BRMALLS Increases Its Ownership Interest in Piracicaba Shopping Jun 5, 2008
9% ownership interest in Shopping Piracicaba, increasing its total interest to 13 ... Shopping Piracicaba is a mall located in the city of Piracicaba, state of Sao Paulo, with 27,806 square meters in Total GLA, 152 stores and 2,000 parking spaces. (PR Newswire)
* World News Quick Take Jan 5, 2008
The fire late on Tuesday at the small Rio Piracicaba prison in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais may have been caused by a candle or failed electrical wiring, authorities said. The inmates sought protection in a bathroom together but died apparently of smoke inhalation, police said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Jail fire kills 8 inmates in Brazil Jan 3, 2008
Officers had to enter a neighboring house and break through the jail's wall to free 14 surviving inmates Tuesday night in Rio Piracicaba, a town of 14,000 without a fire brigade, Minas Gerais state police said. The officers "did not have the keys to open the cells," according to the police statement. (MSNBC -- International)
Zack Simmons Named NSCAA/adidas Third-Team All-American Dec 16, 2007
M, Sam Cronin, Jr., Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, N.C. M, Bruno Guarda *, Jr., SMU, Piracicaba, Brazil M, Brad Ring, Jr., Indiana, Rockford, Ill. M, David Roth, Sr., Northwestern, St. Louis, Mo. (Umassathletics.com)
Dedini and Vaperma Team Up to Improve Ethanol Production in Brazil Dec 3, 2007
PIRACICABA, Brazil, Dec. 3 /CNW Telbec/ - Dedini S/A Indzstrias de Base and Vaperma Inc. signed a cooperation agreement to introduce Vaperma's Siftek(TM) dewatering and dehydration systems in Brazilian ethanol market ... With headquarters in Piracicaba and units in Sertcozinho (SP), Maceis (AL) and Recife (PE), the group was founded 86 years ago and is a world leader in the supply of equipment and complete plants for the sugar/alcohol sector. (Canada Newswire)
Lapira Tabbed As A Semifinalist For The M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Nov 29, 2007
F Mike Grella Jr. Duke Glen Cove, N.Y. M Bruno Guarda Jr. SMU Piracicaba, Brazil D Andy Iro Sr. UCSB Liverpool, England D Julius James Sr. Connecticut Maloney Gardens, Trinidad M Stephen King Sr. Maryland Medford, N.J. F Sr. Notre Dame Lake Charles, La. M Peter Lowry Sr. Santa Clara Fair Oaks, Calif. (Und.com)
Blazers Set To Battle No. 10 SMU On Wednesday Night Oct 17, 2007
SMU is led by preseason Conference USA Player of the Year in junior Bruno Guarda The Piracicaba, Brazil native leads the Mustangs in assists (6), points (14) and shots (29), while ranking second on the team with four goals. Guarda was named to the Preseason MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List, along with UAB junior. (Uabsports.com)
Lapira Named To Hermann Trophy Watch List Aug 10, 2007
F Juan Gavaria Sr. St. Peter's Elizabeth, N.J. M Tom Gray Sr. Monmouth Middletown, N.J. M Bruno Guarda Jr. SMU Piracicaba, Brazil D David Horst Sr. Old Dominion Pine Grove, Pa. D Andy Iro Sr. UCSB Liverpool, England F Saidi Isaac Sr. Winthrop Eldoret, Kenya M Dejan Jakovic Jr. UAB Etobicoke, Ontario D Julius James Sr. Connecticut Maloney Gardens, Trinidad F George Josten Sr. Gonzaga Idaho Falls, Idaho M Stephen King Sr. Maryland Medford, N.J. F Sr. Notre Dame Lake Charles, La. (Und.com)
Bush seeks ethanol alliance with Brazil Mar 5, 2007
High sugar cane is seen near an ethanol plant in Piracicaba, Brazil, Friday, March 2, 2007. Just an hour's drive outside this traffic-choked metropolis where U.S. President George W. Bush kicks off a Latin American tour Thursday, sugar cane fields stretch for hundreds of kilometers, providing the ethanol that fuels eight out of every 10 new Brazilian cars. (Anchorage Daily News)
* US to forge `ethanol alliance' with Brazil Mar 5, 2007
A man walks with his bicycle through sugar cane fields in Piracicaba, Brazil, on Friday. In the background are ethanol-filled tanks. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Brazil Rains in Sao Paulo May Allow Orange Growers to Start Harvest Early Feb 23, 2007
The good volume of rains have helped fruits grow and mature,'' said Braga, an analyst at the university's agricultural commodities research unit in Piracicaba, Brazil. The alternation of sunshine and rain this month is very healthy too. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Brazil Rains Cause 2nd Coffee Flowering, May Hurt Bean Quality This Year Feb 13, 2007
The rains are way above normal levels,'' Boteon, head of coffee research at the university's agricultural commodities unit, said in a telephone interview from Piracicaba, Brazil. Coffee flowering at this time of the year is unheard of. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Brazil Eyes Ethanol Export Boom after Bush Speech Jan 25, 2007
"We've never had such a great opportunity to substitute petroleum," said Luiz Carlos Correa Carvalho, director of Canaplan consultancy at Piracicaba in Brazil's main sugar cane growing state of Sao Paulo. He said Bush's speech Tuesday was an invitation to countries such as Brazil to participate in global efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce global warming. (Planet Ark, United States)
