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Anheuser-Busch InBev reports drop in profit, weak U.S. sales
Already reeling from lawsuits that accused it of watering down the king of beers, Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, delivered some more bad news: Profit is down, and sales in the United States are weak. The brewer said Wednesday...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Anheuser-Busch, China, Corporate Performance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Deadly nightclub fire in Brazil may have been started by flare
This post has been updated and corrected. See the notes below for details.SAO PAULO, Brazil -- A fire at a nightclub in southern Brazil may have been caused by a flare lit on stage by a live band, according to witnesses to the blaze, which killed at least 231 people early Sunday. [Updated: 10:55 a.m. PST, Jan. 27: Authorities...Tags: Disc Jockeys, Prosecution, Dilma Rousseff, Witnesses, Bars and Clubs
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USC to open a Trojan outpost in Brazil, widening its overseas reach
L.A. NOWTommy Trojan is getting some Brazilian flavor. USC, which already has seven overseas offices in Asia and Mexico for recruiting and fundraising, is about to add one in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Los Angeles-based university announced Thursday that its... -
Crack epidemic in Brazil
FrameworkBrazil is dealing with what officials call a crack epidemic, affecting Brazilians of all ages and confounding government efforts to deal with it. Almost a year after a high-profile police effort to clean up Sao Paulo’s cracolandia as part of a... -
Rafael Nadal's comeback now includes a Brazil Open title
Rafael Nadal's comeback now includes a victory in the Brazil Open. When last we saw a healthy Nadal, he was carving up the competition, as per usual, on the clay courts of Roland Garros for his seventh French Open title in June. Since then, the former...
Tags: U.S. Open (tennis), Viral Diseases and Infections, NASCAR, Wimbledon Championships, French Open
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Mexico denies Apple rights to the 'iPhone' name
In a case of David vs. Goliath, the Mexican Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that iFone, a small IT company in Mexico City, is the rightful owner of the iPhone name in that country. The company registered the name in 2003, four years before...
Tags: Mexico, Apple iPhone, BlackBerry, Mexico City, New Products
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Ryan McIlvain's novel 'Elders' goes inside the Mormon faith
During the 2012 presidential election, Republican candidate Mitt Romney's openness about his Mormon faith brought to the surface many of the generalizations Americans maintain about what it means to be a Mormon. Ryan McIlvain's debut novel "Elders"...
Tags: Rutgers University, Separation of Church and State, Mitt Romney, Human Interest, Religion and Belief
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Travel Brazil by bus for a calm and cheerful trip
SAO PAULO, Brazil — After a few hours, you sink into a pleasant trance. Time no longer matters. You stop checking your phone, if it hasn't already lost its charge. You're comfortable. Your mind settles into the little there is to do — think,...
Tags: European Union, Music, Entertainment, Air Transportation Industry, Museum of Modern Art
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'Spilt Milk' by Chico Buarque plays on memory, experience
-------------------- Spilt Milk A Novel Chico Buarque Translated from the Portuguese by Alison Entrekin Grove Press: 178 pp., $23 -------------------- Eulálio d'Assumpção is on his deathbed. A century old, born into the Brazilian aristocracy, he...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Literature, Arts and Culture
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Travel tips: Brazil's São Paulo, Rio and more
The best way to make such a trip is to fly into São Paulo and out of Salvador. From LAX, American, LATAM, United, Copa, Delta and TAM offer connecting service (stop, change of planes) to São Paulo. From Salvador, connecting service to LAX is offered on...Tags: Travel, Los Angeles International Airport, Trips and Vacations
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Chevy puts on international face at Detroit Auto Show
Chevy will be using the Detroit Auto Show on Jan. 14 to release two quintessentially American products: an all-new Corvette and Silverado pickup truck. But the automaker's booth will have an international flavor as well, as five vehicles from Chevy's...
Tags: Ethanol, Indonesia, Super Bowl, Manufacturing and Engineering, Vehicles
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