The core of the city sits on land once occupied by a factory Panasonic (then Matsushita) used to produce black and white TVs and refrigerators.

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On January 5th, over 5, 000 Ford workers occupied the firm's Sao Paulo factory, because 2, 800 of them are to be sacked.

ECONOMIST: Double parked