Brazil
Google to test anti-theft AI feature for phones in Brazil
ALPHABET’S Google said on Tuesday (Jun 11) that Brazil will be the first country to test an anti-theft feature for Android phones that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to identify...
Stellantis brings China EVs to South America in Brazil expansion
STELLANTIS plans to offer electric vehicles (EVs) co-developed with Zhejiang Leapmotor Technologies in South America – including top market Brazil – after the two companies struck a deal to...
Chinese EV giants hammered by Biden tariff are welcome in Brazil
SHUT out of US markets and under fire in Europe, China’s electric carmakers are zeroing in on the countries where they are welcome. One of the big ones is...
Honda to invest US$808 million in Brazil by 2030
JAPANESE automaker Honda will invest 4.2 billion reais (S$1.1 billion) in its Itirapina plant in Brazil by 2030, an executive said on Friday (Apr 19), adding the company aims...
Brazil judge suspends Petrobras chair over conflict of interest
A BRAZILIAN judge has suspended the chair of state oil firm Petrobras’ board, Pietro Sampaio Mendes, over a conflict of interest regarding his role in the Ministry of Energy,...
Seatrium’s involvement in a bribery scandal is back in the news, but that’s not its biggest problem
THE market may not react well in coming weeks to further news about the two former executives of Seatrium who have been charged with corruption offences related to a...
Timeline: Seatrium’s corruption offences in Brazil unravelled
THE Business Times outlines the sequence of events involving Singapore companies – Sembmarine (now called Seatrium) and Keppel Offshore and Marine (Keppel O&M) – in Brazil’s Operation Car Wash:July...
Two individuals related to Seatrium charged with corruption offences involving bribes in Brazil
TWO individuals related to Seatrium, formerly Sembcorp Marine, have been charged with corruption offences involving the payment of bribes for the benefit of persons in Brazil.
The public prosecutor is...
Seatrium’s two former executives, including CEO, charged with bribery involving more than S$20 million in Brazil
TWO former executives, including a top executive, of offshore and marine (O&M) giant Seatrium (previously known as Sembcorp Marine), were charged with corruption offences on Thursday (Mar 28) for...
