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Announcement was made by means of material fact to the CVM and Bovespa.
Negotiations were happening for months and were facilitated by Provisional Measure 443.

Banco do Brasil confirmed this Thursday (20) the acquisition of Nossa Caixa for U.S. $ 5.38 billion. The news was communicated through the Securities Commission (CVM) and the Stock Exchange of Sao Paulo.

The payments will be made in 18 months of $ 299.2 million starting in March 2009 - corrected by the basic interest rate.

“The value of the transaction was calculated on the basis of economic and financial assessment prepared by consultants hired by Banco do Brasil, which took into consideration, among other methods, the prospects for future profitability and cash flow of Nossa Caixa”, informed Banco do Brasil.

The sale of Nossa Caixa was preceded by meeting with the governor of Sao Paulo, Jose Serra, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, held this Wednesday (19). However, after the meeting the governor Jose Serra denied that the issues has been discussed.

The polemics of referrals, the spectacle of rivalry in the field and the suffering of the Brazilian soccer lovers so often narrated by sport chroniclers will be replace by tricks made to the sound of hip hop in this Tuesday, 18, in Sao Paulo.

Maybe some more traditional fanatics are offended, but the city will host a soccer tournament in which there is not even the most awaited moment of sports, the goal. The final stage of the world’s first free style soccer, the “Red Bull Street Style,” brought to the capital players from 44 countries for a competition that requires creativity and skill with a football.

The new method is an evolving technique of football which wins the participant who best to convince a committee of judges with a combination of maneuvers and tricks with the ball. Each dispute case in a circular arena where two athletes alternate shifts of 20 seconds of the ball field until the end of the countdown of three minutes. The criteria that define the winner is art, creativity and style.

The only Brazilian representative in the competition is the capixaba Murilo Pitol, 17 years old. Fan of Vasco Futebol clube, he began practicing in the sport in 2006 after seeing a video of the sport on the Internet. The traditional soccer fan and already skilled with the ball, the teenager decided to try to repeat the training maneuvers of the video. “It took six months to get the first tricks,” says.

This Monday, 17, Murilo won five disputes in the qualification stage against the representatives of Croatia, South Africa, Greece and Argentina and is assured between the 16 finalists in the competition. The Brazilian came first in the group, which also the South African Christopher Nsokwana finished in second place.

The jury of the competition will be formed by halfback Dutchman Edgar Davids, the former forward Bebeto and Falcon, the best Futsal player of the world, and dancer from New York break dance, Crazy Legs. A fifth vote will be set by athletes declassified and will refer to better maneuver.

Red Bull Street Style - World Final

November, 18 at 20h. Sports Complex’s Pacaembu
Tickets are sold out.
Official website RedBull Street Style

Get sick during a trip is certainly a loss: useless days in a hotel room, costs of doctors and medicines not expected, and more.

The medicine of the traveler today is a specialty that aims to guide, inform and protect the tourists and the communities that receive. The medical advice for the traveler must consist of a medical consultation, since personal factors interfere with the susceptibility of each (previous illnesses, family factors, vaccines received, etc.). That doctor, specializing in travel medicine, is who will relate personal risks and risks of each region of the globe, and than guided properly.

Get vaccinate is very important, warns against diseases that can be avoided. For each destination, a different orientation. Some vaccines may be mandatory, others recommended for each region of the world. It is important to be vaccinated in advance.

In addition to vaccines, the traveler must be informed of basic care to be taken in each of their destinations.

Many countries require international certificate of vaccination against certain diseases. The recommendation is that the tourist always contact the consulate or embassy of the country who want to visit to get these and other information. Countries such as Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela require the vaccine against yellow fever.

Tourists can be vaccinated in the Health section of the existing ports in some international airports, such as Guarulhos and Campinas in Sao Paulo and Galeao in Rio de Janeiro. Always check the hours of operation of the Ports of Health, not to run out the risk of running of vaccine, which prevents the entry into countries that require this procedure. Some vaccines must be taken in advance, such as yellow fever (ten days before the trip) and against hepatitis A (two doses in the range of a month). So people living in distant cities can be vaccinated at any post of vaccination and present proof on the Health of Ports, on boarding, to get the international certificate of vaccination.

Sun and sea become part of the menu of Brazilian tourists.

With the dollar in high demand, many people who dream to travel overseas decided to stay in Brazil and spend real. For the Brazilian association of travel agents, tourism in the country should grow more than 20%.

Who was already with tickets bought before the turbulence caused by the international financial crisis traveled anyway. But with the dollar and the euro in high demand, the way will be reducing purchases.

What is damage to some, becomes a good business opportunity for others. If the number of international travel decreased, travel agents invest in other routes: cheaper, closer and also fun.

Sun and sea

Tourism in Brazil marks the beginning of a good season. Sun, sea and natural beauty to please the most demanding tourist. The Northeast should be one of the most sought.

According to Jorge Sales, the Brazilian Association of Travel Agents (ABAV), the domestic tourism should grow more than 20%. “With this episode, we are expecting a terms of 40% to 45% more in sales of domestic products.”

Last year alone, 10 million Brazilians traveled across the country. And as many people said: “Brazil is still the best,”.