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The Brazilian trio has created a worldwide "beer and burger" empire made up of iconic fast food brands, including Burger King, KraftHeinz and Canadian doughnut and coffee chain Tim Hortons.
(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) If someone had told Salim Asrawi in1998 that he’d be sitting atop a $460 million family-owned empire of Brazilian steakhouses, he would have thought they’d been ...
Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista has hired debt ... in a flurry of steps to try to salvage his business empire. People familiar with the matter said a team of debt-restructuring experts from U.S ...
Fifteen months ago, OGX Petróleo chief executive Paulo Mendonça was confident that the company he led was on track to become a major independent oil producer, an anchor for Eike Batista's vast ...
Brazil's most famous billionaire Eike Batista has begun restructuring his business empire, EBX Group ... than cover the $1 billion debt owed to Brazilian bank Itaú and Bradesco.
If anyone doubted the meaning of a statement this week from OGX, the oil and gas flagship of Brazilian tycoon Eike ... of Mr Batista’s business empire has crystallised disillusionment in its ...
After failing to attract a partner, EBX has reportedly put the hotel up for sale, according to the Brazilian press.
OGX missed a $45 million bond interest payment due on Tuesday, moving the debt-laden Brazilian oil producer closer to what could be the largest-ever Latin American corporate debt default.
He is the third generation from JBS Meats – the scandal-prone Brazilian farming giant that owns Huon, one of Australia’s largest salmon producers. Henry Batista, chief executive of salmon ...