Battle of the unequals

Bowing to mass protests, authorities of Brazil's two biggest cities -- Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro -- on Wednesday decided to roll back transport fare hikes that had triggered widespread unrest. Sao Paulo State Governor Geraldo Alckmin told ...

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SAO PAULO/FORTALEZA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's two biggest cities agreed on Wednesday to revoke an increase in public transportation fares that set off demonstrations that have grown into nationwide protests against poor public services, inflation and ...

American private equity firm Apollo Global Management has submitted an offer to buy Rio Tinto's majority stake in Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC), while China's state-owned mining company China Minmetals is also considering bidding for the asset. ...

R Rio De Janiero and Sao Paolo will reduce public transit fares in response to the massive protests that met the proposal, Brazil's Globo news outlet reports . The mayor of Rio said public transport fares will be reduced to R$ 2.75 from R$ 2.95, ...

MANCHESTER UNITED defender Rio Ferdinand has called for Spainish wonderkid Thiago Alcantara to come to Old Trafford, while the 22-year-old's Barcelona team-mate Gerard Pique has pleaded with the midfielder to remain at the La Liga champions. Thiago ...

Au Australian television rights for the next two Summer Olympic Games are likely be sold as a bundle after all three major TV networks failed to bid for the upcoming Rio Games, Nine Network boss Jeff Browne says. And in the wake of the Socceroos ...

A member of the Brazilian military police peppers sprays a protester during a demonstration in Rio de Janeiro. Widespread demonstrations in Brazil -- many of them outside of soccer stadiums -- have quickly become the main story of the 2013 ...

So last night, with people enraged by what theyd seen in the media reports, there were protests in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Porto Alegre, Belém, Salvador and Maceió. A quarter of a million Brazilians took to the streets. In