costs....
...Beijing has built harbours, helipads and an air base in the archipelago, according to a report published last month by the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative...
...“Amazon couldn’t play rough with PRH because it’s such a behemoth,” says Lorraine Shanley, president of Market Partners International, a publishing consultancy....
...TAG Heuer has raised $88,000 for the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center in Phoenix, Arizona, by auctioning a unique tribute watch at Gleason’s Gym in New York where celebrated fighters including Jake LaMotta,...
...More than 20 companies, including ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil, have gone to arbitration before the World Bank’s International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes against Venezuela over the 2007...
...Seeking the help of the International Monetary Fund is not an option — at least not yet, argues Mr Velloso. “The solution this time must be a homegrown one,” he says....
...New York governor Andrew Cuomo said the One World Trade Center spire would be lit blue, white and red to honour the victims of the attack....
...“It is an important first step,” said Heather Conley, an Arctic expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington....
...Mr Giamas could not recall which part of Barcelona the Spanish office of Metis is in, “its in the center”, he said. Italy “isn’t open right now”....
...The global luxury brand presented its collection on the 54th floor of Four World Trade Center in New York. The models were high calibre — Edie Campbell, Abbey Lee Kershaw....
...Paul Shortell is an analyst with TD International, a strategic intelligence advisory firm based in Washington, DC. Back to beyondbrics...
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