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News in-depthBraskem SA
Fight for Brazil chemicals group Braskem draws in foreign bidders — and Lula government
...Brothers Joesley and Wesley Batista signed leniency deals with prosecutors and spent time incarcerated....
August 18, 2023
Chess
Chess solutions
...Wesley So hoped for either a queen exchange or 2... Qf3 3 Qg2 with repeated moves but he missed 2...Rh1+! and wins. Chess 2408 1...g4+! 2 Bxg4 Rh2+! 3 Kxh2 Qxh4+ 4 Kg2 Qxg3+ and Qh2 mate....
April 9, 2024
FT Live
Brazil Summit
Building a resilient and sustainable economy
Wednesday, 15 MayNew York, NY, USA
Jo Ellison
Kanye West and the age of the unmanageable
...Lewis R Gordon is an American philosopher whose book Fear of Black Consciousness was published earlier this year....
October 7, 2022
Inside BusinessSujeet Indap
When independent directors are not so independent
Three recent cases question whether investors were properly represented in deals that benefited insiders
August 27, 2018
Bribery and corruption
JBS ex-chairman Joesley Batista arrested in bribery probe
...The amount of the bribes paid to politicians and officials are estimated at over R$22m ($5.8m)....
November 9, 2018
World
Brazil prosecutors decide to end plea deal with JBS ex-CEO
...Prosecutors on Monday added that Wesley Batista traded in foreign currency then, making R$100m....
February 26, 2018
FT Live
Global Private Banking Awards 2024
Celebrating excellence in wealth management
Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
ReviewLife & Arts
Fred Wesley & The New J.B.s! at Ronnie Scott’s, London — their revolutionary rhythms are still relevant
...Fred Wesley’s New J.B.s! sound remarkably like Fred Wesley’s old J.B.s!: a tight road-tested band giving hardcore funk an authoritative jazz twist....
December 12, 2017
Retail & Consumer industry
Brazil’s JBS sees Q3 profits tumble after food safety, corruption scandals
...This is the first time JBS has posted earnings since the arrest of the embattled billionaire brothers Wesley and Joesley Batista, who used to run the company....
November 14, 2017
Retail & Consumer industry
JBS faces shareholder revolt over corruption
...The plan to increase the board’s fixed pay and include non-executive directors in the company’s equity remuneration scheme would raise the total paid to directors from R$2.59m ($819,264) to R$14.62m, ISS...
August 31, 2017
Companies
Brazil prosecutors charge JBS owners with insider trading
...J&F, is facing fines of R$10.3bn over 25 years with JBS divesting assets to pay for the penalties....
October 10, 2017
Personal & Household Goods
Scandal-hit owner of Havaianas flip-flop maker sells stake for $1.1bn
...J&F has to to repay R$18.1bn ($5.5bn) in JBS’s short-term debt, and pay a R$10.3bn ($3.2bn) leniency fine after brothers Joesley and Wesley Batista confessed to paying bribes to almost 1,900 politicians...
July 13, 2017
Brazilian economy
Brazil’s development bank BNDES faces reform
...Wesley Batista, one of the two brothers who run JBS, the world’s largest protein company, admitted earlier this year in a plea bargain to a scheme in which executives bribed nearly 2,000 politicians....
August 30, 2017
Americas companies
Havaianas flip-flop maker to be sold as scandal-hit owner looks to raise funds
...They included two brothers from the Batista family, Joesley and Wesley Batista....
June 26, 2017
News in-depthRetail & Consumer industry
Joesley Batista leaves behind debt questions at JBS
...Wesley Batista has stayed on in São Paulo as chief executive....
May 30, 2017
Global Economy
Brazil’s scandals fail to damp investors’ spirits
...The claims damaged the chief prosecutor’s credibility and led to the jailing of Mr Batista and his brother Wesley....
September 15, 2017
FT Live
Investing in America
Foreign companies as drivers of US growth, resilience and competitiveness
Tuesday, 10 DecemberHybrid Conference
Americas companies
JBS’s Batista brothers enter plea bargain amid Brazil corruption probe
...Wesley and Joesley Batista are among JBS’s executives who signed a plea bargain deal with Brazilian authorities in exchange for reduced sentences, in a furore that that has sunk Brazil into political and...
May 19, 2017
World
Brazil’s political class fights corruption probes
...Even as the film was being released, federal police revealed they had found the country`s biggest hoard of criminal cash in an apartment in Salvador, northeastern Brazil — R$51m allegedly belonging to Geddel...
September 11, 2017
Americas companies
Brazil butcher leaves Temer presidency on knife edge
...Wesley Batista, 47, his quieter brother, served as chief executive. The brothers were consummate dealmakers....
May 20, 2017
News in-depthThe Big Read
Culture of corruption engulfs Brazilian elite
...The two brothers who run the company, Joesley and Wesley Batista, listed it in 2007. And then they went on an acquisition spree....
May 25, 2017
Due Diligence
Is ‘Rocket Man’ spicing up defence industry dealmaking? Premium content
...Wesley Bush, chief executive of the Virginia-based company, was clear about what is driving the sector to consolidate: "The technological capacity of our potential adversaries continues to advance."...
September 19, 2017
ReviewLife & Arts
Jimmy Smith Tribute featuring Fred Wesley, Ronnie Scott’s, London – review
...Davis’s mix of R’n’B licks and modern jazz lines was also good value, and his soul-flecked phrasing on “Lover Man” was a duet highlight of the second set....
June 16, 2013
Letter
Did Bank consider all the possibilities?
...Matthew Wesley, London, UK...
July 5, 2013
Retail & Consumer industry
Brazil deal creates meat processing giant
...“This is a strategic acquisition for JBS, we entered the chicken segment in Brazil in the past and have been keen to grow in this area,” said Wesley Batista, chief executive of the company and member of...
June 10, 2013
beyondbricsJoe Leahy
JBS: beef, chicken and a lot of debt
...Just as picanha, the juicy Brazilian cut of steak, whets the appetite of denizens of Latin America’s biggest country, so do mergers and acquisitions for the Batista brothers, Josely, Wesley and José Batista...
June 10, 2013
Retail & Consumer industry
JBS profits up despite US drought
...Net profit including one-off adjustments was R$367m ($178m) in the quarter compared with R$169.5 the previous quarter and a loss of R$67.5 a year earlier....
November 13, 2012

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