With nearly half of the Brazilian population vaccinated with at least the 1st dose of an immunizing agent against covid-19, many companies have begun a transition between home office and face-to-face work. In this scenario, the vaccination certificate emerged as a way to control the immunization of employees and ensure a safe return to face-to-face work. According to information from the newspaper O Globo, Brazilian companies are guiding employees to follow the immunization schedule. They also carry out research to map the vaccination of employees and ask for a certificate to be sent after the 2nd dose. But this control…
Author: Gustaw Brzezinski
The payment in installments of the court orders owed by the Union is considered by congressmen and government members after the power360 revealed that these judicial debts could consume R$ 89 billion of the 2022 Budget. The solution, however, would be unprecedented and would not reduce the market’s concern with the situation of public accounts. in the Senate, Fernando Bezerra Coelho (MDB-PE), and by the Budget rapporteur, Deputy Hugo Leal (PSD-RJ), as a way to preserve the spending ceiling and President Jair Bolsonaro’s intention to expand Bolsa Família. Auxiliaries of Economy Minister Paulo Guedes also talk about this possibility. The…
A preliminary study shows that the lifestyles of just 3 Americans are capable of creating enough CO2 emissions to cause one person’s death from excessive heat. The article was published this Thursday (29.Jul.2022) by the scientific journal Nature Communications. This is the full text in English (1 MB). The research uses as a basis the so-called social cost of carbon, a value that monetizes the damage caused for each ton of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted on social well-being and ecosystems, and assigns an estimated number of deaths caused by the climate crisis.According to the researchers, the rates recorded in 2020…
the former president squid told Mexican TV this Wednesday (28.Jul.2022) that, while he governed the country (2003-2011), everyone had an increase in income – from bankers to workers. “Never in the history of Brazil have entrepreneurs made so much money, landlords made so much money, bankers made money. But workers also made money. The Brazilian economy has grown, we have generated jobs, Brazil has become an international protagonist”, he affirmed. Earlier this Wednesday (July 28), former minister Ciro Gomes (PDT), stated that a possible 3rd term of Lula would be aimed at higher social classes. part of the interview to…
Nokia’s CEO in Brazil, Ailton Santos, stated that Brazil needs to install the new 5G technology soon to reap the benefits of the process. The statement was given in an interview with Veja. “Nokia commissioned a study through Omdia where it was pointed out that, with the implementation of 5G in Brazil, we should have an impact of US$ 1.2 trillion on GDP by 2035” , said the executive.According to the report, Nokia should be one of the main beneficiaries of the technology adoption in the country and is ahead in the infrastructure market for the new connection, alongside the…
Travel company Decolar was fined more than R$752 thousand for not informing customers about the risks of buying tickets from Avianca Brasil (Oceanair). The airline filed a request for judicial recovery in December 2018. The decision of Senacon (National Consumer Secretary), obtained by the newspaper O Globo, should be published in the Official Gazette (Diário Oficial da União) this Tuesday (July 27th. 2022).According to the report, consumers were not alerted to the possible cancellation of flights due to Avianca’s financial and legal situation. The Secretariat considered that it was Decolar’s duty to inform that the airline was facing a crisis.…
To prevent Brazil from facing a power outage in November 2022, consumers will be able to pay R$3.6 billion more on the electricity bill. The country is subject to rationing electricity consumption due to the depletion of a large part of the reservoirs of the hydroelectric plants. The warning about the possibility of a lack of energy was given last Thursday (July 22, 2022) by the ONS (National Operator of the Electrical System). If the forecasts are fulfilled, the reservoirs could close to collapse in November of this year. The institution stresses, however, that there is still no risk of…
The payment company PicPay announced this Friday (23.Jul.2022) the purchase of fintech Guiabolso, in a new bet on open banking in Brazil. The value of the operation was not disclosed. With the acquisition, all 6 million users and R$ 1 billion in credit granted by Guiabolso partners will be incorporated into PicPay. For the time being, both applications will continue to work separately. “The acquisition aims to position PicPay as a protagonist of open banking, in addition to accelerating our financial marketplace operation, which already has a card, personal credit and loans between people”, he says the company’s CEO, José…
The ministers of OPEC+ (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies) agreed on Sunday (18.Jul.2022) to increase the supply of oil as of August. The measure is valid until December and should contain the rise in fuel prices while the global economy is trying to return to pre-pandemic levels, Reuters reported. Last year, prices reached record levels after falling demand from the pandemic caused the group to cut production to 10 million barrels a day ( bpd). Now the group has agreed to gradually restore part of the supply. Between August and December 2022, the offer will grow by more…
INSS (National Social Security Institute), Dataprev (Welfare Technology and Information Company) and Enap (National School of Public Administration) should launch this year a system to streamline the analysis of requests for pensions due to death.The tool will facilitate filling out applications, submitting documents and identifying pending issues. The system stipulates ways to help people who are applying for the benefit, such as the use of documents already recognized in bases used by the INSS and the federal government. the necessary information. An artificial intelligence technology will recognize the documents, indicating whether or not they meet the required standard. With this,…