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RIO DE JANEIRO, March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AMIL PARTICIPACOES S.A. (BM&FBovespa: AMIL3; Bloomberg: AMIL3 BZ; Reuters: AMIL3 SA), the largest healthcare company in Brazil, informs its Shareholders that the Board of Directors of the Company, in a meeting held on March 21, 2011, approved the payment of Dividends at the amount of R$ 0.1118 per common share, corresponding to the total amount of R$ 40 million. The payment will be made on May 5, 2011, based on shareholders' position as of...

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AMIL PARTICIPACOES S.A. (BM&FBovespa: AMIL3; Bloomberg: AMIL3 BZ; Reuters: AMIL3.SA), the largest healthcare company in Brazil, announced today its consolidated results for December 31, 2010, in accordance with Brazilian corporate law and the ANS account chart. HIGHLIGHTS The number of Amil's members increased by +13.3% in 2010, while those of Medial fell by -14.1% due to the contract renegotiations process. Total consolidated membership...

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GERDAU S.A. (Bovespa: GGBR4, NYSE: GGB, Latibex: XGGB) (the "Company") announces that, subject to market conditions and receipt of final approval from the Brazilian securities regulator (Comissao de Valores Mobiliarios), it plans to launch a global offering of up to 68,026,910 common and 203,830,100 preferred shares (not including any exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option), including preferred shares in the form of American...

SAO PAULO and RIO DE JANEIRO, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Issao Imamura, Brazil's top master of illusion, who was responsible for the participation of actress Claudia Raia in the Front Commission of Beija-Flor's samba school -- which was the winner of the carnival parade of 2011 -- commemorated the title at the school's practice yard in Nilopolis. The title song, "A Simplicidade de um Rei" (The Simplicity of a King) honored singer-songwriter Roberto Carlos. This was Imamura's first...

SAO PAULO and RIO DE JANEIRO, March 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Latin America's greatest master of illusion, Issao Imamura, will be one of this year's biggest Carnival attractions. The artist is one of the highlights of the Mocidade Alegre samba school and will perform three never-before-seen illusions from atop the float entitled "Abracadabra." The illusion generating the most viewer anticipation is the promised flight of a million butterflies made of colored crêpe paper within Sao Paulo's...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Amil Participacoes S.A. (BM&FBovespa: AMIL3; Bloomberg: AMIL3 BZ and APAR <GO>; Reuters: AMIL3 SA), the largest healthcare company in Brazil, in accordance with CVM Instruction 358, of January 3, 2002, informs that it signed an agreement with Diagnosticos da America S.A. ("DASA") for the outsourcing of laboratory tests of clinical analysis, currently done by our own diagnostics unit (Foccus/ Total) in Sao Paulo inside our hospitals and...

BENTONVILLE, Ark., Feb. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are committing more than $750,000 million in cash and in-kind donations to support emergency relief efforts in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where an estimated 827 people have been killed and thousands have been left homeless following torrential rains and mudslides. A $400,000 donation from the Walmart Foundation will help purchase critical supplies like water, food, medical supplies and long-term...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Amil Participacoes S.A. (BM&FBovespa: AMIL3; Bloomberg: AMIL3 BZ e APAR < GO >; Reuters: AMIL3 SA), the largest healthcare company in Brazil, in accordance with CVM Instruction 358, of January 3, 2002, informs that in the Board of Directors meeting held yesterday, it was decided that Amilpar, through its indirect subsidiary ESHO - Empresa de Servicos Hospitalares S.A., will exercise the right of first refusal for the acquisition of...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A $100,000 donation from the Caterpillar Foundation will be used to help rebuild Brazilian communities destroyed by the floods and mudslides in that country's worst natural disaster, the Pan American Development Foundation announced. (www.PanAmericanRelief.org) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100211/DC53912LOGO) "We applaud Caterpillar's commitment to supporting these devastated Brazilian communities," said John Sanbrailo,...

BEVERLY, Mass., Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- INVO Bioscience, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: IVOB), a medical device company focused on treatment options for patients diagnosed with infertility, today announced the commencement of a 40 patient clinical trial in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to establish safety, efficacy and comparative in-vitro fertilization (IVF) measures of the INVOcell device. The design for the 40 patient clinical trial has been submitted for approval to the Federal Ethics...