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The Brazilian government launched a new app only for some of its public employees in Brasilia on the 23rd, still in the testing phase. This is TaxiGov, a transport app similar to Uber and Cabify that ministers and other servers can use to get around the Federal District. For now, only servers of the Secretariat of Management (Seges) of the Ministry of Planning can use the TaxiGov, which was developed for Android, iOS and Windows Phone. With it, employees can request taxis that will be paid by the government on business trips. According to the Brazilian Govern, paying taxis to the servers will represent a saving of 60% in the transportation expenses of public employees. This transportation today is made with a fleet of private drivers hired, which has an annual expense of BRL 32 million. The app has many features from other apps like Uber and 99, including race scheduling and driver evaluation. After the trip, the server will receive the e-mail receipt, which can be us

The "Partido Novo" candidate for the presidency, João Amoêdo, declared to have a net worth of BRL 425 million (equivalent to USD 100 million) when he applied for registration of his candidacy in the Electoral Justice. Most of the candidate's assets are distributed among fixed income applications (BRL 217 million), participation in companies (BRL 108.4 million), investment in funds (BRL 55.3 million). The rest includes real estate and vehicles, as well as BRL 1.1 million in the category for jewelry and works of art. In theory, Amoêdo's assets would allow him to fully bank his own campaign, since the spending limit laid down in law for the first round of the presidential campaign is BRL 70 million per candidate. At age 55, Amoedo fights for his first election and is the first "Partido Novo" presidential candidate. An engineer born in Rio de Janeiro, he has worked as a financial market executive (Citibank and Itaú) and in civil construction.