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Brazil’s first IPO of 2014 is an animal-health company:

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/brazils-first-i-p-o-for-2014-to-start-trading

Brazil’s first initial public offering of the year is scheduled to start trading on Tuesdya… The company, which will trade under the OFSA3 ticker on the Bovespa’s Novo Mercado in São Paulo, priced its stock at 27 reais ($11.02) a share, the upper end of the range it estimated in its preliminary prospectus.

Ouro Fino, founded in 1987, has 123 veterinary products including medicines and vaccines.

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Brazil reelects Rousseff in close run-off:

http://online.wsj.com/articles/dilma-rousseff-leads-brazil-presidential-race-is-close-to-being-re-elected-1414361734

Ms. Rousseff has garnered 51.45% of the votes so far, while Aécio Neves of the conservative Brazilian Social Democracy Party has 48.55%.