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  • Básica Língua A Portuguese Language Program that offers intensive one-on-one, private and semi-private immersion programs in Salvador for individuals, couples and small groups.
  • Bing Translator Preferred machine translator. Not perfect, but better than others for Portuguese / English
  • Bridge Language School Dedicated to providing innovative services in language, education, and travel. Free assessment test of language for English, Spanish, Portuguese
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  • Corpus Portuguese Langauge / Corpus do português This website allows you to quickly and easily search more than 45 million words in almost 57,000 Portuguese texts. Este site permite que você rapidamente e facilmente buscar para mais do que 45 milhões de palavras em quase 57.000 textos do portugueses.
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  • Fast Forward Language Institute Teaching Portuguese as a second language in Maceio and Sao Paulo
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  • Bloomberg News Bloomberg connects influential decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Our strength – quickly and accurately delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology – is at the core of everything we do.
  • Bureau of Economic Analysis Data, and reports on US Economic Accounts
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  • International Monetary Fund An organization of 188 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.
  • MSCI Indexes A leading provider of investment decision support tools to clients worldwide, ranging from large pension plans to boutique hedge funds. Offers a range of products and services – including indexes.
  • Report Foriegn Holdings of US Treasury Securities Major Foreign Holders of US Treasury Securities. Published (Dept of Treasury & Federal Reserve Board) monthly on or about the 17th of each month.
  • Reuters As they self describe themselves, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.
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• NY Times – Business

  • Health Law Could Be Hard to Knock Down Despite Judge’s Ruling
  • As the Trumps Dodged Taxes, Their Tenants Paid a Price
  • Investors Have Nowhere to Hide as Stocks, Bonds and Commodities All Tumble
  • How McKinsey Has Helped Raise the Stature of Authoritarian Governments
  • 8 Places Where Smartphones Tracked People’s Movements
  • Meanwhile: The IDNYC Card: How Do You Represent 8.6 Million New Yorkers With One Piece of Plastic?
  • Work Friend: I Am Begging You to Stop Sleeping With Your Co-Workers

• Washington Post

  • Health-care law ruling puts Republicans on the defensive after campaign promises
  • Trump makes unannounced visit to Arlington National Cemetery
  • Legal experts rip judge’s rationale for declaring Obamacare law invalid
  • Mounting legal threats surround Trump as nearly every organization he has led is under investigation
  • As Trump prepares for his holiday respite in Florida, he is more isolated than ever
  • Ryan Zinke to resign as interior secretary, Trump says; Zinke had faced allegations of misconduct involving a land development deal
  • After the DNA debacle, Elizabeth Warren’s outreach to minority communities makes a pivot

• Review Journal

  • Las Vegas police use Blackburn case to train prospective negotiators
  • Arbitrator sides with Clark County in giving union employees pay bump
  • Police hunt for suspect after man stabbed in central Las Vegas
  • Sisolak: Nevada will join others to oppose judge’s ACA ruling
  • California billionaire makes beach access app after breaking rules
  • Trucker saves dogs thrown from vehicle on highway
  • Trump, Dems stuck on border wall as partial government shutdown looms
  • Clark County teachers unhappy with new professional growth system
  • Ryan Zinke to leave Trump administration at year’s end
  • Sisolak, experts meet in Las Vegas to discuss health care issues

• BBC World News

  • Nicaraguan police 'beat' journalists protesting at office raid
  • John of God: Brazil 'faith healer' considered fugitive
  • Mulvaney called Trump 'terrible human being' in 2016, video shows
  • Stuttgart: Christian Gentner's father dies in stadium after Bundesliga game
  • Katowice: COP24 Climate change deal to bring pact to life
  • Ranil Wickremesinghe: Sri Lanka reinstates ousted prime minister
  • How the global trade in tear gas is booming

• NPR News

  • After More Than 4,000 Years, Vibrant Egyptian Tomb Sees The Light Of Day
  • Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke To Step Down
  • 2018 Is Now The Wettest Year On Record For Washington And Other Cities
  • 'Nowhere To Go But Up ' — A Small Town Confronts Its Addiction Crisis
  • As Judge Rules Obamacare Unconstitutional, Democrats Seethe, Republicans Stay Mum
  • Ryan Zinke Is Leaving The Interior Department, Trump Tweets
  • Wolves Are Back In Germany, But Not Always Welcome
  • A Head-Spinning Week In The Mueller Probe Produces A Sentence And A Plea

• Roll Call

  • Ruling on Health Care Law Leaves Consumers Confused
  • Amid Corruption Charges, Zinke Is Leaving as Interior Secretary
  • Donald Trump Names Mick Mulvaney Acting Chief of Staff
  • Texas Judge Strikes Down 2010 Health Care Law
  • Kevin McLaughlin Returns to the NRSC as Executive Director
  • Papadopoulos Confirms Plan to Run for Congress
  • Sen. Jon Kyl Will Resign at the End of the Year

• Real Clear Politics

  • Shock Report: 86% of Government Spending Now on Autopilot
  • First Amendment Scores a Win in Federal Court
  • New Jersey Democrats Play Power Games Too
  • Mitch McConnell's Wise Choice to Not Not Play Grinch on First Step
  • The Liberal Arts May Not Survive the 21st Century
  • All Fifty States Must Act Rapidly to Ban Ballot Harvesting
  • This Is Who Democrats Need in 2020
  • America Needs to Restore Dignity of Work
  • Will UK Abandon Brexit Because of a Chocolate Bar?
  • Brexit Britain: Small, Boring and Stupid

