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The Aracruz news today is an example of the Fed plan working nicely

Come to think of it, he looked kinda Brazilian once............

1) Bennyboy&Co. offer U$30Bn in facilities to Brazil (along with S.Korea, Singapore and Mexico, of course).

2) Banks rebound.

3) Today's news is that Aracruz Celulosa, world-class heavyweight in the paper/pulp business, has reached agreement to unwind 97% of its derivatives losses with local banks (undisclosed names). The amount in play is a very hefty U$2.13Bn.

4) Aracuz stock is up 9% in early Brazil trading on this news and leads the Bovespa right now.

The moral of the story is; offer free money to Brazilians and they know what to do with it. This is how it's supposed to work everywhere, I think. The hoarding techniques used up North so far have meant this kind of freeing-up deal hasn't happened so far in the US markets.

Repost: Curbing Costs with Google Apps

I'm reposting this for three reasons:

1) It's a good offer; you swap a couple of minutes of form-filling (with no 3rd party selling of your info) for a report that will help you save money.

2) It's part of my drive to make this blog self-sufficient without outright begging (I just can't get comfortable with the idea)

3) Though only one person downloaded the white paper Tuesday, my commission was a very useful U$7 (which surprised me...I thought I was getting the usual buck-fifty from the service). So if you feel like making a painless contribution to incakola and also getting a useful document in return, then go ahead and fill out the form.

Only USA and Canada residents are eligible, unfortunately.

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After the success of the free book link given out yesterday, here's another freebie offer for you, dear reader. The difference with this one is that those nice people at Google will pay me a couple of shekels if you decide to take them up on this (about U$1.50 for every copy distributed, I think), so this time I might even make some money out of this.

The name of the case study paper is "Curbing Costs with Google Apps", and it's aimed at people and companies who use IT and need to streamline operations. Here comes the official blurb that goes with the offer. If you go for it there's an application form to fill out, but it's not too heavy and being Google they won't sell any info to third parties, that's for sure. Let's see if my boringly aggressive drive towards making my humble corner of cyberspace pay for itself gets any love, yeah?

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"Curbing Costs with Google Apps"

Learn how both new and established companies are using Google Apps to curb costs amid rapid expansion.

Start-up IT services provider Counterpoint Consulting and office products distributor Indoff, which has been in business for thirty years, operate in very different industries, but the two rapidly growing organizations share the need to provide employees with cost-effective yet continually updated technological capabilities.

Read how both companies have benefited from Google Apps, a suite of applications that includes webmail services, shared calendaring, instant messaging and voice over IP services, with results including:

• Reduced strain on IT due to streamlined operations and lower costs
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• More productive and efficient employees with best of breed communication tools

Geographic Eligibility: USA, Canada

Publisher: Google