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ThinkstockWhen it comes time for the annual Farnborough International Airshow, investors and industry watchers always focus on the multibillion-dollar orders secured by giant rivals Boeing Co. (NYSE:...
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Petrobras rallied on Wednesday on perhaps the zaniest of all reasons seen in the past three months -- Brazil's soccer team took a beating from Germany in the World Cup.
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ThinkstockWith all the quantitative easing in the United States, Europe, Japan, China and elsewhere, you would think that trajectory for the global recovery and global growth is well on track. It...
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Fitch warns that the Brazilian government's decision to assign the production of the excess volume of the transfer of right areas to Petrobras will further pressure the company's cash flow generation...
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Volkswagen AGOver the decade through 2013, new car sales in South America have grown an average of 11% a year, trailing only Asia as the hottest market for new cars. As of April, 2014 sales are down...
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The 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics are both in Brazil and Pelé , the country's greatest soccer star of all time, is ready to take advantage. The retired athlete has inked sponsorship deals...
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ThinkstockThe defense and security contracts just keep piling up at Elbit Systems (NASDAQ: ESLT). Yesterday, the Israeli defense contractor announced its second big contract win in as many months, a...
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Photo: Saab Last year, America’s biggest defense contractor, Boeing (NYSE: BA), suffered a terrible blow. Down (way) south of the border in Brazil, the government suddenly accelerated planes to...
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ThinkstockAs of the end of trading on Tuesday, coffee closed on the ICE at about $1.84 a pound, down from a peak of around $2.12 in the middle of April. In early November, coffee was selling for just...
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Petrobras has been plagued for years, and the capital structure inside the company is about as bad as it can be for the common stockholders who have high ambitions of huge gains down the road.
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ThinkstockEmerging markets have not been performing the way they have in many past bull markets. Most investor interest and direction from Wall Street strategists decided earlier this year that the...
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ThinkstockHow long should a winning streak really last in the stock market? A casual market observer might think the market has a 50-50 chance of being up or down on any given day, so what about when...
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If you want proof that the emerging market BRIC trade strategy of Brazil, Russia, India and China is less and less opportunistic now, what does it tell you when a credit rating agency downgrades one...
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ThinkstockThis year continues to be a miserable one for investors who want to believe in emerging markets like Brazil, the land that offers hopes and dreams but little in the way of market...
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Petrobras has committed to spending vast amounts to develop and produce its massive offshore fields. The level of spending does not quite match up with its production however. The deflating real also...
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