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Petrobras ( PBR -25.6% ) plunges by the most on record, losing a quarter of its market value, as Brazil's Ibovespa plunges more than 10% and the real weakens to all-time lows amid the oil price collapse. More news on: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, iShares MSCI Brazil Cappe...

Over recent months the price of world sugar that trades on the Intercontinental Exchange has been trending higher. Brazil is the world's leading producer and exporter of the soft commodity. While the ICE futures use the US dollar as a pricing mechanism for sugar, local production costs are in ...

Brazil is South America's leading economy and most populous nation. Brazil is sixth in the world when it comes to the population, right behind Pakistan and ahead of Nigeria. The four countries that collectively comprise the BRIC include Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Together, they account ...

Brazil is South America's leading economy and most populous nation. According to the October 2018 World Economic Outlook Database from the International Monetary Fund, Brazil's GDP was just over $3.524 trillion, with a population of over 212 million. Brazil is the sixth most populous nation in...

Coffee is a soft commodity that trades on the Intercontinental Exchange. Since 2010, the price of coffee has traded in a range from 86.35 cents to $3.0625 per pound. The high came in 2011 when most other commodities hit their peaks. The low in the coffee futures market occurred in April 2019 w...

Brazil is the most populous nation in South America, with the continent's leading GDP. Brazil's climate and geography make the country a supermarket to the world when it comes to raw materials and agricultural products. The Brazilian economy is highly sensitive to commodity prices as it is t...

Since sugar began trading in the futures market in 1971, the price of the sweet commodity has traded in a range from 2.29 to 66 cents per pound. Over the past ten years, the trading back narrowed to 9.83 cents to 36.08 cents. The low came in September 2018, and the high in 2011, when many othe...

In August 2018, the price of coffee futures on the Intercontinental Exchange fell below $1 per pound for the first time since 2006. Coffee reached a low of 92 cents per pound before rallying to a high of $1.255 in October 2018, but the selling was not over. In 2019, the price of the soft com...

A recent Ipsos survey found the Brazilian population to be the most dissatisfied with infrastructure services (transportation, energy, water and telecommunications) among the 28 countries covered by the work. Not surprising if we observe the lack of infrastructure investments in Brazil since...

Brazil is known for many things, from being the home nation of the Amazon rain forest, to idyllic beaches and a free-spirited way of life among its darker side of visible, extreme poverty and public corruption. It had experienced in recent years, large public scandals and a recession. These tr...