Brazil’s Northeast Goes From Land of Laziness to Next China
Brazil’s Northeast is an emerging market within an emerging market, a fast-growing region of 53 million people sometimes called the China of Brazil. Known for Brazil’s most dazzling beaches outside major cities such as Salvador and Fortaleza, the northeast’s nine states are home to 30% of the nation’s population but were long ignored. Now marketers are flocking to the latest …
Read MoreIrresistible Brazil
Brazil’s rich are getting richer. The country has 155,400 dollar millionaires and is 11th on the world’s rich list, ahead of Russia, India, Spain and Mexico, according to the 2011 World Wealth Report by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management. The country’s economy has been booming for years and sailed through the storm of 2008-09 relatively unscathed. Its economy grew by 7.5 per cent …
Read MoreHalifax, Nova Scotia: Hotels can expect success
All of Atlantic Canada to see spurt The hotel industry in Halifax and the greater Atlantic Canadian market will see slow, but steady growth in 2012, but beyond that it will really start to shine. That’s the message that was conveyed to those who attended the 2012 CB Richard Ellis Hotels outlook session at the World Trade and Convention Centre …
Read MoreCanada’s ‘brand’ is the best in the world
Canada has the best country “brand” in the world, according to an international business consulting firm. FutureBrand, with operations in New York, London and Singapore, ranked Canada atop its country brand index for the second straight year, announcing the news at the 32nd annual World Travel Market in London. The index is compiled from what FutureBrand says is the most …
Read MoreWhere the Money’s Headed: Brazil
It’s hard to miss all the chatter about China. Signs that the country is the next venture capital hotbed seem to emerge on an almost daily basis. But Brazil? It’s certainly one of the big four BRIC nations with emerging economies, but aside from the occasional magazine story, we don’t hear much about entrepreneurs in the South American country. “We …
Read MoreShips will put wind in Halifax’s sails – Expert predicts economy will get 2.6% boost by 2013
Halifax’s $25-billion naval shipyard contract will single-handedly transform Nova Scotia’s economy into one of the strongest in Canada by 2013, a TD Bank Group economist predicts. The bank had been expecting the economy to limp along during the next two years. But since the awarding of the shipyard contract, TD is far more optimistic about Nova Scotia’s prospects. So much …
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