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JBS to seek damages from founders

Oct. 30, 2020 at 6:06 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Shareholders in JBS SA on Friday cleared the way for the Brazilian food processor to sue its own controlling stakeholders and certain former managers, a rare victory for shareholder activism in Latin America’s largest economy. The vote was a win for JBS’s top minority shareholder, […]

Brazilian state bank lambastes JBS CEO switch

Sep. 18, 2017 at 6:55 pm CDT

By Guillermo Parra-Bernal Rodrigo Viga Gaier

Brazil police detain JBS CEO

Sep. 13, 2017 at 2:18 pm CDT

By Gabriela Mello Guillermo Parra-Bernal

JBS brothers test dealmaking skills in Brazil plea deal showdown

May. 19, 2017 at 6:34 pm CDT

By Joel Schectman Tatiana Bautzer

JBS chiefs return to posts

Sep. 14, 2016 at 5:10 pm CDT

By Staff

JBS CEO ordered to step aside in Brazil pension fund probe

Sep. 6, 2016 at 7:37 am CDT

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazilian police launched an investigation of fraud at state-run companies’ pension funds on Monday, as a judge ordered dozens of senior financiers and executives away from their firms, including the CEO of the world’s biggest beef exporter. Police carried out five arrests, more than two dozen […]

By Cesar Raizer