{
  "id": 871861,
  "title": "Braskem Q2 Profit Lifts Brazil’s Mixed Earnings Season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/braskem-q2-profit-lifts-brazils-mixed-earnings-season",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-14T06:31:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/braskem-q2-profit-brazil-earnings/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Brazil · Business Key Facts Braskem swung to a Q2 2026 net profit of about R$3.32 billion (~US$643 million). Recurring EBITDA came in near R$5.3 billion (~US$1.03 billion), a big rebound. The turn came mainly from petrochemical spreads roughly doubling, helped by a Middle East supply squeeze. Braskem is racing a 24 August deadline to […] The post Braskem Q2 Profit Lifts Brazil’s Mixed Earnings…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}