Brazil has a developing mixed economy that is the twelfth largest in the world by nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and eighth largest by purchasing power parity in 2020. According to International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates, Brazil's 2020 nominal GDP was R$7.348 trillion or US$1.363 trillion. Brazil is the 83rd country in the world in GDP per capita, with a value of US$6,450 per inhabitant. The country has an estimated at Int$20.18 trillion worth of natural resources which includes vast amounts of gold, uranium, iron, and timber.
Embraer S.A. is a Brazilian aerospace conglomerate that produces commercial, military, executive and agricultural aircraft and provides aeronautical services. It was founded in 1969 in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, where its headquarters are located. The company is the third largest producer of civil aircraft, after Boeing and Airbus.
São Paulo is one of the 26 states of the Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Saint Paul of Tarsus. A major industrial complex, the state has 21.9% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 33.9% of Brazil's GDP. São Paulo also has the second-highest Human Development Index (HDI) and GDP per capita, the fourth-lowest infant mortality rate, the third-highest life expectancy, and the third-lowest rate of illiteracy among the federative units of Brazil. São Paulo alone is wealthier than Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia combined. São Paulo is also the world's twenty-eighth-most populous sub-national entity and the most populous sub-national entity in the Americas.
The São Paulo Metro, commonly called the Metrô is one of the urban railways that serves the city of São Paulo, alongside the São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company (CPTM), forming the largest metropolitan rail transport network of Latin America. The six lines in the metro system operate on 101.1 kilometres (62.8 mi) of route, serving 89 stations. The metro system carries about 5,300,000 passengers a day.
The B3 S.A.- Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão, formerly BM&FBOVESPA, is a stock exchange located in São Paulo, Brazil, and the second oldest of the country. At the end of 2011 it had a market capitalization of R$2.37 trillion, making it the 13th largest stock exchange in the world. However, owing to the slump in economic growth in Brazil associated with political problems, in addition to the strengthening of the United States dollar against the Brazilian real, the capitalization shrank to R$2.21 trillion by the end of 2015. On May 8, 2008, the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) and the Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange (BM&F) merged, creating BM&FBOVESPA. Then at March 30, 2017, BM&FBOVESPA merged with CETIP, creating B3.
Banif Financial Group was a state-owned Portuguese international financial services group associated with the Banco Internacional do Funchal. In December 2015 Banco Santander Totta, a subsidiary of Santander Group agreed to buy lending operations of Portugal’s Banif-Banco Internacional do Funchal SA for 150 million euros. The company had a presence in Europe, South America, North America, Africa and Asia.
Sabesp is a Brazilian water and waste management company owned by São Paulo state. It provides water and sewage services to residential, commercial and industrial users in São Paulo and in 363 of the 645 municipalities in São Paulo State, typically under 30-year concession contracts. It provides water to 26.7 million customers, or 60% of the population of the state. It is the largest water and waste management company in Latin América. It provides basic sanitation services, which include all phases and the collection, treatment and reuse of sewage. The São Paulo Metropolitan Region and the Regional Systems accounted for 74.5% and 25.5% of the sales and services rendered during the year ended December 31, 2004 respectively. Sabesp also supplies water on a bulk basis to municipalities in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area, in which it does not operate water systems to local operators.jn
Águas de São Pedro is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo located 184 kilometres from the state capital. At only 3.61 square kilometres, it is the second-smallest Brazilian municipality in terms of area, and had an estimated population of 3,521 as of 2020. Águas de São Pedro means "Waters of Saint Peter". Its name is derived from the mineral springs in its territory and their location, which before the city's founding were part of the municipality of São Pedro.
Scomi Rail, formerly MTrans and Monorail Malaysia, is a Malaysian rail system manufacturer, currently specializing in monorails. The company is one of the world's three leading providers of monorail systems, and one of only four globally recognized integrated monorail system providers, meaning that apart from manufacturing rolling stock, it also provides equipment like communication systems, electro-mechanical systems and services such as system integration and project management.
São Paulo is the one of the largest citites in the world economically, and is expected to be the 6th largest in 2025. According to data of Fecomercio/SP, its gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017 was R$699.28 billion.
TIM Brasil is the Brazilian subsidiary of Telecom Italia, an Italian telecommunications company, which owned 67% of the company as of 2014. TIM Brasil was founded as a company in 1995, started commercial operations in 1998 and since 2002 has consolidated its national presence, becoming the first mobile phone company present in all Brazilian States and, as of April 2017, has over 61.3 million customers.
Line 17 (Gold) is an under construction monorail project for the São Paulo Metro. The line will have 14 stations, beginning at the São Paulo-Morumbi station and ending at the Jabaquara station, with a branch to Congonhas station, connected to the São Paulo/Congonhas Airport. It will have integration with Line 1-Blue, Line 4-Yellow, and Line 5-Lilac as well as CPTM Line 9-Emerald. The line was originally one of the transportation projects supporting the 2014 FIFA World Cup. However delays, and contract disputes have pushed the completion date from the original 2013 full opening date to only the first phase opening in 2021.
SESI São Paulo, a.k.a. SESI-SP, is a Brazilian professional volleyball team based in São Paulo, Brazil. They compete in the Brazilian Superliga and were the 2010–11 national league champions and 2011 South American champions.
Grendene is a Brazilian company that is the world's largest manufacturer of sandals. It was founded by Alexandre Grendene Bartelle and his twin brother Pedro Grendene Bartelle.
Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração, or CBMM for short, is a Brazilian company that specializes in the processing and technology of niobium, extracted from its pyrochlore mine near the city of Araxá, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.
RD is the largest drugstore company in Latin America by revenue and market capitalization. The company is headquartered in São Paulo and has more than, 2.300 stores in 24 Brazilian states.
Hélio Júnio Nunes de Castro, simply known as Helinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Red Bull Bragantino, on loan from São Paulo. Mainly an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a forward.
Joanderson de Jesus Assis is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Sampaio Corrêa.
A long series of criminal investigations have occurred in Brazil associated with Operation Car Wash. The first investigation was launched in March 2014, and is now known as phase 1 of the investigation, with subsequent inquiries numbered sequentially and having code names such as phase 2, phase 3, and so on. By September 2020, there were 74 announced phases of Operation Car Wash.
Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo (CMSP) is a Brazilian mixed economy company, based in São Paulo, which most of its investments belong to the Government of the State of São Paulo. Founded by the Prefecture of São Paulo on 24 April 1968, the company is responsible for the development, project, construction and operation of the metropolitan transport system in the Greater São Paulo, specially the capital metro. Having most of its share control associated to the state government, it's subordinated to the Secretariat of Metropolitan Transports of the State of São Paulo.
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