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Brazil’s auto production, sales fall in January as demand slows

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s auto industry production and sales dropped sharply in January from the previous month, data from automakers association Anfavea showed on Tuesday, suggesting sluggish demand for vehicles in Latin America’s largest economy. According to Anfavea, auto production was down 20.3% in January from the previous month, totaling 152,666 units, while sales …

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Brazil’s central bank still frets about inflation expectations, minutes show

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s central bank has expressed concern at increased inflation expectations, reinforcing signs that it is not considering monetary easing anytime soon. The central bank’s hawkish comments, which came in the minutes of its Jan.31-Feb.1 meeting published on Tuesday, came amid mounting tensions between leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and bank chief …

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In Rio de Janeiro, Carnival returns full steam ahead; record tourism expected

By Sergio Queiroz RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Rio de Janeiro’s famously colorful Carnival celebration will return in full force this month and is expected to generate nearly $1 billion in business, an all-time high, following the pandemic-related restrictions of years past. The streets of Brazil’s second largest city will again play host to the …

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Mexico peso to pare recent gains but be kept firm by tight policy: Reuters poll

By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Mexico’s peso is set to pare its advance of recent months but will keep trading at firm levels, helped by the central bank’s aggressive policy tightening to combat elevated inflation, a Reuters poll showed. While the decline would give back part of the currency’s appreciation of almost 5% …

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Kidney dialysis-related infection rates higher in U.S. minorities -report

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – Preventable bloodstream infections related to kidney failure treatment are more common in U.S. Blacks and Hispanics than in whites, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Monday. Use of neck veins for administration of hemodialysis was the most important risk factor, but …

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Derailed train cars in Ohio drained of toxic chemical amid mass evacuation

By Kanishka Singh and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Nearly 2,000 residents of eastern Ohio remained under evacuation orders on Monday as railroad crews drained and burned off a toxic chemical from five tanker cars of a freight train that derailed in a fiery wreck three days earlier, officials said. The venting of pressurized vinyl chloride, a …

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