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Construction, however, appears to have wrapped up ahead of schedule, with Mercadante claiming that iPad shipments will begin in December.
ENGADGET: Report: Foxconn's Brazil factory ready for business, will begin shipping iPads in December
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In Agencia Brasil, Mercadante said the investment would generate 100, 000 jobs and require the hiring of as many as 20, 000 engineers.
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All told, 5m Brazilians live in danger zones, at the mercy of rogue weather, according to Aloizio Mercadante, the science minister.
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Brazil's Education Minister Aloizio Mercadante says 100% of the profits from new oil concessions should be used to improve education in Brazil.
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Mercadante , the Corn Refiners' spokesman.
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It appears that Apple is about to expand its manufacturing operations to Brazil, where a new Foxconn factory is already in place and ready to churn out iPads, according to a report from national media outlet UOL. Aolizio Mercadante, the country's minister of science and technology, confirmed the news this week during a hearing held by the Commission of Economic Affairs.
ENGADGET: Report: Foxconn's Brazil factory ready for business, will begin shipping iPads in December