Embraer and Bombardier has another step in their commercial war. Now Embraer strikes back. See the small note here. More about this here. Before saying goodbye, I don't know if you readers know, but we had problems with the server. I've los many of my recent posts. Very bad... :(...

Earlier this week, Brazil's Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE), used its veto power for the first time in 42 years to block Brazil's Nestlé operations from acquiring the Brazilian chocolatier Garoto for R$570m. Apart from the significance of the first-ever veto (by a 5-1 vote), what's significant about this...

Yesterday it was announced that here in Brazil, two large supermarket chains, Pão de Açúcar (currently Brazil's largest) and Sendas, the largest in Rio de Janeiro state, where Pão is not very well-established yet, are planning a merger. The details were fuzzy, but it looks like some kind of a...