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  • 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 ...

  • Four mn jobs created in two years Brazilian president

    Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has said that 4.13 million full jobs have been created since the beginning of her administration in January 2011. In her weekly radio show "Breakfast with the President", Rousseff said Monday the achievement was much more significant against the backdrop of the global economic woes, which had seen many developed countries struggling with rising ...

  • Spain not yet on Brazils level Iniesta

    Andres Iniesta says Spain cannot yet claim to be on the same pedestal as Brazil in football's international hierarchy. The Barcelona midfielder has been a key member of a Spain team that has won the two European Championships and the 2010 World Cup. In an interview with Brazilian daily O Globo, Iniesta said Brazil had maintained a unique aura owing to the country's rich football history. "To ...

  • SkyWest buys 40 jets from Brazil

    (34 mins ago) Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer on Tuesday announced the sale of 40 E-175 jets to U.S. carrier SkyWest. SkyWest will operate the aircraft under a Capacity Purchase Agreement with United Airlines, Xinhua news agency reports. According to Embraer, before the sale of 40 E-175 jets, the company has made contracts with United Airlines for 30 E-175 jets last month. In addition to ...

  • Brazil sells 40 jets to US carrier

    Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer on Tuesday announced the sale of 40 E-175 jets to US carrier SkyWest.SkyWest will operate the aircraft under a Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA) with United Airlines.According to Embraer, before the sale of 40 E-175 jets, the company has made contracts with United Airlines for 30 E-175 jets last month.In addition to the 40 jets bought, SkyWest may take another 60 ...

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Porky's [DVD]

Porky's [DVD]

Following a few years after the raucous National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), Bob Clark's low-budget hit Porky's was a trend-setting comedy that introduced new lows (or highs, depending on your point of view) in tasteless jokes and frank sexuality to the teen genre. A sort of unin ... ...

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  • Shree Renuka Sugars to raise $350 million through its Brazilian arm

    Actor Hrithik Roshan’s upcoming superhero science fiction film Krrish 3, slated for a Diwali release, has inked a two-year licensing and merchanding deal with Mumbai-based brand licensing firm Dream Theatre, through Carving ...

  • Philippines Brazil agree on new flights

    MANILA--Daily flights between the Philippines and Brazil, South America's largest country, may start soon following the approval of new air rights between the two countries this week. The on Wednesday announced that the Philippine and Brazilian governments had signed an air agreement. Under the accord signed by the Philippine air panel this week, a total of seven flights a week are now ...

  • Brazil is Australias perfect match ANU

    Australia should boost its ties with Brazil as the South American nations continues its transformation into a global power, an ANU expert ...

  • Brazilian company discovers oil near Namibian coast

    The HRT president Joe Paul told the media in the presence of Prime Minister Hage Geingob at the State House that the discovery was made within the Walvis Basin where the company has dug its first well ...

  • Brazil Militarizes Borders Ahead of Confederations Cup

    Lucy Jordan By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter BRASLIA, BRAZIL – The Ministry of Defense in Brazil is sending 25,000 soldiers to patrol ...

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