While Wall Street and The City are beleaguered and “Occupied,” Brazilian financial markets are expanding and Foreign Direct Investment finished 2011 at a record US $65 Billion. Ã¢â‚¬Å“Nobody wants to miss out on a market like this,” says one financial services executive.”  Brazilian financial markets are still light years behind Wall...

The only investments to end the year in negative territory were shares listed on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa,) finishing with a loss of 18.11% for the year. Exchanges worldwide fared little better. The Dow Jones Global Index, a composite of exchanges worldwide, finished with a loss of 15.64%   Economic consulting firm Economatica of São Paulo, released a compilation of...

The number of property sales in Spain increased in the third quarter of 2011, according to the latest reports. Unlucky number 14 The Housing Price Index, published by the National Statistics Insitute, has shown that prices are still declining in Spain, but the appeal of cheap property abroad is still attracting foreign investors, with transactions up by 24.7 per in the most recent quarter. House prices...

Brasilia- Flavio Dino, president of Brazil´s Ministry of Tourism, Embratur, Said that the number of foreign visitors to Brazil would set a record 5.4 million visitors beating the previous high mark of 5.35 million in 2005 and the 5.1 million visitors in 2010. Embratur Said in a release that the surge in tourism was attributed to the world wide buzz about Brazil in connection with the World Cup...

Hong Kong Born Jackie Chan will be s public face as the aircraft maker prepares to launch its Chinese Factory by March of 2012.  Embraer recently delivered its first aircraft built at its US factory in Melbourne, Florida. Chan put his money where his mouth is, buying an Embraer Legacy 600 Corporate Jet. Apparently Chan believes in the product. Embraer is betting heavy that Chan´s endorsement will...

The house owned by Holly Golightly is now for sale in America. The building, which is famous for its “wild cocktail parties” has an asking price of $5.85 million, a figure boosted by its starring role in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s – indeed, as a house widely known for its fictional former owner, there aren’t many celebrity...

The Beckham house has splashed out for Christmas, spending a total of £35,000 on Christmas trees. "The best of everything" The footballer and his family spent extravagant amounts to deck the halls of their Hertfordshire home with “the best of everything”. Their iconic residence, known as Beckingham Palace, now boasts six 10-foot Christmas trees, each decorated with lavish...

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Buying beats renting in the UK, according to new research from the property website Zoopla.co.uk. The report, which analysed the current asking prices and rents of over 78,000 two-bedroom flats currently on the market, compared the rental and ownership costs (based on an interest-only mortgage at 5% p.a.) and found that the high demand for rented accommodation has led to buying being a better option for...

Houses for sale in Australia are plummeting in prices, according to the latest figures. This week’s report, published by RP Data-Rismark, has found that in the main cities, prices are dropping at an increasingly faster speed. Melbourne and Brisbane are seeing the biggest declines, with “seasonally adjusted home prices in Melbourne 5.8 per cent”, reports OPP. This...