Rio court suspends Petrobras natural gas price hike
, said courts in four states had issued injunctions at the request of natural gas distributors, while a fifth injunction request had been denied.
The company did not identify the states where the injunctions were granted, but Rio de Janeiro's state legislature said on Twitter that a judge there had halted the price hike. National newspaper O Globo identified the other three states as Sergipe, Ceara and Alagoas, all in the country's northeast.The decisions are the latest headache for Petrobras, which has pledged to keep fuel prices roughly in line with international levels.
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