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• Brazil proposes looser fiscal rules to spur growth Saturday, 29 Dec 2012 | 11:10 AM ET

  SAO PAULO, Dec 29- Brazil's government has proposed changes to a fiscal responsibility law that set the foundation for a decade of economic prosperity in Latin America's largest economy, two local newspapers said on Saturday.

• Brazil lifts minimum wage, cuts tax on stock market earnings Monday, 24 Dec 2012 | 12:55 AM ET

  BRASILIA, Dec 24- Brazil's government said on Monday it would raise the statutory monthly minimum wage by an above-inflation 9 percent to 678 reais a month, a rise that comes at the end of a year of tepid economic growth. They must still be formally approved by Congress.

• UPDATE 2-Brazil to deduct over $20 bln from budget to meet goal Tuesday, 6 Nov 2012 | 6:03 PM ET

  BRASILIA/ SAO PAULO, Nov 6- Brazil's government will exclude up to 42 billion reais in public spending from the calculation of the so-called primary budget surplus this year, Finance Minister Guido Mantega said on Tuesday, in an accounting maneuver aimed at meeting a closely watched budget target.

• UPDATE 1-Brazil to deduct up to $20.7 bln from budget to meet fiscal goal Tuesday, 6 Nov 2012 | 3:36 PM ET

  BRASILIA/ SAO PAULO, Nov 6- Brazil's government will exclude up to 42 billion reais in public spending from the calculation of the so-called primary budget surplus this year, in an accounting maneuver aimed at meeting a closely watched budget target. However, Mantega reiterated that Brazil's government remains committed to fiscal discipline.

• Brazil car dealerships cut sales forecast as tax stimulus wanes Tuesday, 6 Nov 2012 | 1:32 PM ET

  SAO PAULO, Nov 6- Brazilian car dealerships cut their 2012 sales forecast in half on Tuesday as short-term tax incentives boosted demand less than was expected in the world's fourth-largest auto market.

• REFILE-Brazil's Mantega says 2012 budget goal miss likely-paper Tuesday, 6 Nov 2012 | 11:57 AM ET

  SAO PAULO, Nov 6- Brazil's government would not meet its primary fiscal surplus goal this year without resorting to an accounting maneuver, Finance Minister Guido Mantega said in an interview published Tuesday.

• Brazil's Mantega says 2012 budget goal miss likely-paper Tuesday, 6 Nov 2012 | 11:50 AM ET

  SAO PAULO, Nov 6- Brazil's government would not meet its primary fiscal surplus goal this year without resorting to an accounting maneuver, Finance Minister Guido Mantega said in an interview published Tuesday.

• UPDATE 3-Brazil hit by new blackout, infrastructure in spotlight Friday, 26 Oct 2012 | 6:23 PM ET

  *Brazil investing heavily to increase energy capacity. BRASILIA, Oct 26- A massive blackout left as many as 53 million Brazilians in the dark late Thursday and early Friday, the latest in a string of energy shortages that have raised questions about whether Brazil's infrastructure is keeping pace with economic growth.

• UPDATE 2-Brazil hit by new blackout, infrastructure in spotlight Friday, 26 Oct 2012 | 2:30 PM ET

  *Brazil investing heavily to increase energy capacity. BRASILIA, Oct 26- A massive blackout left as many as 53 million Brazilians in the dark late Thursday and early Friday, the latest in a string of energy shortages that have raised questions about whether Brazil's infrastructure is keeping pace with economic growth.

• UPDATE 5-Santander Brasil sees 'new normal' for Brazil banks Thursday, 25 Oct 2012 | 7:17 PM ET

  SAO PAULO, Oct 25- Brazil's banking sector will undergo profound changes over the next two years as government efforts to keep interest rates at record lows translate into lower credit costs and more competition, the head of the nation's largest foreign lender said on Thursday.

• UPDATE 4-Santander Brasil sees "new normal" for Brazil banks in two years Thursday, 25 Oct 2012 | 6:09 PM ET

  SAO PAULO, Oct 25- Brazil's banking sector will undergo profound changes over the next two years as government efforts to keep interest rates at record lows translate into lower credit costs and more competition, the head of the nation's largest foreign lender said on Thursday.

• UPDATE 4-Brazil's Ita+¦ sees expense cuts as way to stem slide Tuesday, 23 Oct 2012 | 4:47 PM ET

  *Adds to views that Brazil's banks headed for rough patch. *Itau's expense, provision cuts may help stem profit drops.

• BMW to build plant in Brazil Saturday, 20 Oct 2012 | 2:37 PM ET

  SAO PAULO-- Officials say German automaker BMW AG will build a factory in southern Brazil. Raimundo Colombo says BMW will invest approximately 1 billion reals to build the plant. Colombo tells the state government's website he will meet with President Dilma Rousseff on Monday "to explain details of the investment."

• Brazil: Majority of top court convicts ex-top aide Wednesday, 10 Oct 2012 | 9:38 AM ET

  RIO DE JANEIRO-- The one-time right-hand-man of popular former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was found guilty on a corruption charge by a majority of 10 Supreme Court justices Tuesday, who ruled he orchestrated a widespread cash-for-votes scheme that came to light seven years ago.

• Hillary Clinton, Merkel, Lady Gaga: Who's More Powerful? Wednesday, 22 Aug 2012 | 10:21 AM ET

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel tops Forbes’ list of the world's 100 most powerful women for the second-consecutive year, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is No. 2.