Experiences to fit your travel style and budget Beaches On the Pacific side of Costa Rica, lush rain forest enfolds Playa Manuel Antonio, a crescent-shaped stretch of white sand just outside the sportfishing town of Quepos. This popular beach and national park hits all the right notes for a tropical beach fantasy, from the capuchin [...]
(M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) The World Bank Board of Directors approved today a US$500 million contingent line of credit to the Republic of Costa Rica to boost the country’s competitiveness and strengthen its public finances and respond to the global financial crisis. The Development Policy Loan (DPL) with a Deferred Drawdown Option (DDO), Costa Rica: [...]
Chiquita Brands International’s net sales fell 10 percent, but it reversed a fourth-quarter loss and beat Wall Street’s earnings forecast in the process. The results sent Chiquita’s stock (NYSE: CQB) up more than 20 percent, or $1.54, to $9.11 in Friday morning trading. The company posted first-quarter net income of $23 million, or 51 cents [...]
Costa Rican cities are starting to see yellow recycling containers. The goal – to capture plastic bottles, newspapers, aluminum cans and paper cartons. Costa Rica’s waste management plans are expected to improve dramatically over the next year, providing new opportunities for waste management businesses and the environment. A community collection service, Recicle Escazú for recyclable [...]
AsiaOne Singapore and Costa Rica held the first round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) from April 20 to 22, 2009 in Singapore. This was launched earlier on the sidelines of the official visit to Singapore by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez from 1 to 4 December 2008. One of the things [...]
In the midst of the mighty shock caused by the international crisis, especially in relationship with future expectations, the investors must keep making decisions about their capitals. As a matter of fact, the discussion has gone beyond the future possibilities of financial markets, but also some economic sectors such as the car industry, the real [...]
One year and a continent apart, two very different communities embarked on two very similar yet revolutionary ecosystem marketing schemes. by Alice Kenny New York City and the Costa Rican Paradise of Heredia each embarked on pioneering efforts to harvest the power of markets to protect their water supplies. While much has been made of [...]
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