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Germany, Brazil Hope for Finalizing EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed hope that decades-long negotiations might soon yield a finalised free trade agreement between the 27-member European Union and the Mercosur bloc....

Indian Online Gaming Giant WinZO Diversifies with a $25M Investment in Brazil

Indian online gaming platform WinZO plans to invest USD 25 million (Rs 208 crore) in Brazil, diversifying its business and addressing challenges posed by GST hike in India....

BRICS Summit: Bloc Expansion, Members, Agenda, Date; Know Key Details

The BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - a group of major emerging economies to hold its 15th summit in Johannesburg, South Africa this month from August 22-24. The summit is expected to be attended by Brazil's President ...

WhatsApp Pay Launched In Brazil After Beta Testing In India For 2 Years

On Monday, after two years of testing in India but failing to launch services in the country due to regulatory issues, WhatsApp Pay was launched in Brazil. In a post, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Brazil is the first country ...

India An Island Of Calm In Ocean Of Turmoil: Rajan

Stating that Indian economy is doing "quite well" when advanced countries are struggling to grow, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan today termed India as an "island of relative calm in an ocean of turmoil". "If we look around the world today, ...

Shares Of Companies With Brazil Exposure Recover

Companies with exposure to the Brazilian markets, which saw their shares slide following a rating downgrade of Brazil saw some recovery in their prices today. Torrent Pharma gained almost 3 per cent, Glenmark Pharma was up almost 2 per cent ...

S&P Downgrades Brazil's Credit Rating To Junk Status

Standard & Poor's (S&P) has downgraded Brazil's credit rating to junk, sparking a sell-off in markets that are closely linked with the Brazilian markets. S&P cut Brazil's rating to BB-plus, the highest junk rating, from BBB-minus. A fall in commodity ...

Indian bankers and economists who can make it as President of the new BRICS Bank

The new BRICS (acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Bank is now almost formalised, with reports that the five member nations will have an equal shareholding in the proposed $50 billion BRICS Development Bank. Reports suggest that ...

Has the Nifty outperformed BRIC stock indices this year?

It's been a volatile year thus far for equities around the globe, with an emerging market currency threat and then the subsequent QE3 tapering news. Not all BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) nation stock indices have done well this year. Check the outperformers. {photo-feature}...

Doing Business Ranking: How India compares with BRICS nations?

The World Bank released its Doing Business ranking for 2014, which shows that India is among the worst placed among Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa (BRICS) for doing business. Take a look at how India compares with peers. {photo-feature}...

India is one of 5 fragile economies: US official

Identifying India as one of the five fragile economies of the world, a senior US official has predicted an uncertain outlook for its future in view of the next year's general elections. "The big question about India now is what ...

Currency war threats global economy

The Indian Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, addressing at the BRICs conference at the IMF head quarters warned that if the economic crisis deepens then international community may find itself on the brink of a currency war. He further added this ...

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