Workers check new DVD players at the assembly line of Dutch electronics company Philips at the industrial pole in Manaus, northern Brazil, on September 12, 2008. Overpassing analysts’ estimation, the Brazilian economy grew by 6.1% in the second quarter of 2008 as the Central Bank raised its benchmark interest rate to 13,75% a year, following measures previously announced to keep the inflation under control. AFP PHOTO/Mauricio LIMA (Photo credit should read MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images)