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US Companies see Costa Rica as attractive

Costa Rica has seen a surge of foreign business investment and expansion interest this year. While there has been some scaling down, the need to find cost effective solutions for growth, Costa Rica has been attacking new businesses. An example is Arcus, who is setting up a news solution center here in Costa Rica. This [...]

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Costa Rica expects EU offer on bananas next month

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Costa Rica expects the European Union to make a new offer on bananas next month in an attempt to resolve the world’s longest-running trade dispute, Foreign Trade Minister Marco Vinicio Ruiz said on Friday. Settling the row would end a decades-long dispute that has poisoned relations among dozens of [...]

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Singapore set to negotiate free trade agreement

SAN JOSE: Costa Rica and Singapore will begin negotiating a free trade agreement on April 20, the foreign trade ministry announced on Thursday. The first meeting will be held from April 20-22 in Singapore, the ministry said. Costa Rica’s trade negotiating panel will have just wrapped up a second round of negotiations on a free [...]

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Costa Rica’s Largest Telecommunications Operator Awards Airspan Networks 12.5 Million Contract

I.C.E. Has Undertaken a Substantial Residential and Business Subscriber Expansion of Next-Generation Advanced Services in the Country With Airspan’s WiMAX Productsbr> January 20, 2009: 08:00 AM ET Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN), a leading provider of WiMAX-based broadband wireless access networks, announced today that I.C.E. (El Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad) of Costa Rica, the country’s [...]

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Costa Rica first Jatropha Conference

On April 1st – 4rd 2009 the Costa Rican central pacific region hosted the Jatropha Harvest Experience Costa Rica 2009, a first of its kind event. This 4-day event is designed to educated attendees by verifying truths and dispelling myths about Jatropha Curcas, a native Central American tree commonly cited as one of the best [...]

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