From BI: Last November Jim Chanos spoke about his "two favorite
shorts" at London's Ira Sohn Value Investing Conference, both were
Brazilian companies. Today we'll just talk about one —Petrobras, Brazil's state
oil company. This month it's getting negative attention from journalists and
investors alike.
But first, Chanos' thesis (in case you don't remember). He
said that state management was suffocating Petrobras' profitability. Basically,
the company is drilling expensive oil fields with expensive machinery and
hiring workers while the government suppresses oil prices…..
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