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Costa Rican tomatoes bound for U.S. market
“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...
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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...
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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...
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Singapore Set to Negotiate Free Trade Agreement
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...
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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 ETAirspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN), a leading provider of WiMAX-based broadband wireless access...
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Major Insurance and Reinsurance Developments in 2008
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...
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Alvarion Bags $6 Million WiMAX Contract from ICE of Costa Rica
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...
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Costa Rica focuses on closer commercial ties
ISTANBUL - Costa Rica is looking to develop closer commercial and political ties with Turkey, says Serhan Süzer, Costa Rica's honorary consul in Istanbul. Bilateral trade grew from $8.1 million to $57.2 million between 2000 and 2006.The Republic of...
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Alvarion Awarded 6Million Contract by ICE
Alvarion to Implement Turnkey Project with Its Leading Mobile WiMAX(TM) Solution, Enable Advanced Broadband Service in San Jose and Rural Areas of LimonThe world's leading provider of WiMAX(TM) and wireless broadband solutions, today announced that it was awarded a...
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Costa Rican Investors shift focus to Biofuels
Biofuel investing has seen a sharp rise over the past year, but spiked just since President Obama took office. Obama’s push for green energy investment and growing demand for Green Fuels is seen as the major cause for the...
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Gisele Bündchen Enjoyed Santa Teresa in Costa Rica With Her Boyfriend and Two Children
Gisele Bündchen, businesswoman and supermodel, visited Costa Rica for the second time this year. This time she did so...