Topic: Brazilian Real
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Stefan Karlsson Currency exchange rates: How did the dollar do in 2012?
The US dollar fell against most other currencies in 2012, with only the Indian rupee, the Brazilian real and the Japanese yen falling in value against the US dollar.
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In Gear Ford has best 3Q yet
With pre-tax profits totaling nearly $2.2 billion, Ford Motor Company had its best third quarter ever, Read writes.
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Latin America Monitor Lost in translation: English in Brazil
Brazil is considered a 'low English proficiency' country, and ranks among the lowest in the world for workplace fluency, putting the emerging economy at a disadvantage, writes a guest blogger.
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Stefan Karlsson Yearly roundup of world currencies: The yen, the rupee, and everything in between
How 14 of the world's largest currencies fared against the dollar in 2011.
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Mighty Brazil: an overinflated image?
Brazil has performed well, writes guest blogger Greg Michener, but its leaders' swagger reflects an immodesty unmerited for a country as susceptible to the winds of change as Brazil.
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Brazil's economic outlook a mixed bag
The simultaneous increase in taxes and the value of the real has put greater pressures on business, particularly the manufacturing and industrial sectors, both of which have become less competitive.
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Brazilian soccer clubs flexing new financial muscle
Star striker Carlos Tevez's transfer from Manchester City to Corinthians in São Paulo, unthinkable 10 years ago, is now a real possibility thanks to the strong real and Brazilian teams' new business professionalism.
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Mexico's stable economic outlook a rare piece of good news
Amid drug violence, Mexico's slow but steady growth - and low inflation rate - is setting it apart from other economies in the region.
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Currency markets: Yen tumbles after intervention
Currency markets reversed some of the gains of the yen after the G-7 announced that they would intervene to reduce the value of the yen. The Japanese currency lost nearly two yen against the dollar on currency markets.
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Is hard currency on its way out? Introducing the new virtual world currency.
The new virtual world currency is an index of the world’s 15 largest economies, weighted by their gross domestic product, adjusted for purchasing power parity.
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New pressures force U.S. farmers south of the border
Tougher immigration control and stricter environmental and food safety regulations are prompting US firms to move farms to Mexico, Brazil, and everywhere in between.
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Investing: Latin America bucks dour trends
Markets there produce healthy returns, but some analysts expect a correction.
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