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The global economy may be grinding to a halt, but investment from China continues to pour into Costa Rica.Days after President Oscar Arias laid the first stone of the new, $83 million, China-financed National Stadium, the eastern power announced...

For planes flying into Juan Santamaría International Airport, the Central Valley's overcast skies and low, lingering clouds often pose a problem for landing. Many times, concerned pilots will divert flights to Panama or Daniel Oduber International Airport, in the...

Costa Rica's pull factor for business tourism is set to get a boost this month, industy sector reports.Latin America's congress consortium, COCAL, is hosting a major business event in San José from March 10 to 14, inviting some 250...

“Costa Rica is lining up to fill a gap between the winter and spring tomato greenhouse deal,” said Paul Mastronardi, executive vice president for Kingsville, Ontario-based Mastronardi Produce Ltd., which is marketing the imported tomatoes.Mauricio Blanco, president of the...

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...

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...

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...

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 ETAirspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN), a leading provider of WiMAX-based broadband wireless access...

Although all of the Latin American jurisdictions had notable regulatory and market developments in 2008, Costa Rica stands out as particularly significant given the the fundamental nature of the developments seen there in the past year.Opportunity and Risk in...

By Rajani Baburajan TMCnet Contributing EditorAlvarion, a provider of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX (News - Alert)) and wireless broadband solutions, has bagged a $6 million contract from ICE (Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad), a Costa Rican incumbent operator...