Until the middle of July.
In Brazil.
They like soccer in the same way that we like hockey.
They are nuts about it.
Bloomberg News reports that banks and stock markets in that country will close during the World Cup to protect the banks' assets. During the 2006 World Cup millions of dollars went missing whilst bank security staff were occupied watching footie on the tube.
The central bank prez Henrique Meirelles said that he doesn't need that to happen this year so "On the days of games working hours will cease in the agencies of banks and savings institutions and our stock exchanges."
WFDS
ooh, so maybe Noam Chomsky has a point by saying: 'The role of professional sports as a "weapon of mass distraction," keeping people occupied with trivial competitions so they do not focus on opposing the status quo with grassroots movements against foreign and domestic policies that ultimately harm them.'...?!?
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