- Moloney Takes Helm At Motorola Broadband
One could question whether Dan Moloney has good timing: The new head of Motorola Inc.'s Broadband Communications Group takes over as revenues are falling and the latest MSO rebuild schedule is almost complete. But that doesn't deter the long-time General Instrument Corp. and Motorola executive, who was named president of ......
- Satellite fight in Brazil.
It's a familiar story: satellite companies fighting each other for subscribers, cable companies fighting back. It is happening in Brazil too. Last fall, two DTH satellite services were launched in Brazil. August 1996 saw the Brazilian birth of DirecTV, which comes from majority owner Hughes Electronics and local partner TVA ......
- Brazilian IT market heats up.
Brazil is the fastest growing information technology market in the world, with the number of PCs in the country growing by 30% per year. This rate of growth is expected to continue well into the next decade. The environment offers significant opportunity for information technology companies in the government, corporate ......
- U.S., Brazil Libraries Launch Joint Website
A new website explores the historical similarities, contrasts, ethnic diversity, and interactions between the U.S. and Brazil. "The United States and Brazil: Expanding Frontiers, Comparing Cultures" includes some 9,800 images from the rare book, manuscript, map, print, and photographic collections of the Library of Congress and the National Library of ......
- US move strengthens Brazil's resolve; Brazil is
planning to ask the World Trade Organisation to look into the effect
that US farm subsidies have on soya prices and demand. To win
compensation, it must...
Any doubts in Brazil about the wisdom of asking the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to set up a panel to look into the effects which US subsidies have on soya prices and demand have evaporated following the signing into law of the latest Farm Bill on 13 May. The new ......
- Brazil hopes styles, prices boost exports
Gramado, Brazil— Only a handful of U.S. buyers were at the fourth annual Salao do Movel, Brazil's high-end furniture show here. But the prospects for U.S.-Brazil furniture trade were a topic of constant discussion for exhibitors, especially among the larger companies who feel they have the wherewithal to do it....
- Lula's big win
Latin American elections rarely attract attention in the United States, but the Brazilian presidential campaign that concluded last October 26 was an exception to the rule. This was to some degree expected given Brazil's increasing importance to global markets. Befitting its rank as the world's ninth largest economy, Brazil is ......