Yachting team Telefonica Blue complains - AFP
March 31, 2009
 Telegraph.co.uk | Yachting team Telefonica Blue complains AFP The incident occurred just outside Qingdao harbour shortly after the boat left on February 14 for Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, breaking its keel and leading to a delay of 19 hours, the team said Tuesday. Telefonica Blue said the rock was not indicated on ... Telefonica Blue seeks redress Volvo Ocean Race: Luis Doreste joins Telefonica Black for Rio in ... Volvo Ocean Race under fire from Telefonica Blue |
Brazil Stocks Open Higher As Market Rebounds From Sell-Off - Wall Street Journal
March 31, 2009
Brazil Stocks Open Higher As Market Rebounds From Sell-Off Wall Street Journal By Jeff Fick Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)--Brazilian blue-chip shares opened higher Tuesday as local equities followed overseas markets to rebound from a steep sell-off the previous session. The benchmark Ibovespa stocks index ... Brazil Stocks Close Sharply Lower On US Auto Industry Worries Brazil Real Opens Stronger On Easing Mkt Tensions, Rebound Brazil Stocks Fall On US Rejection Of Car Cos' Restructure Plan |
Thompson & Knight Expands Rio de Janeiro Office - The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel
March 31, 2009
Thompson & Knight Expands Rio de Janeiro Office The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel, NJ Thompson & Knight LLP, through its affiliated office Tauil & Chequer Advogados, has announced the expansion of its Rio de Janeiro office with Senior Counsel Sandoval Amui and Associates Claudia Barros and Marienne Melo rejoining the Firm. ... |
Video: Brazilian survives six-inch fishing spear being embedded in … - Times Online
March 31, 2009
 Sky News | Video: Brazilian survives six-inch fishing spear being embedded in ... Times Online, UK Emerson de Oliveira Abreu fired the spear himself off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, but it ricocheted off rocks and penetrated his head so deeply that only the tip was showing. He is not believed to have lost consciousness at any time during the ... Brazil Diver Survives Spear Ricochet In Head Oops (Photos, Video) Emerson de Oliveira Abreu, Spear to the Head This Had To Hurt: Fishing Spear Ricochets, Hits Diver in The Head |
Chicago spruces up for key Olympic committee visit - The Associated Press
March 31, 2009
 New Zealand Herald | Chicago spruces up for key Olympic committee visit The Associated Press Mounir Sabet, Alexander Popov, Dr. Ching-Kuo-Wu and a few others from an International Olympic Committee delegation will inspect the city in its first stop during the competition against Rio de Janeiro, Madrid or Tokyo. It follows meetings last week in ... Olympic city hopefuls put cases across Jacques Rogge addresse the sportaccord in Denver IOC, USOC reach deal for fresh funding 'tier' |
