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		<title>Investing in growth or Redemption, either way Brazil needs PAC 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Saunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; “PAC 1 and PAC 2 are a commitment by the Brazilian State to the redemption of this country” President Lula announced phase 2 of the the Growth and Acceleration Program in March 2010. With planned investments totalling US$ 872bn, PAC 2 seeks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landofthefuture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15869885&amp;post=95&amp;subd=landofthefuture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Brazil, Land of the Future&#8221; &#8230; businesses need to act today!</title>
		<link>http://landofthefuture.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/brazil-land-of-the-future-the-time-to-act-is-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Saunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brazil is booming, the next decade will see it become the 5th largest economy in the world. Tentative steps will not work, businesses should act based on strategic intent, long term opportunity. The service industry is fledgling, success is dependent on commitment and easily within grasp.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landofthefuture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15869885&amp;post=82&amp;subd=landofthefuture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World high interest rates in Brazil, increasing to 11.25%, FT explains why!</title>
		<link>http://landofthefuture.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/world-high-interest-rates-in-brazil-increasing-to-11-25-ft-explains-why/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Saunders</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a rare referral to an excellent balanced FT article &#8220;Brazil continues to wrestle with dilemma over interest rates&#8221; just as we see interest rates  likely to edge higher to 11.25% Wed 19th Jan 2011.  A measure to counter inflation this article stresses concerns about world beating interest rates in Brazil, some would say [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landofthefuture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15869885&amp;post=76&amp;subd=landofthefuture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil, not an easy place to do business&#8230;  but worth it</title>
		<link>http://landofthefuture.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/brazil-not-an-easy-place-to-do-business-but-worth-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Saunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brazil a challenging place to do business, World Bank Rankings "Ease of Doing Business"<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landofthefuture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15869885&amp;post=70&amp;subd=landofthefuture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fascination &amp; disappointment &#8211; twitter conversation during 2010 World Cup</title>
		<link>http://landofthefuture.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/fascination-disappointment-twitter-conversation-during-2010-world-cup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Saunders</dc:creator>
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		<title>Domestic Credit Card use in Brazil</title>
		<link>http://landofthefuture.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/domestic-credit-card-use-in-brazil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Saunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Domestic credit in Brazil totaled 101.2% of GDP in 2008, below China (123.3% of GDP) but higher than India (81.3% of GDP). However credit card use has been growing steadily in recent years with an increase from 24% of total sales being made by credit card in Brazil in 2001 to close to 50% in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landofthefuture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15869885&amp;post=56&amp;subd=landofthefuture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Domination of banking in Brazil by the largest five players</title>
		<link>http://landofthefuture.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/domination-of-banking-in-brazil-by-the-largest-five-players/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Saunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brazilian banking is dominated by the top five players<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landofthefuture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15869885&amp;post=52&amp;subd=landofthefuture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil banking comfortably exceeds the BIS international capital adequacy ratio</title>
		<link>http://landofthefuture.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/brazil-banking-comfortably-exceeds-the-bis-international-capital-adequacy-ratio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Saunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brazil banking comfortably exceeds the BIS international capital adequacy ratio<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landofthefuture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15869885&amp;post=40&amp;subd=landofthefuture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consolidation of the Brazilian banking system, 1995 to 2004</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Saunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brazilian banking consolidated sharply following restructuring from 1995 to 2004.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landofthefuture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15869885&amp;post=25&amp;subd=landofthefuture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil &#8230;  &#8220;Land of the present&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://landofthefuture.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/brazil-land-of-the-present/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Saunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brazil “Land of the Future” seeks to provide intelligent commentary, information and anecdotes on the rocky path that Brazil will tread in the coming years.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=landofthefuture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15869885&amp;post=9&amp;subd=landofthefuture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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