Brazil gun buyback plan hits mark
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Brazilian police hail the  success of a campaign to cut gun crime by buying back weapons.
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Tata Steel topped an offer from Brazilâs Companhia SiderÃºrgica Nacional to win a heated auction for its European rival, the Corus Group.
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When criminals need guns, they have plenty of options in a country with nearly 100,000 licensed gun stores. But drug dealers and other crooks don't shop just anywhere. They have their favorites.
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Brazil made progress in its ambitious plan to hand out land to poor peasants in 2004, but still fell short of goals aimed at narrowing chronic wealth inequality, government data released on Wednesday show.
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By Andrew Hay BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil wants a seat at the toptable of world nations.
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The government of one of Brazil's Amazonian states plans to reforest areas of land cleared for pasture.
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BHP Billiton, the world&#39;s biggest miner, will buy back as much as A$1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) of its Australian stock as part of a plan to return profit from soaring commodity prices to investors.
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Iran has contracted to buy hundreds of high-powered rifles from an Austrian firm, the company's owner said Wednesday. The sale drew an indirect rebuke from the United States, but Austrian government ministries said no laws were broken.
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Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT.N and  Northrop Grumman Corp. NOC.N would bear the brunt of proposed  cuts in U.S. weapons purchases totaling $30 billion over the  next six years, according to the summary from a Pentagon budget  document made available to Reuters Monday.
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Diversified manufacturer 3M Co  said on Thursday it has agreed to buy a Brazilian maker of orthodontic products for an undisclosed amount.
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Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, wanted in India in a kickback scandal involving a 1.3-billion-dollar deal for Bofors guns from Sweden, is in custody in Argentina, reports said Saturday.
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Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned petroleum giant, opened a bidding process Thursday for construction of 42 oil tankers to be built for an estimated $1.9 billion (euro1.44 billion), the company said.
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Pump up your returns with Brazil's biggest company.
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Brazilian metals giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) is to buy Australian coal producer AMCI for $661m.
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This will be accomplished through a share buy-back plan in Australia, where 40% of the company&#39;s shares are held. because of the tax breaks they enjoy on such sales.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil has reached an accord  with the United Nations' atomic watchdog to allow inspections  of its uranium enrichment plant and protect its nuclear  technology, Brazil's ministry of science and technology said on  Wednesday.
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BHP Billiton&#39;s Australian investors will collect $1.5 billion from a buyback announced by the global miner yesterday. But the move will leave foreigners with a stronger presence on the BHP share register because they can&#39;t participate.