Category Archives: Brazil

Kaka’s going to have a great World Cup

I think Kaka’s going to have a great tournament, which appears to be at odds with footballing legend Brazil Pele, who has cast doubts on Kaka’s form going into the tournament..

What are your dirty dozen?

In between freelance contracts I’ve been trying to come up with a neat summary of my skills & experience to sell to potential new clients/employers, and came up with the following ‘dirty dozen’. What are yours?

Merry Xmas Petrobas

While the world has been in recession it appears the Brazilian energy company Petrobas have quietly been getting on with it. Check out the comparison with Royal Dutch Shell which rose under 10% over the same period. Comparison with the Dow in the graphic below. I bought a few shares in them at the end [...]

IBM says the time is right for Brazilian innovation

By Spencer E. Ante in Business Week Over the last few years, China and India have emerged as the twin hot spots of emerging tech innovation. Now IBM (IBM) is betting that one of the next big technology stars will be Brazil. In the latest sign of Brazil’s rising power, Big Blue is announcing on [...]

PBR on the up

Thanks for this to @CannonGod.

Why the surprise at Kaká news?

For India also read Brazil, when it comes to social media growth?

OK, here’s a prediction for 2009, with help from Gauravonomics Blog: “Social media outsourcing will we widely seen as the next big outsourcing opportunity for India. I have earlier written that social media outsourcing is the next big business opportunity for India and may already be leading the third wave of Indian outsourcing. In 2009, [...]

Brazil: The Natural Knowledge-Economy: The Atlas of Ideas 2.0

Brazil – Findings Kirsten Bound Presentation from Brazil: The Natural Knowledge-Economy: The Atlas of Ideas 2.0, London, UK 2008-07-08 12:00:00.0 News Channel >> go to webcast

At least I’m right about one thing – PBR

I like coincidences, so it was great fun to see the recent Fortune magazine article ‘America’s Hottest Investor’ focus on a true contrarian, mutual fund manager Ken Heebner, who also just happens to be at the top of his investment game. And who just happens to confirm my liking for Petrobas (PBR): “Petrobas could become the biggest stock in the world,” he says..

Married to a beautiful Brazilian for 1 week & two days

I was just in the queue at the cafe in Swan Alley when I heard some very well spoken guy mention he’d been married for a week and two days. He seemed pretty happy about it, talking to the guy making his sandwich who seemed eager to offer some advice. Anyhow after the well spoken guy [...]