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  • Ukrainian clubs target Brazil winger Osvaldo

    Brazil international winger Osvaldo is reportedly a summer transfer target of Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist Kharkiv. The 26-year-old has been in impressive form for Brazilian club Sao Paulo and has twice been capped by Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari this year, reports XInhua. Sao Paulo have reportedly already received preliminary offers for Osvaldo from both clubs, considered two ...

  • I want to stay at Botafogo Seedorf

    Dutch veteran footballer Clarence Seedorf says he has no plans to leave Botafogo before his contract expires in July next year. The 37-year-old has been touted as a candidate to replace under-pressure AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri following the club's third place in Italy's Serie A this season, reports Xinhua. But the former Netherlands international says he is focused on helping ...

  • Neymar to join Barcelona in July Reports

    Brazilian striker Neymar has agreed in principle to join Barcelona, July 1. The 21-year-old striker is understood to have signed a deal last week to join the Spanish giants following the Confederations Cup in Brazil, reports Xinhua. Neymar's current club Santos could ratify the deal Wednesday. As anticipation surrounding the move intensified, Barcelona star Lionel Messi said Neymar would be a ...

  • Brazils Embraer to sell 40 jets to US airline

    Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer said Tuesday it reached a deal to sell 40 E175 passenger jets to US airline SkyWest for nearly $1.7 billion. The planes have a seating capacity of up to 76 passengers. An additional 60 orders are subject to SkyWest being awarded contracts with major US airline partners, while the agreement also includes options for 100 other E175s, meaning the deal could ...

  • DealBook Despite Risks Brazil Courts the Millisecond Investor

    The stock exchange in So Paulo, Brazil, is the largest in South America. SO PAULO, Brazil — At a time when the mere phrase "high-frequency trading" makes some investors queasy, Brazil's stock exchange is putting out the digital welcome mat. In recent years, the BM&F Bovespa stock exchange in So Paulo has taken steps to make its market more friendly to high-speed ...

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Hamlet (1948) [DVD]

Hamlet (1948) [DVD]

Many film versions of Shakespeare's plays had been brought to the screen before Laurence Olivier's adapted "Hamlet" in 1948. However, with the possible exception of Olivier's own patriotic screen version of "Henry V" in 1944, none had ever been so magnificently rendered. As Bosley Crowther gushed in "The New York Times" when it premiered in the U.S., "the filmed "Hamlet" of Laurence Olivier g ... ...

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  • Brazil Freezes $13.7 Billion From Budget to Meet Fiscal Goal

    Brazil's government has frozen 28 billion reais ($13.7 billion) in its 2013 budget as it tries to meet its primary surplus target, Finance ...

  • Merkel and Brazil’s Rousseff the most powerful women in the world according to Forbes

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped Forbes's list of the world's most powerful women for the third consecutive year, followed by Brazil's Dilma Rousseff, the magazine said on Wednesday. Cristina Fernandez from Argentina dropped ten places and now stands in position ...

  • El Salvador president meets pope amid Romero hopes

    VATICAN CITY -; El Salvador's president meets with Pope Francis on Thursday amid mounting indications that the stars have finally aligned to move slain Archbishop Oscar Romero onto the first key stage on the path toward possible ...

  • Brazil Faces Budget Dilemma in Face of Stagflation

    Brazil’s government faces an intractable budget dilemma this year–how to meet surplus targets against a background of stalled growth and persistent inflation. The government Wednesday complied with an annual budget ritual, temporarily freezing a portion of 2013 spending in order to meet surplus targets. But the spending freeze could undermine the tender buds of nascent economic ...

  • Seven Seas Water names South American HQ president

    Claudio Baldovino has been named the new president for the South American headquarters of Seven Seas Water Corp. He previously was a partner and director of private equity for Buena Vista Capital, a private investment firm in Santiago, according to a statement. Baldovino has also worked for Rothschild Group in London, Buenos Aires, Lima and New York, the statement said. Adding Baldovino to the ...

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