• The Hill – Top News

  • New Jersey becomes first state to ban use of wild, exotic animals in circuses
  • Dem: CBP chief knew of migrant girl’s death before testimony but failed to mention it
  • Disputed North Carolina race exposes mail ballot flaws
  • Rashida Tlaib to wear traditional Palestinian gown when she's sworn into Congress
  • Trump celebrates judge's decision tossing core tenets of ObamaCare
  • Gillibrand says she's worried about top options in Dem 2020 poll being white men
  • Trump visits Arlington National Cemetery for wreath-laying

• Stanford Social Innovation Review

  • SSIR’s 2018 Social Innovation Reading List (Blog)
  • Development Impact Bonds: There’s Still No Free Lunch (Blog)
  • Listening to the Community to Reimagine How a Foundation Delivers on Its Mission (Blog)
  • How Business Can Accelerate Africa’s Development
  • Why Taking a Step Back From Social Impact Assessment Can Lead to Better Results (Blog)
  • Building Organizational Muscle and Mindset to Gather Participant Feedback (Blog)
  • How Inclusive Practices Transform Workplace Culture
  • Eight Tips for Communicating Ideas to Busy Policymakers (Blog)
  • Make Local Advocacy Stronger by Connecting It to the Bigger Story (Blog)
  • French Law Revisits Corporate Purpose (Blog)

• Real Clear Sports

  • It's Time for Sean Payton to Go
  • Yankees Have Perfect Formula for October Run
  • Defensive Stud Has Jags Swinging for Fences
  • Hue Jackson's Latest QB Project Has Browns Hopeful
  • Reid Rebuilt Chiefs While Eagles Crumbled
  • Golden Boy Kliff Kingsbury Gets Defensive
  • Cam Newton Needs Success, Not Your Happiness
  • UCLA's Rosen Rises to Reach Hype
  • CFB Coaches Can Say Anything as Long as They Win
  • The Indians Are Even Better Than They Seem

• Curio Blog Feed

  • Curiota 3
  • Curio 12.1 and 12.2
  • Announcing Curio 12
  • 2017 review
  • Curio 11.4
  • Curio 11.3
  • Curio 11.2
  • Curio 11.1
  • ScreenCastsOnline Curio 11 Video
  • Happy 13th birthday Curio!

• Beatnik24

  • Braids and Blindness
  • Unfriended By Facebook
  • HEART INSPECTION
  • What’s In A Name: Everything Actually
  • Navy Beans & Fall Days
  • 8 Things Black Folks Can Be Thankful For This Thanksgiving Post Trump
  • My 10 Things: Egypt
  • DRUNK AUNT RANDI: HER LESSON ABOUT THE ALLEY CAT & THE TOWNHOUSE
  • White Women: You Must Get Real For Us to Be Right
  • I Love My Fraternity . . . But I Love My Son More.

• Julia Bloggers

  • Koch snowflakes for the holidays
  • Cosmology.jl now integrates Unitful.jl
  • Package Development in Julia 1.0 using the REPL
  • Index Funds with Mixed-Integer-Programming
  • Newsletter December 2018
  • Release notes for the DataFrames.jl package v0.15.0
  • Researchers use BioJulia to develop a new single-cell RNA sequencing method
  • Racefox uses Julia to provide digital sports coaching
  • Julia Computing Awards Five Grants to Support Diversity and Inclusion in the Julia Community with Funding from Sloan Foundation
  • Automata

• Real Clear Politics

  • Shock Report: 86% of Government Spending Now on Autopilot
  • First Amendment Scores a Win in Federal Court
  • New Jersey Democrats Play Power Games Too
  • Mitch McConnell's Wise Choice to Not Not Play Grinch on First Step
  • The Liberal Arts May Not Survive the 21st Century
  • All Fifty States Must Act Rapidly to Ban Ballot Harvesting
  • This Is Who Democrats Need in 2020
  • America Needs to Restore Dignity of Work
  • Will UK Abandon Brexit Because of a Chocolate Bar?
  • Brexit Britain: Small, Boring and Stupid

• The New Republic

  • Enter Stumbling, Stage Right
  • Escape From the Trump Cult
  • Just Hold Another Referendum
  • The Criminal-Justice Reform Bill Is Both Historic and Disappointing
  • Trump Owns a Government Shutdown. So What?
  • Big Tech’s Reckoning May Be Imminent After All
  • <i>Mary Queen of Scots </i>in the Age of Brexit
  • Lucia Berlin’s Art of Retelling
  • Have the Democrats Hit a Tipping Point on Climate Change?
  • Can the Yellow Vest Movement Remake French Politics?

• Economia & Negócios

  • Sua ficha de saúde agora na nuvem
  • Bolsonaro reafirma apoio à desistência do Brasil de sediar COP-25
  • Bradesco vende carteira de R$ 5,2 bi para a Ativos, do BB, e projeta R$ 15 bi para 2019
  • BMG tem R$ 1,3 bi de demanda no piso do IPO e prefere desistir da oferta a baixar preço
  • Como pensar como um economista
  • Fogo amigo
  • Ritmo da economia frustra projeções
  • Sair da caverna
  • Reforma da Previdência: fazer ou quebrar
  • ‘Brasil pode atrair mais investidores estrangeiros’

• OECD

  • Governance: Our resilience needs to take root and blossom
  • Migration: Immigrant integration policies have improved but challenges remain
  • Tax: Revenues continue to rise with further shift towards corporate and consumption taxes
  • Employment: Changing world of work needs new jobs strategy
  • Pensions: Improvements to pension systems have made them better placed to deliver