Fluminense draws at home, loses lead in Brazil

Fluminense draws at home, loses lead in Brazil
SAO PAULO (AP) — Fluminense needed a late goal by Argentine playmaker Dario Conca to salvage a disappointing 1-1 draw with unheralded Goias at home on Sunday, losing the Brazilian league lead to Ronaldo's Corinthians with three rounds to go.
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Fitch Expects to Rate Itau Unibanco Holding's Senior Notes 'BBB(emr)'
SAO PAULO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings expects to assign a long-term foreign currency rating of 'BBB(emr)' to Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.'s (IUH) upcoming senior fixed-rate notes. This November 2010, issuance will be denominated in Brazilian Reais (BRL) with settlement in U.S. Dollars (USD). The subscript - emr - was added to the rating of this issuance to reflect the embedded market risk of ...
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Report: Environmental agency fines Brazil's Natura
(AP:SAO PAULO) Brazilian news media are reporting that the nation's environmental agency has slapped cosmetics maker Natura with a .3 million fine for allegedly tapping natural resources in the country without proper authorization.
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