Brazil orders Apple to open up in-app purchases

Brazil’s antitrust regulator, Cade, has ordered Apple to relax its restrictions on in-app purchase payment methods. This decision follows a complaint filed by MercadoLibre and aims to promote competition and consumer choice within the App Store ecosystem. …

Brighton have Brazil's World Cup No 9 and my glass is very much half full – opinion

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com  and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now Ian Hart’s take on Joao Pedro and Brighton’s potential banana skin in Southampton Glass half empty or half full? So when the Premier League fixtures came out in mid …

Brazil CBDC trade finance pilot focuses on agri commodity transactions

Trade finance-focused central bank digital currency (CBDC) experimentation in Brazil is to focus on automated settlement of agricultural commodity transactions. Like many central banks globally, Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) been exploring the launch of a …

Will Brazil force Apple to admit App Store defeat?

Even then, another problem Apple faces in that is that each nation could demand slightly different approaches to lifting those restrictions. The problem is that there is a development and infrastructure support cost, not to mention legal expenses, to each …

Carrefour attempts damage control against Brazil 'boycott'

French supermarket group Carrefour attempted Tuesday to end a supplier "boycott" of its stores in Brazil by apologizing for refusing to sell Mercosur-origin meat in its outlets in France. "We apologize" if the domestic French retail ban …

Synectics secures £2.3m oil and gas contracts in Qatar and Brazil

These contracts, awarded for projects in Qatar and Brazil, underline Synectics’ technical expertise and leadership in providing advanced security solutions for critical infrastructure. Synectics, a UK-based security and surveillance technology company, has …

Brazil Declares App Store Anti-Steering Rules Illegal

Brazil has ruled that Apple’s App Store anti-steering policies are unlawful, marking another antitrust setback for the tech giant. As a result, Apple can no longer prohibit developers from directing users to their own sites for in-app content sales, …

Brazil Rules Apple Must Lift Restrictions On In-App Payments

Brazilian antitrust regulator Cade said this week that Apple must lift restrictions on payment methods for in-app purchases, among other things, as the watchdog moved to proceed with an investigation into a complaint filed by Latin America e-commerce giant …

85 Calls and over 350,000 Guests Expected in Itajaí, Brazil

The Brazilian port of Itajaí is expecting 85 cruise calls through April 2026, the local government announced in a press release. As it gets ready to kick off its 2024-25 season in December, the city said that over 350,000 guests are currently projected to …

Carrefour Brazil acknowledged that the meat suppliers' decision to suspend deliveries had an impact